“If it was not for them, I do not know where I would be today…”

“When I left the Furniture Bank, it was like a burden had lifted from my shoulders.”

“What has remained consistent over the years is a spirit of mission.”

“I think that refugees are our most resilient teachers. They form the fabric in many ways of our society and what it means to be Canadian.”

I began to go to Matthew House Board meetings in the fall of 2014 on the invitation of our beloved director, Miriam Rawson. I felt out of my comfort zone, but decided that, since I had prayed about the decision of pursuing my involvement with Matthew House, I would embrace the discomfort as an area of growth in my life. I was in a new place in my life, having left the full-time teaching profession of 25 years, and was seeking to carve out space to serve others in a fresh way.