Word on the Street

A 62-year-old Army veteran, found himself living in his car after leaving a challenging marriage. Having spent much of his life as a truck driver for a manufacturing…

Recently, a case manager stopped by to visit a long-time friend in need. The woman and her husband had lived on the streets in our community for many…

For the last year, Micah has partnered with Stafford food security to provide food bags to kids in city schools. Our churches have been packing about 160 bags…

She came to see me about her mother’s ashes I had come into possession of them following a sudden death, an absent next of kin and a request…

The winter season was almost over, but every morning for 18 weeks the same volunteer had done the morning bus run for the cold weather shelter. For 126…

At her lowest point, almost eight years ago, a neighbor in need was hunched over a chair while a case manager snipped her long blonde locks to the…

If you listen closely among the homeless community—at least those who have been around for a while—you will hear them talk about a woman who was incredibly important…

The United Nations’ General Assembly has declared Friday, September 21, 2018  as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and…

It was sometime in 2008 that Micah housed its first homeless person. Admittedly, the event transpired in the aftermath of a minor crisis in which we feared the…

On his 18thbirthday, a young man found himself scouring the wooded areas of Fredericksburg for a campsite. His relationship with his adoptive parents had never gone well, but…