An 18 year-old runway who has just taken his first hit of heroin, with no friends or family for miles, trying to escape a past he’d rather forget, while also wrestling with a future that seems hopeless.

A young, successful financial advisor who seems to have everything, but constantly searches for something to fulfill his empty life.

A 52 year-old Vietnam veteran who finds himself homeless, struggling with mental illness and simply finding ways to survive from day-to-day.

A single mother with three kids who has just been assaulted by a man who was supposed to help her, desperate to find a safe place to stay and way to provide for her kids.

A Vietnamese doctor, who has recently arrived to San Francisco, with little knowledge of English and facing a $12 an hour menial job to provide for his wife and two kids.

These are some of the types of people that live in San Francisco and that we encounter each day. Our desire is to love them with the love of God, and we look to communicate that love in the best ways possible.

This last summer was a lot more than I expected it to be, and ended up being one of my favorite summers ever. At the end of my DTS I felt like God was calling me to stay in San Francisco and do a Summer of Service. I couldn't wait to go home after the school and start my "care-free" summer, so at first working the whole summer seemed like it was going to be hard.