Growth & Grace

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even better than I was the last time, baby. We back and

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we back and we back and we back and we back and we back. And I was the last Hey, good. Happy Saturday

Leaha Crawford 0:46
morning. Happy Saturday

Leaha Crawford 0:48
Did you see the Eagles game?

Julian Rosado 0:51
Oh, yeah, yeah, it was entertaining. Yeah, week four is coming up.

Leaha Crawford 0:54
Week four is coming up. Week four, week four. It is exciting. Exciting. Really, really exciting. Okay, so you keep up with it. Who's playing week for? Who are they playing week for? The Eagles? Yeah, who the Eagles playing? We see? Yeah, right. You're not ready. That's all. Okay, got you? You'll be ready next week, though, watch. But I had it mixed up this week though. I thought the charges were the Rams,

Julian Rosado 1:14
cowboys and the Packers. Really, that's what I'm yeah,

Leaha Crawford 1:19
you're looking at the Cowboys in the

Leaha Crawford 1:21
back, really? Yeah,

Leaha Crawford 1:23
okay, so you can't come over because we're not watching it. And it's funny, because I know a lot of Cowboys fans, oh yeah, my friends are cowboys and Raiders fans, yeah, but the Eagles, because I was, I was sick by third I was like, you want I got, I can't take.

Julian Rosado 1:37
I'll tell you why. So the Jerry Jones let go of their key linebacker before the season started, and he's playing for the Packers, yeah, so now he's playing for

Leaha Crawford 1:49
the good yeah. That's all the more reason to watch the game. Okay, controversy of football, huh? Yeah, kind of goes again that always sells, always sells, always sells, all right? So today, today today we have some very special guests. We're going to talk about organizations that's been that has been in the Valley for a very long time, and I know we see it with the red the red kettles and the bells, and they do so much more. So today, I have the honor of bringing the Salvation Army of Southern Nevada, the colonel and the major, the newly appointed colonel and major to the Southern, I'm sorry, the Salvation Army of Southern Nevada. So welcome to the show. Great to be here. All right, so these are the Smiths. We are going to meet the Smiths. So Miss Lisa, Mrs. Lisa Smith, who is Colonel Lisa Smith, that's right. And Mr. Kyle Smith, who is Major Kyle Smith, right? That's right, exactly, all right. How long have I Well, how long have you been here in the

Lisa Smith 2:52
valley? We came the very first week of July, so just, we're just kind of coming to the end of three months right now. Oh, you came when it was hot, yes, but we came from Phoenix,

Julian Rosado 3:02
so is beautiful, so we thought,

Leaha Crawford 3:03
I'm cooler. It's cooler than Phoenix. It's cooler than Phoenix.

Lisa Smith 3:06
We feel like, especially at night time, it cools down better in Las Vegas than in Phoenix. Okay, yep, so we're but we're happy to be here, yeah.

Leaha Crawford 3:14
But where has your journey taken you? Because I know that you go to different areas of the country or the world. So we're all, where have you been?

Lisa Smith 3:23
Wow, well, since we've been married, okay, Kyle went to the Training College for officer training in Los Angeles, but we were sent to Hawaii for our first Aloha, aloha. So we were five years in in Aiea, Hawaii, at the a little church, a little Salvation Army Corps there, and did a ministry there, and it was beautiful. So we have a very, very sweet spot in our heart for Hawaii. And our second child was born there. Our first child was born while he was in training college.

Kyle Smith 3:55
Yeah, our first our second child used to tell everyone that he was born in Hawaii on the beach. That's right.

Lisa Smith 4:03
So we have two boys. So the first one was born while Kyle was in training college in Los Angeles. Then we went to Hawaii. Had the second one there. But five years in Hawaii, we served there. And then we went to Los Angeles, where we were overseeing the youth work of the Salvation Army for the western territory, which is the Western 13 states, plus, you know, some Micronesia and some Pacific islands, other countries, Micronesia, like Marshall Islands and Chuk and Guam places like that. So we over, we kind of were administrative leaders for the Salvation Army youth work. And we went to Spokane for five years and were in charge of the Salvation Army there in that Spokane, Washington. Then we went back to Los Angeles, and we worked in the the regional headquarters for Southern California, and we stayed there for nine years before we went to Singapore for a year, then to Phoenix, and now we're here.

