Real life at the Shelter this past week!

Weekly highlights

Monday July 30:   One of our guests was disruptive in small group this evening.  She decided that she was too ill too be in the small group when she was confronted with the behavior.  She did pull it together after the conversation.  A woman who is on our overflow list tried a couple of times to check in to overflow hoping that new staff or guest assistants would miss her on our list, but was turned away both times.        

Tuesday July 31:   One of our guests is struggling due to the fact that the father of her child is not really taking care of the child.  She is only allowed visits so this is difficult for her.

Wednesday August 1:    Lots of drama after small group tonight.  There was much emotion.  One of the challenges of the group was a young lady who had relapsed was a distraction.  Ultimately she was invited to use phase II (dinner, bed, breakfast but no place to leave stuff for the day)  By morning though she was offered overflow only.

Thursday August 2:    One of our moms who has been in and out of the shelter several times over the past few months was out of the room and her two year old daughter was left alone.  When the mom was confronted she said that she didn’t know that she had to keep her daughter with her.  Knowing that she has been at the shelter enough to know the policy we knew that she was not telling the truth.  During each of her stays she played the “I didn’t know card” on multiple occasions so this time she was asked to leave.  She has phase II or overflow available to her.

Friday August 3:  Two ambulances in less than 30 minutes.  One of our singles was caught stealing food (Two large bags of shelter food) so was asked to leave.  This single had a propensity for drama so she was already on the verge of being asked to leave and this just made it more concrete.          

Weekend:  Multiple hospital visits by our guests.  Some of our guests are working through the challenges of getting to and from work as well as child care while they work.

General comments: Overall this week was filled with drama and emotion but much that is too unconcrete to fully document.  Pray for the ladies of the shelter that God would work in their hearts.         

    

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