When your bed is covered in snow…
Michael only spent two nights on the streets last winter. “No matter what you’re wearing, you can never stay warm,”… Read more
Category: UGMTC Updates
Christmas ultimatum: Change…or die!
It started when Walter was injured in a gang-related shooting in 1986. Unable to play football anymore, he tried drowning… Read more
What it means to be desperately hungry
He would sometimes walk to a drive-up window at the end of the night and ask a fast food clerk… Read more
A family on the edge finds a second chance
Pregnant and homeless on Chicago’s streets, Mia fought to survive. Hoping for a new start for herself and her baby,… Read more
“I tried to kill myself with alcohol”
Seventeen years ago, Ed tried to kill himself with alcohol. “For a whole week I just drank,” he says. He… Read more
Video testimony: Randy lived in a portable toilet
After years of living on the streets, drowning his sorrows in alcohol, and sleeping in a portable toilet, Randy describes… Read more
“I can’t watch you kill yourself anymore”
Brian was in a desperate, lonely place. “I was an addict and I burned all my bridges with my family… Read more
Change kids’ lives at Gospel Hill Camp
https://youtu.be/xRwo8uySiEM Kwamee moved to Minnesota when he was 11 years old and his family ended up homeless. Now 20 years old,… Read more
“I chose the truth – and prison”
For Donald, life before the Mission was hopeless. His attention was on staying high. “Had I continued on the road I… Read more
5 ways to help someone who is homeless
If you’re like most people, you hesitate when you see someone who is homeless in the city or on the side… Read more