Leaha Crawford 4:57
So that's a lot of time out west, yes, a lot of time. My West. Well, you know this, there's sometimes people call this the ninth island for Hawaii.

Kyle Smith 5:04
Well, aware, yeah, when we first went to Hawaii, I remember Lisa went to the hairdresser, and she came back and she was saying the first thing the hairdresser asked me, had I been to Vegas

Leaha Crawford 5:16
lately? Had you been to Vegas

Julian Rosado 5:17
lately? It's true. What made you guys join the Salvation Army?

Lisa Smith 5:21
Well, we're both kind of lifetimers as far as being part of the Salvation Army ministry my parents, I'll let Kyle speak for himself, but I'll my parents were also Salvation Army officers. So we, they mainly served up in the Washington State area while I was young, and we, I spent High School in San Francisco. But they, you know, they, we were part of the Salvation Army church our whole life, and then also part of the ministry, the social services ministry, you know, just as a family, we would just participate. So, so it kind of was, I had five, you know, there's five, five children in my family, and I'm, I'm the one that became an officer, but, but yeah, it's, yeah. So that was my story.

Kyle Smith 5:58
Okay, yeah. So my family, my great grandfather, actually joined the Salvation Army, pretty much when it first began back in in London area in Tunbridge, Tunbridge Wells in the 1880s and then moved to Australia, then moved to New Zealand. And the family sort of been involved the entire time going to the church side of things. But my mum, when I was a kid, she was on the board of the local children's home, and I always remember she used to go away on Saturdays, and they do little fundraising things, like they do jumble sales, you know, sell clothes. And that was her big thing back in the day. So that was sort of my connection with the army, way back there.

Julian Rosado 6:37
So let's say, if you guys were given unlimited resources right uncapped, what would be the first move you guys would take?

Kyle Smith 6:46
Uncapped? Yeah,

Lisa Smith 6:47
yeah, wow, here in Vegas, or just in general, in general, for salvation or ministry?

Kyle Smith 6:52
Well, I think Vegas is as good as anywhere like what happens in Vegas? Happens everywhere else? Yeah, yeah, maybe not gambling. Well, gambling does. It's just not always legal. There is there is Vegas, is everywhere.

Lisa Smith 7:05
But also the Salvation Army ministry is pretty amazing, too. So I mean, so go on. I can't wait to hear what you have.

Kyle Smith 7:14
So the Salvation Army is a Christian organization, and so I just want to preface that. And in the Lord's Prayer, it says, Your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven, meaning the world should be a good place. We want people to have a good life. You know, it should be heaven on earth, so to speak. So what do people need to really succeed? That really is what comes to me. And it doesn't matter whether you've got nothing, whether you've got an addiction problem, whether you're not educated, the idea is that you'd live the fullest life. So how could the Salvation Army help somebody do that? So there's lots of different ways, but I would say number one, people need a job to have dignity. So help with vocational training. Help with educational training. I think that's really important. People need a place to live. So help them an emergency shelter to start with, but try and help them get that job, get their lives together so that they can live a full life. And frankly, that's what we're doing in Las Vegas right now. You know, somebody can be totally addicted on the street with absolutely nothing. Come to the Salvation Army, get their their addiction life sorted out. Come to our vocational program, get a job. We have them in some housing and then help them move into their own place and live happily ever after, and we see that regularly. And so

Lisa Smith 8:24
and as part of our programs, there's always an invitation to for people to know who God is, because we, you know, as a Salvation Army, we believe that everybody's made an image of God, and that God wants to have a relationship with every one of them and and so we offer that opportunity through our spiritual programs and our churches, our cores, we call them cores, but they're places where people can can learn about Jesus,

Kyle Smith 8:47
yeah, and if I would add the Salvation Army serves without discrimination. And the way I put it, you can hate me, you can hate God. We still love you. We'll still help you. Yeah? Because we just the best way to help someone is just to show love and kindness, respect and dignity. And the founder of the Salvation Army had the saying, soup, soap and salvation. How can you tell somebody God loves them if they're dirty and they're hungry and they don't have it together, if you do that, they're going to be interested. They're going to want to know your motivation behind it. Say that again, soup, soap and salvation soup. Wow, so I'm

