We Bought The Drug House Across The Street: A Story Of Radical Redemption | Melissa Jensen | EP 015

Melissa Jensen shares her journey from dreaming of international missions to finding a radical calling in her own neighborhood in Kona, Hawaii. What started as a simple moment washing dishes transformed into a movement of "Love Feasts," foster care, and community redemption. Melissa discusses the heavy reality of foster care, the challenge of loving birth parents, and why she believes the solution to community brokenness starts with the person right across the street.

In This Episode:

▫️The Shift to Local: Why Melissa surrendered her "nations" dream to adopt her local neighborhood.

▫️"Love Feasts": How gathering people around food and extravagant love opened doors to the most broken neighborhoods.

▫️Beyond Childcare: The realization that fostering children is as much about "adopting" and championing their birth parents.

▫️Redeeming Property: The miraculous story of acquiring a former drug house across the street to turn it into a home for pregnant and postpartum mothers.

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