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| FOUNDER: JAMES FLAHERTY - ESTABLISHED: 6/14/03 |
| HI I'M HOMELESS |
| NEWSPAPER |
| News Flash: |
| On 7/19/04, in the alley, behind the sunshine place, William Mcalister was found dead. He overdosed on heroin. He had also been drinking. I personally saw william the week before and he looked very sick. When I asked him if he wanted to talk about it he said, he didn't feel like it. |
| William was sleeping two beds over from me, at the mission, before his death. He had been reading the Bible every night in service, and at bedtime too. I saw William praying many times in service, and he also went to the alter several times for prayer. I first met William over 20 yrs. ago, at the Sunshine Place. I asked him to play a game of domino's with me and he accepted. I thought I would show him who was the boss by beating him quickly. Halfway through the game I realized he wasn't an ordinary domino player. William was a Champion domino player He beat me real bad and made me like it too. We talked about how we both came from Arkansas and how it was back there. That's how William got his nickname. He would always say, "just call me Arkansas". I saw Williams good side, and that's when I established a relationship with him. He knew scripture better than most people. God will save who he wants to save, including William. So don't be so sure about other peoples salvation. I believe William is saved. Untill I find out otherwise, that's what I will believe. Work out you're own salvation with fear and trembling. And don't be so quick to judge other people."William,"we are already missing you. We Love Arkansas |
| Around september of last year, 2003, I went to Alpha Theraputic Plasma donation Center, on prescott, to donate my blood plazma for money.They payed people $35.00 a week for 2 donations.I went there for several months untill voluntarily,I gave them information about me being homeless and staying at the Modesto Mission.I didn't think that I had anything to hide or to be ashamed of. When they heard that I was homeless, they refused to let me donate anymore at their clinic.They told me homeless people are a high risk, even though the blood is tested first. Do you think they discriminated against me? Gary Mayle |
| O.K. everybody, lets keep our campsites and parks clean! Remember, not everyone will pick up after us, and this leaves for a sloppy looking community for tourists and visitors. As for clean, how is your heart today ? Been to God in the last time you took a breath ? Please take a minute to ponder this thought, - the smallest of what you are, give to God. In return he will make you bigger inside. Keep giving to God, everyday, what you have, and you will have great gifts. You will discover the smallest parts of your life, through God, are the most rewarding. Byron A. Ostrowsky |
| Several weeks ago, I became homeless. It began years ago when I started experiencing some psychological problems that my doctor was unable to identify. Diagnosed as depressive, I was given a variety of different drugs. None of wich seemed to help. My behavior became more and more bizzare untill my wife said I needed to either check into a mental hospital or she would leave me. Not wanting to spend my life in a hospital, I left. Originally from L.A., I began my journey north, untill eventually arriving in Modesto, Ca. I spent a couple of weeks sleeping where I could until my father reluctantly took me in. He helped me find the right Doctor and with the right medicine, I gradually improved. Presently, I am still living with my 80 yr. old father. We're doing all right and I'm looking for a job. I hope to have my own place to live, in the near future. There are alot of others on the street with mental and physical handycap problems. They aren't getting help because of the lack of knowledge and ability of Doctors to properly diagnose the right medications for the patients significant, individual, problem. Ed |