Leaha Crawford 9:23
gonna soup, I'm gonna feed you soap, I'm gonna clean you up, and then I'm gonna help you get to your salvation three S's, ah, that is my first time

Lisa Smith 9:32
here. Yeah, it's been, it's been around a long time. I mean, it's a really old saying, but, and some, some people think it's a little old fashioned, but I think it's, but it's very simple, and it explains exactly what we're about. Yeah, oh, wow. Because we do, we do have a heart for those that get forgotten and marginalized. You know, even in our churches, like we try to go visit nursing homes and places where people, people just need some human kindness to it's not all just social services. It's about caring for people. Senior centers, senior clubs, where they can come and have a friend and a meal together. Those kind of things are just part of who the Salvation Army.

Julian Rosado 10:07
It's almost like the ethos

Lisa Smith 10:08
of it, yeah, exactly

Leaha Crawford 10:10
the simple human kindness, though you I mean, sometimes you look around you just like, we Okay, we just not kind. Yeah, we're just not kind. Yeah, a little too much. A little

Kyle Smith 10:18
too much. Yeah. Sometimes I had a friend, actually was on the Salvation Army board when we were in Spokane. He was an atheist. And I, when I first met him, I go to see him, and I had my Bible with me. He goes, Oh, Captain. I was a captain back then. You know, many a good man is, you know, come along and try to convert me, but you're just wasting your time. And I said, Alan, I've just come to visit you, and whatever. So we had a great chat. And I said, Why? Why are you on the board of the Salvation Army? And I'll tell you this, he had raised more money than anybody else. He had helped us build buildings. He had done so much. I said, Alan, you're an atheist, and why don't we talk about what? We agreed and we agreed, we agreed on so much different things, helping people, showing dignity, making a difference. I said, why the Salvation Army? He goes, You know, I don't agree with your motivation, but what you're doing works, and I want to be part of it, and that's why I've been so much involved in the Salvation Army for so much of my life. And I thought, wow, that's really cool. When you've got someone who sees what we're doing and wants to be part of that, even though he may not agree, right? Yeah, it's beautiful.

Leaha Crawford 11:22
That is that that is beautiful, that is beautiful, but that also speaks to, and I hear, I mean, with the programs, it doesn't matter if you need the services come, you know, let's come and get the services. You know, we want you soup. So salvation. We want you to be okay. I love it. All right, Angel Tree. So Angel Tree is coming up, I think, right. All right. So Michelle, you want to speak to Angel Tree, because I know you're well versed in ANGEL and I didn't introduce Michelle. Michelle is sitting here with us. She's very quiet. Hi, Michelle. Hello. How are you? Okay? So Michelle is my contact. I love Michelle because she always keeps me informed and lets me know what's going on. So Michelle, tell us about Angel Tree. First of all, tell us about yourself well, and what you do with the salvation

Michelle Senser 12:07
Okay? Well, my name is Michelle, and I am the PR community engagement for Salvation Army Southern Nevada. I also, which also includes mesquite and Pahrump, and so I try to keep the community engaged with both volunteers, corporate fundraising, all the above. PR, try to, you know, get our message out there as much as we can, letting the public know what we do on a daily basis. You know, where any donation dollars that come in, where they go, how they're used. So that's, that's my job,

Leaha Crawford 12:40
and I appreciate that, because I think you do an amazing job with keeping us informed and keeping your word out there. Because I think sometimes, when programs, older programs, sometimes they you know what everyone should know, and it's like, No, everyone doesn't know. And we consistently have to inform, educate and let people know that these services are here.

Michelle Senser 12:58
Yeah, I get told pretty much daily. Oh, wow. I didn't know you all had, you know, an adult rehabilitation center. Oh, I didn't know you all had, you know, everybody just thinks maybe thrift stores or kettles, you know, something that's been very visible. I mean, that's what people but when you actually come to our campuses, when you actually see what some of our programs do, who they serve. Come to some of our events, whether they're paid or invitation, you know, and you actually get to hear the success stories and stuff.

Leaha Crawford 13:30
That's what see the success see see them. Yeah, see them and see them. Because I'm not mistaken, the manager of the Beverly downtown is a success story. Yes, the Beverly theater,

Michelle Senser 13:40
yep. So that's one of the things I highlight with these individuals. If they're willing to give their story, we're willing to tell it.

