Finding a new life
“I was in an abusive relationship, afraid to sleep because I thought my husband would kill me. I was plagued by depression and anxiety. I couldn’t handle it any more. I spent three months at the Army shelter where we … Read more
The hopes and fears of all the years…
Twenty years of tending bruises, drying tears and somehow finding hope in the midst of fear and emotional, physical and spiritual trauma. Arlene Peterson, assistant to the Executive Director of The Salvation Army’s Kate Booth House in Vancouver, has a … Read more
Serving the least and the lost
At The Salvation Army we spend our lives in the shadows because that’s where we find our people. Women haunted by fear, men stalked by the demons of addiction and children with eyes dulled by hunger and neglect. Welcome to … Read more