Star of Hope Mission<br />
For Houston’s Homeless Since 1907<br />
JANUARY 2011 NEWSLETTER - THE LIGHT<br />
www.sohmission.org<br />
A New Year of New Hope for Homeless Families . . . because you care!<br />
“ Praise be to the God and<br />
Father of our Lord Jesus<br />
Christ! In his great mercy<br />
he has given us new birth<br />
into a living hope . . .”<br />
–1 Peter 1:3, NIVHope for Families in Crisis<br />
Six months ago, if you had asked Brian, “What’s the worst thing that<br />
could happen to your family?” — I’m sure homelessness would not have been<br />
close to the top of the list. But when the oil spill destroyed Brian’s job and his<br />
family did become homeless, they discovered something worse . . . splitting up.<br />
It’s hard—almost impossible—to keep a family together on the streets,<br />
and most shelters don’t have the ability to let a father stay with his wife and<br />
kids. So when they were reunited at Star of Hope after months apart, t<a title="Star of Hope Mission: January 2011 Newsletter page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b0a99eaa?page=1">Star of Hope Mission For Houston’s Homeless Since</a>
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