Weekly highlights
Monday July 23: One of the singles was in an uproar. As we investigated it became apparent that the issues had more to do with the fact that most of the room were younger ladies with the exception of one senior citizen. We made a couple of adjustments to room assignments and much of the drama went away. One of our newer moms began exhibiting an extremely negative attitude and then began staff shopping. Upon investigation this was the same thing that happened during her previous stay. She was not open to conversation so was asked to leave on Tuesday.
Tuesday July 24:
Wednesday July 25: We said farewell to staff member Jerry Bishop. Our number of singles skyrocketed throughout the day so we opened another singles room. It was an interesting day of excuses for why folks didn’t need to look for jobs, do modules, or do chores. The day was very emotional as a couple of our guests happen to be around people that had died during the day in separate incidents.
Thursday July 26: We had lots of drama around laundry today. It was very interesting how each of the ladies could only see things through their own eyes and were not able to see how their choices were putting others behind schedule or stopping them from doing laundry.
Friday July 27: One of our moms through a tantrum about going to church. She also has not done modules and keeps saying that nobody tells her anything. These items were told to her at check-in, during orientation, in writing and verbally.
Weekend: There were an incredible number of check-ins and check-outs over the weekend. One event of note. Our guest assistants did a fabulous job working with a tense situation that included the police and Child Protective Services.
General comments: Transition of staff has gone very well. We are still working through a few small bumps but these are all minor.
Current Crisis Shelter Purpose Statement:
The Crisis Shelter for Women and Children exists to increase the impact of our ministries of rescue, recovery and restoration by partnering with staff, volunteers and donors. We will do this by meeting basic needs in a safe, clean, temporary shelter, with instruction and guidance for life transformation in a healing environment.
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