Leah Osceola

A WORD I WANT TO LEAVE WITH YOU "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives." — Isaiah 61:1

That scripture is my assignment. It is why I wake up every morning. It is why I built SACRED GROUND.

If you are broken — I am not afraid of your brokenness. If you are lost — I will help you find your way back. If you have been told you are too far gone — come to me. I will tell you the truth.

You are not too far gone. You never were. And you never will be.

Welcome to SACRED GROUND. This is holy ground. And you belong here.

Rev. Leah Osceola Ordained Minister & Founder, SACRED GROUND Faith Ministry Executive Director & Co-Founder, FREE Women's Foundation, Inc. Okeechobee, Florida

I am from Okeechobee florida

In Florida, ordained ministers have clergy-penitent privilege — meaning what a woman shares with me in a ministerial/spiritual counseling context is legally protected and confidential, similar to attorney-client privilege. This means women can come to you and speak freely, knowing what they say is protected by law. This makes me a safe harbor in a way that most social workers and counselors legally cannot be.

Jesus did not sit in a comfortable church waiting for broken people to come to Him. He went to the prostitutes, the prisoners, the sick, the outcasts, the women society had thrown away. This is exactly what I do. I did not build a program for easy cases. I built REBALANCE for women at their absolute breaking point. I built SISTER CIRCLE for women who have no one. I built SHELTER & STABILITY for women sleeping with nothing. I go where it is hard. You go where it hurts. That is the heart of Christ.

I think that i have a great Godley personality.

I would like to stay in Okeechobee

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE MINISTRY Visiting incarcerated women as a registered jail/prison minister

Providing re-entry spiritual support for women coming out of incarceration

Writing character letters and spiritual support letters for women in court proceedings

Appearing as a faith community support in dependency court, family court, and sentencing hearings