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I was chatting on a mom site. Subject was homeless people. I mentioned that, over the years, all the homeless people I've spoken to have all said they prefer living on the streets because they don't want to be bound to a job or responsibilities. Our (huge) homeless shelter is pretty much empty because people don't want to follow the rules of looking for a job and listening to the Bible being read, which leads me to believe most of the homeless community would rather live in tents in the woods than get a job or listen to a prayer and have a safe, warm place to sleep at night.
I get that I'm only seeing a small majority, in my own area, and can't speak for the whole country. I get there ARE folks out there that don't want to be homeless (met a homeless family last year that desperately wanted to get back on their feet). Is it an ungodly thing to say that, from my experience, the majority of homeless don't want help but hand-outs? I never said these people were scum or not worth helping or saving or that we should hate them. Just repeated what they've told me and my husband (and our pastor, too, has shared similar stories).
Am I being unloving and ungodly by repeating these words of the homeless (as several of the women accused) or is the truth just offending these liberal women?
If it's me and I'm being too harsh or assuming, I need to apologize to them.
I get that I'm only seeing a small majority, in my own area, and can't speak for the whole country. I get there ARE folks out there that don't want to be homeless (met a homeless family last year that desperately wanted to get back on their feet). Is it an ungodly thing to say that, from my experience, the majority of homeless don't want help but hand-outs? I never said these people were scum or not worth helping or saving or that we should hate them. Just repeated what they've told me and my husband (and our pastor, too, has shared similar stories).
Am I being unloving and ungodly by repeating these words of the homeless (as several of the women accused) or is the truth just offending these liberal women?
If it's me and I'm being too harsh or assuming, I need to apologize to them.
Some young people in a car yelled at me to put the sign down and get a job. Every case is different and unique how they became homeless. and ended up on the street. I've been outside, in shelters, and stayed in a motel options.
There are plenty of plenty of people at the shelter that were drinkers. 3 of them Harold, Bob and Steve they did this drinking at the park a mile away. But three guys have a lot of talent. Harold knows construction work, Bob was a lawyer, and Steve was just smart in knowing a lot of encyclopedia facts. All 3 of these guys were smart when I sat down and listened to them. Unfortunately their drinking is holding them back to get their lives back together.
There our those that are like us in the shelter that suddenly got evicted. It's similar to the shelters I've been at to a community center.
Most people are wearing everyday clothes all not ripped up. Some were pushing baskets because we couldn't afford a car to keep our things. My homeless life was one of the best time of my life. Because I knew more people back then than I do today.
People that live in homes take for granted what they have. When I had to sleep outside there are no roofs or walls around you.
Then when I came back to the camp one day it looked like some kids took my clothes , hung them in a tree, and put shaving cream all over them.
California Bay area is expensive to begin with. I was looking for work. A lot of immigrants had moved to the area. Even this one guy offered me a job and couldn't give it to me. He said you need an address for payments. I got tired of picking up cans and bottles. It's hard work if you ever knew. That's why I started holding a sign for awhile. You do get some real work from people. I was temporarily off the street somewhere for 1 1/2 yrs and then ended up in another shelter. It wasn't until the late 90's that I was on HUD and finally living independently. In order to understand how they became homeless you need to talk to them how they became homeless.
Some people have helped me back then and told me about God. I didn't know who he was. I have this testimony however. Even when you don't believe God is still there. God brought me from place to place even though I didn't understand.
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