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Our
working solution is…
. ..the
journey taken by the families participating in the Resurrection House
program. It occurs not in one day but over time. It begins in faith –
faith by participants that with trust, motivation, and hard work, they
will gain skills that will help them achieve not only economic
self-sufficiency but also be-come spiritually and emotion-ally whole;
faith on our part that God will direct each of us who works with these
families to guide, encourage, and show them how to change their lives
 so
they never again are homeless, poor, and without hope.
Every day our courageous families overcome incredible challenges to
change their lives and end the cycle of welfare dependency. These
miracles require enormous re-sources; we cannot do it without your
support. Res-urrection House receives no government funding. Thank you
for visiting our website. Please continue exploring to learn more
about our program, to make a donation, or to volunteer to help rebuild
lives, to renew faith, and to change our community for the better!
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Cynthia Sinclair, President of the Resurrection House, and
Brad, aged 13, a Resurrection House volunteer for the
last seven years, as they
guest on the program Community in Touch with Mike
and Sherry Moore (courtesy of WTBN Radio Tampa Bay.)
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President’s
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The young woman
pictured below is my beautiful granddaughter, Kouson.
 Kouson
and her parents, Roth and Maly Syakhasone, were living in
refugee camps in Thailand eighteen years ago. I was serving on
the Outreach Committee of St. Peter’s Episcopal Cathedral and,
through Episcopal Migration
Ministries, the church sponsored this family’s coming to
America. Kouson was not yet three years old when a group from
church greeted them as they stepped onto Florida soil.
Roth, Maly, and Kouson became Resurrection House participants.
Roth attended English classes at
Tomlinson Adult Education Center
after working all day. I worked with Maly to become adjusted to
American life. It was a learning experience for everyone!
 One
“learning experience” occurred when my husband, Ron, then
Executive Director of Resurrection House, completed a major
landscaping of the campus. Imagine his surprise when arriving on
a Monday morning to discover Roth had replaced a bed of flowers
with herbs and vegetables. This family came from a background of
war and hunger. For them, flowers would come much later.
Ron Sinclair and Kouson (1990)
Eventually, the
Syakhasones were able to purchase their own home. They still
live there after all these years. Ron and I became the
“honorable old folks” — grandma and grandpa to Kouson — and we
grew into a richer definition of family.
Kouson is
married and mother to a darling one-year old son, Dillon. She
and her husband, Gary, are students at St. Petersburg College
and travel back and forth to Gary’s home in Taiwan. To complete
the circle, Kouson has started volunteering at Resurrection
House, helping those who once helped her family become
successful, self-sufficient, tax-paying American citizens.
This is just one of so many wonderful stories of Resurrection
House from over these twenty years. God has blessed us all!
Cynthia
Sinclair
President, Resurrection House
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Resurrection House is a not-for-profit 501(c)3, operating since 1987.
We assist homeless and working poor families with children to recover
stability, achieve self-sufficiency, and break
the cycle of poverty.