Leaha Crawford 13:48
So, yeah, I love it. Okay, so let's talk about some events that are coming

Michelle Senser 13:52
in. Well, we have our Angel Tree, yeah, which I love. It's our gift giving for families across the valley. So there will be a website. Our website will open up next week, October 1, scheduled to be October 1, I'm hoping, right, and families can go on there register their children, so that way they can get Christmas gifts in December, when we have our distribution. So the the Angel Tree is going to be open for up until we reach our maximum, we're going to try to help about 1400 families this year, last year in 2024 we helped about 1200 families, which equate to about 36 3600 3600 kids. Remember families? They sign up and they have maybe five or six kids, two or three, you know, however many family, however big the family is. So about 1200 families last year equated to about 3600 children. Wow, so yeah, and they were able to get each. Family gets a gift card for their meal, holiday meal. So that's we'll talk about all that. But the main thing is registering your children, because registration opens October one, and the website is, the website is Salvation Army Southern nevada.org, say it again, Salvation Army Southern nevada.org, so when you go onto that website, you'll be able it'll pop up right right away for you to register. A lot of times, families go in there, they start registering, and then they have to break away go and make dinner and stuff like that. So it will keep it'll save for a little while, but it will eventually fall off. So try to remember to register all your children,

Leaha Crawford 15:39
and you can register on your phone. Will you register everything else? Right? Yeah. Registering your phone, but you must be registered.

Michelle Senser 15:44
You have to register in order to receive these services in December, yes, but it's going to be open for a little while, and then we have some of our staff that calls and says, Hey, you know, I saw where you started an application. Did you want to finish it? You know, maybe they were waiting for a birth certificate or birth certificate, or something like that. So I have to verify that their children Okay, so let's talk about the what are the requirements? Requirements? Are you a Nevada resident? So you just have to show proof of Nevada residents residency, and then your your children, that they're in your custody. Okay? Usually that's a birth certificate. I think that you can use a school record or something like that, but it's, it's pretty easy. And then they'll, I'll be like, he looks like me.

Leaha Crawford 16:30
I know you cannot say,

Michelle Senser 16:38
yeah, so it's pretty easy. We've been doing this for many years, different ways. The last couple of years, we have been where the parents actually come and shop for their children. So we'll have all those toys all set up, and they come and actually shop for their five year old little girl or four year old little boy or whatever. You know, ages go from infancy, so newborns to

Leaha Crawford 17:02
12 years old. Okay, so let's get that website one more time,

Michelle Senser 17:06
Salvation Army, Southern nevada.org,

Leaha Crawford 17:10
all right, so you are listening to growth and grace. I am Leah Crawford. This is Julian Rosado, and we have the Salvation Army here with us today. We are basically wanting to introduce the Las Vegas community to our new commanding officers. Let's talk about that. Though, how often? Because I know I've been on a board now for about maybe six or seven years, and I think 123, I think my fourth set of officers. Wow, fourth set.

Julian Rosado 17:36
How can somebody donate? Oh, I love

Kyle Smith 17:39
that. That is a great question. They can go to that same website, and they will find a button that they can donate on at Christmas. When we, you know, have the red kettles, they can put money in there. There'll be a QR code. They can do that as well. And we have lots of events, if you want to come to an event, where you could, you know, see and hear what we're doing and then and leave a gift. That's another possibility. Again, you could just, there's a phone number that somebody could phone, and that's 70287044301 more time, 702 I think everyone gets that part. Yeah, 870, 40 430-870-4430 So, yeah,

Leaha Crawford 18:18
I love it. No, the reason why I was asking about, like, how, because I love the fact that the continuity of the Salvation Army and that the programs are embedded in the community, and everyone that comes in is the same love is the same information. I mean, y'all are like the kindest, the kindest people. Thank you. No, honestly. And the reason why I said I've been through four sets of officer, and it's the just the kindest people. It's always, you know, a rainbow, everything. Okay, we can work it out, you know. Let's figure it out. Okay, you know, even though, oh my god, the flood. Okay, well, let's get the water out, and then let's figure it out. Yeah, I love it where I mean, and it must be entrenched in who you

