10 Years on the Streets…
When we first met Juan, he was malnourished and on the verge of starving. At 6’1” and 150 pounds, he looked skeletal. Juan had been battling a fierce addiction for years, the last 10 of which he’d been homeless. The only way he survived the summer was by getting ice from gas stations and dumping chilled water over his head and body. “When you smoke meth, your body temperature rises,” he says. Life was miserable except for one bright spot. A flicker of hope – the Phoenix Rescue Mission’s Street Outreach Team.
