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Patricia's Story
I became homeless due to domestic violence. I didn't quite understand the huge problem of being homeless. I worked all my life and now I'm homeless? I was living in a tent. Drugs played a great role in the situation too. One night, after losing two friends on the streets, I got down on my hands and knees and cried out to God and asked Him for deliverance. I told Him I didn't want to die in the streets. That evening I ended up going into the hospital because my health was declining fast! When I got out I didn't have nothing except the clothes on my back. A stranger or angel came along and gave me a tent and two sleeping bags. I pitched my tent on my church platform. I refused to use drugs or alcohol.
After a few days there, the Pastor came out and said it was okay for me to be there and then invited me to church. I went and couldn't believe it! The sermon was called "On The Run". That blew my wig back! I called my insurance company's case manager and she put me in a shelter. The Lord had already started delivering. I need deliveries in all areas of my life. I had a check list I shared with the Lord of things I needed to do: divorce, health, housing, and family restoration.
I had become connected with the Regional Task Force on Homelessness and I started taking suggestions from people there that could get me where I needed to be. The Holy Spirit used people as a vessel to help me. All the things I needed, He gave me- guidance and great people like Tashia at RTFH who never gave up on me. I now live in an apartment for seniors through a program I was matched to at Community Housing Works.
So many that I want to say thank you to but I have to start first with God. I'm not saying it's going to be easy. I'm saying you're worth it!
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