Michelle Senser 19:00
are. Yeah, I the founder of the Salvation Army. He was a Methodist minister in in 18, in the late 1800s in London, in the East End of London, he saw the poverty. He saw just people living in misery, and he had a heart for them, and he he wanted, he wanted to help them. And so he said of bringing them to church, which didn't always work, he brought church to them, and he told them about the love of God and and then that soup, soap and salvation thing became his thing, like, how, how can we talk to them about God when they're hungry and they're suffering? Let's, let's, let's help them. And so that's how it was born. So that's kind of the DNA. And everybody who signs up for this, for this job is, you know, it's just a job where, where you just, you love it, because you see the difference that you can make in someone's life just by giving them kindness, just by seeing them when other people would walk past them or ignore the need. You know, we say we run to the need, and that's, that's who we are. Yeah, I. I love it, yeah, the

Julian Rosado 20:01
last event you called me for, she called me like, Hey, do you want to come and you guys see how I dress? You know, I do dress nice, believe it or not, I can't I dress nice.

Michelle Senser 20:15
I think you look great today. Yeah, I think I know where this is going.

Julian Rosado 20:19
I show up there, and I was, it's a black tie event. Everybody's dressed beautifully. I was like, Oh my gosh. And everybody loved on. Everybody was like, oh, you know, it's okay. But when I left, they were like, What?

Leaha Crawford 20:34
What? No, they didn't. No, no, they weren't, actually. And honestly, this is the one crowd that was not but we talked to you about the event, and they told you when the event was. I said, Are you coming? You said, Yes. I said, come on. So when you showed up, I didn't, okay, come

Julian Rosado 20:49
on, let's go. But you missed the point that black tie, well,

Lisa Smith 20:53
because you forgot to say no.

Leaha Crawford 20:55
It wasn't at because it's not normally, it wasn't really black tie. It was a business casual. It was like a business it was a business event.

Kyle Smith 21:01
You know, you stood out. You were nervous. No one will ever forget you. You should be proud of that.

Lisa Smith 21:07
We had a good time, and the food was good, because that was the Battle of the chefs, okay, oh yeah, the battle. The battle, yeah, the chef showdown. It was very good with the A, R, C and the community kitchen and the community Owens campus, Owens campus, let's talk about the community kitchen, because we talked about that. Because, again, that is

Kyle Smith 21:26
soup, yes. So is actually this Saturday, I went there with Rotary Club from Las Vegas, and, you know, feeding the people off the street that have got nowhere else to eat. So at lunch, we're open to the whole community. So we have a campus where we feed about 400 people that are in our different programs, with cell vocational program, yeah,

Michelle Senser 21:47
they're residential. A lot of them are in the resident but we have programs at those

Kyle Smith 21:52
in our shelter. So we

Julian Rosado 21:53
very, you know, swiftly, but that's a lot.

Kyle Smith 21:57
But then, then every day, yeah, and then we have people coming in on the street, off the street, that, you know, hungry. So we actually split up between two other organizations. We do lunch, another one does breakfast, another one does dinner, so that, you know, all of them can have a place to come and to eat and to be fed. And that the thing that was really interesting, I hadn't noticed this, we, we do a big, hearty meal, you know, because, you know, it's, it's good, and 100 pounds of food, yeah, yeah, no, it was good. And you know what, a lot of the casinos in town give us money, not money, give us food. Oh, and a lot of people support us in different ways. But, you know, one of the casinos had given steak, and so that was cut up and stuck in with one of the beautiful meal. But one of the things that the people mentioned to me is, man, this is man, this is a big meal, and that eating all of it, you know, and no one is overweight that was coming in, you know? I mean, because they they really it's hard work. People don't realize how hard it is to be out on the streets. It's not easy, and it's not easy, not easy. So, you know, not only do they get to eat, they get to be in some air conditioning, they get to socialize, and we actually served them. We showed dignity, like at a at a restaurant, where we came and we served them. It was, it was a really meaningful experience, and and some got quite emotional, to be honest,

Leaha Crawford 23:12
I can, I can believe that. And, well, I know, because every day you do breakfast, lunch and dinner, right?

Michelle Senser 23:17
Yeah, yes, yes, dinner for the program participants, for the program participants, meal is the fourth meal

Leaha Crawford 23:24
that we have. Okay, no, we can't hear you. Michelle, I'm sorry we couldn't hear you. Far, far away. Come on.

