Five Year Plan

This is a pivotal year at SAFE. We have begun a five-year reorganization of our entire program. SAFE is being divided into three sections.

First, there will be the in-house section that will focus on facilities and staffing for our in-house program here. This will be done in the hope that we can provide a model for other programs across the country. This year we have relocated our program out of inner-city Portland to a twenty acre farm across the Columbia River in southwest Washington. We presently have nine men and thirteen cows living on the farm. We are in the process of constructing a 4300 sq. ft. building that will house the men we work with. This building should be completed this year.

Second, we will restructure our out-patient program. Drugs are no longer just an inner-city problem, and most of our churches are poorly equipped to deal with the problems they are facing in their own communities. Our churches are also faced with the epidemic of depression and the other emotional problems plaguing our nation. These problems are easier dealt with in a group setting if you have the right tools. SAFE can provide those tools to the local church. We will re-package our out-patient program with the goal of making it more effective and easier to begin and maintain in the local church.

Finally, we realize that it is the materials which God has entrusted to us that give life to the above programs. It is evident that we need to do a lot better job of making the books and training available to the public. We also need to develop additional resources to assist people God has called to help others on their ‘journey to freedom’. With this in mind, we have set up Treasures Publishing House to handle the developing of additional materials, as well as the distribution of all our materials. Stay tuned for some exciting developments in this area.