saintmichaeldefendthem
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- Nov 1, 2014
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I miss volunteering at the Mission, but driving a truck I'm just not home enough. My wife does though and she helps out with the Idaho Food Bank as well as homeless shelter where we moved.I feel bad for homeless people because this kind of thing happens to them all the time. Remember when some assholes were lighting them on fire? They are the most vulnerable people you can encounter.Good. That is what you get when you fuck with people for no reason. Hopefully it knocked some sense into him.
And Jesus loves them dearly. I think that's why help came from an unseemly source.
I work with an Outreach program through our Church, being homeless is like getting sucked into a vortex, it's very very difficult to get out of. Many people associate being homeless to alcohol and drugs but the main factor is mental illness...that and many of them just give up.
I was just about to say the same exact thing but you beat me to it. I volunteer often with a homeless outreach program here in my city and the conditions these people face are horrifying. The victimization rates they face for violent crime and sexual assaults is staggering. Mental heath is the largest factor when it comes to homelessness in my city. Most people foolishly jump to addiction as the main reason, though that is cause in some cases, but they would be incorrect.
You're right, addiction is only a symptom. Many are veterans, we send them to war and they come back broken and we do nothing to help them. We're taking in refugees while our own veterans live in the streets. Talking to them instead of about them is very educational and we include our kids too.
I'm glad you have a passion for the homeless. God bless you for that.