A team of 4 spent two weeks seving alongside our Malawi staff. Read more about the community development happening there!

Showing honor to one another is a part of living out of the belief that everyone carries intrinsic value. This belief is a fundamental part of our culture and identity as an organization. With a focus to build up our team we are highlighting this value with posters for each youth home, stickers for staff to pass out (when they observe someone showing honor) and activity based programming that helps illustrate what honor and respect look like for each of our residents.

“Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.”

It was a joy to send a team of ten poeple to serve in Malawi for 2 weeks. We met up with our Source Malawi Director and staff and joined in their efforts to bring food, supplies, love and laughter into the neighboring regions of Lilongwe.

Culture is important. It is deeply influencial. It effects everything we do, but we are often unaware of the details of our own culture and how it spreads to others. .

After months of fundraising, the basketball court at Birch Meadows is a reality! Thanks to everyone who donated to this cause! Also, check out highlights from our staff training day and BBQ.

Creating culture is a slow but beautiful process. We have to first recognize that each of our residents come in with their own set of cultural norms and values. Each of our staff also have their own culture. Making space for each person to be where they are at is part of the process as well, but the real growth happens when we work together to build an inclusive culture within each of our youth homes.

There is a tension between celebrating progress while practicing patience when things move more slowly than we might want. We work to keep the homes staffed with good employees in the midst of the ebb & flow of this career path.

What a privilege to share this work with people who can shoulder the heavy stuff and make you laugh at the same time!

We have enjoyed a month of building community connections through the FUSE job fair, fundraising campaigns, and Business 2 Business meetings with HRC Ministries.

Our aim is to love without conditions; to show people that they carry value, and that we recognize it. As a team we are growing in how we show this to each other, and how we show this to our residents. Whether their behavior earns our respect or trust, they are still valuable; they still need to be loved…

Growth is happening on our land in Malawi! The team faithfully tends the maize crop, and we are reminded of the internal growth that is happening within each one of us. The residents are learning how to interact socially with their house-mates & staff, our Source Spokane team is growing in communication, adaptability, and resilient hope, and even the areas of influence we have are expanding…

We are amazed at the kindness and resilience of our staff team as well. These people have shown our kids incredible care and patience. We truly have so much to be thankful for!

The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.

—  Mahatma Gandhi,

Our staff are amazing people and we love to show them how much they mean to us! They each carry their own story, sense-of-humor and giftings, and they choose to use these qualities to care for young men and women that desperately need mentors.

To have ideas and ambitions for possibilities up ahead is truly a gift. We want to awaken the dreams within our kids that may have been forgotten. We want to impart in them a sense of purpose & adventure. We want to stir up the confidence to explore and discover their own giftings and talents.

“A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.”

We recognize the impact of showing people that they matter, that someone cares about them, and that there is hope for the future. This includes both our kids and our staff.

This past weekend we welcomed two kids to Birch Meadows. It’s been a long time coming, so it was very exciting to see this beautiful home finally have residents. One of them celebrated their birthday within the first few days of arriving and was all smiles when staff took him to a special dinner and sang “Happy Birthday!” as they brought a cake with candles. Truly a beautiful moment for all of us who have been waiting for Birch Meadows to become a fully functional BRS home. We feel so privileged to be able to enter these kids’ stories in this way. Our hope is to impact their lives in a way that only Love can and see them walk forward with a new sense of hope.