Michelle Senser 23:30
So we do three meals a day for our for our program participants on campus and our employees as well. So it's breakfast, lunch and dinner, but at 130 to 230 community meal every day. So basically, chef on that campus does four meals. Wow, four meals.

Leaha Crawford 23:48
Chef said he does. He does meals. He said he doesn't he because he says he, he remembers, he does something that is appetizing. Every meal

Kyle Smith 23:56
I want. I want it. I'm looking at all that man. I want to try that.

Michelle Senser 23:59
It comes out to about 900 meals every day, 365 days a year. And that's unbelievable to me. I mean, that's impact, yeah, absolutely

Julian Rosado 24:10
unlimited resources. Yeah? Like,

Kyle Smith 24:12
it's only really, I really, you know what? I believe that you've got to feed. You've got to meet the basic needs. That's number one, you've got to stabilize. You've got to help somebody stabilize. But then it's to give them that education, that vocational training. It's to help them deal with their addictions or whatever it is that they need to get from where they are to where they need to be. That's that's the that's where

Lisa Smith 24:33
they want to be friends,

Kyle Smith 24:35
yeah, love and dignity and respect. Treat people how you expect to be treated. Do not dehumanize and that that is that can be. And when it gets in the media and people are arguing, people become dehumanized, we want to keep

Julian Rosado 24:51
and that's division, yeah, absolutely.

Leaha Crawford 24:53
And that's division, but this is coming from a place of love. So, okay, so a meal every day from a. 112 3130. To two. 130 to 230, on the Owens campus. On that street, Owens on Owens campus, right? And that's 3035 Owens, 35 Owens, right. 35 West Owens. 35 West Owens, as you know, yep, it's on Owens, yep, and it's right. Soon as you come off of Las Vegas Boulevard, yep, 35 West elements from 130 to 230, want to make sure I got it right. Got it, got it. You got it? You got it? Yeah, all right, so Angel Tree, but with Angel Tree, there are some requirements, right? So must be in Nevada resident proof that children are in parents custody with birth or birth certificates, right? Birth certificates and she'll look like, you know, they cannot just look

Michelle Senser 25:46
when he documented. We need documentation, not just photos, right?

Leaha Crawford 25:51
Newborn to 12 years old again, you can register Salvation Army Southern nevada.org just like it sounds. Salvation Army Southern nevada.org, or you can contact us. Number 702-870-4430 again, 702-870-4430 My name is Leah Crawford. This is Julian Rosato, and you are listening to growth and grace. I hope that we have brought to you some good information. I would like to thank thank you for taking the time this morning. Thank you for to talk to me, because I know, I mean you're new to the area, and your me, I know you're meeting a lot of amazing people here in Las Vegas that really believe in the mission of the Salvation Army. Great people

Michelle Senser 26:35
here. We have a great town, a great staff to 120 137 30 people and their passion. Passionate, and a lot of them came through our programs, and they come and they're excellent. Now they've got education, then they're giving back. Is beautiful,

Leaha Crawford 26:49
yeah, because it's funny, because when we, when I talk about, especially going through life, because you never know what someone's going through, right, and what they're growing through, that's right? And to be able to give back, and then to live and to give back, to see your impact on other people is huge. It's great, and it's healing in a different way. So that brings us to the end of our show. I'm gonna watch the Eagles game tomorrow. You are you coming

Julian Rosado 27:15
over? I'm watching unless you're watching the Cowboys game. Okay, here we go again.

Leaha Crawford 27:20
Just can't get you to bed. But that might be a good game. It's gonna be a really good game. But, you know, I got it where we can watch multiple games at one time.

Julian Rosado 27:27
I know I gotta watch the cow. Oh, here we go. All right, division, I

Leaha Crawford 27:30
guess you're not coming, then you're not watching the Cowboys game. All right, that's okay. That's okay. All right, until next week. Enjoy. Give. Give yourself grace. Remember when you're growing and going through stuff, because I know in the valley, things, things change for people, and always remember that whatever you're going through, you can get through it, yeah, but you have to give yourself Grace while you're in the process. Until next week, peace and blessings. Bye.

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