CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A small storage unit off Weber Road is the last place most people would expect to find a ministry—but for Olga Leal Longoria, it’s exactly where transformation happens. Ministry uses storage unit to help people rebuild; Winter clothing needed

Longoria runs Ashes to Beauty, a grassroots ministry that provides free clothing to people rebuilding their lives after prison, addiction or homelessness.

“Imagine yourself just coming out of prison and all you have are the clothes you came in with,” Longoria said.

She created the ministry out of her own lived experience. Years ago, she was homeless and relying on others for the basics.

“Me being homeless and in need of clothes,” she recalled.

She said her turning point came unexpectedly.

“God showed up for me where I wa

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