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THE YEAR WAS NOVEMBER OF 2002 AND I HAD JUST SPEND MY 3 WEEKS AT THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY SHELTER AT THE CONVENT ON 127TH STREET IN HARLEM, NEW YORK.FROM THERE COALITION OF THE HOMELESS TOLD ME TO CHOOSE WHICH ARMORY THAT I WANTED TO GO AND I CHOSE THE ONE IN THE SOUTH BRONX,FRANKLIN.I ARRIVED THERE ON NOVEMBER 25TH AND THE REASON I REMEMBER THE DATE IS I STILL HAVE A BIBLE GIVEN TO ME BY A YOUNG LADY NAMED RITA.I THINK THIS IS THE ONLY ARMORY WHERE THEY HAD OVER 200 WOMEN,THESE WOMEN CAME FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.SOME HAD JOBS,SOME WERE GOING TO COLLEGE.THERE WERE SEVERAL MINISTRIES IN THE AREA THAT CAME TO EDIFY US, ENCOURAGE US, ENLIGHTEN US,AS WELL AS ENRICH US IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.AND THIS JUST WASN'T ON SUNDAY MORNINGS OR SUNDAY NITE(ALL THRU THE WEEK THEY WOULD COME , WHICH IS WHY I BELIVE MY EXPERIENCE IS STILL SO FRESH IN MY MIND AFTER ALL THESE YEARS,7 YEAR SINCE I WAS THERE .SEVERAL OF THE WOMEN THERE WERE WHEELCHAIR BOUND AND ONE LADY THEIR HAD PARKINSON'S DISEASE I THINK(SHE COULD NEITHER BATH HERSELF OR FEED HERSELF BECAUSE SHE WAS ALWAYS TREMBLING AND SHAKING)HOWEVER, SHE WAS VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF BY THE OTHER WOMEN WHO HAD COMPASSION ON HER.I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY IN THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WHY THERE ISN'T MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SO MANY MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRE IN THIS COUNTRY A LOT OF US ARE ON FIXED-INCOMES,UNABLE TO WORK EVEN PART-TIME.WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD THE ENOROMOUS RENTS FROM GREEDY LANDLORDS.IT WASN'T UNTIL 13 MONTHS LATER THAT I FINALLY RECEIVED MY SECTION 8 VOUCHER FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. WHEN I WENT TO PICK IT UP THE GUY SAID TO ME MS.JACKSON YOU REALLY DESERVE THIS VOUCHER CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE APPLIED FOR IT IN EVERY BOROUGH WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STATEN ISLAND.NOW LET'S PRAY, O LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM,ISAAC AND JACOB I COME BEFORE THE THRONE OF GRACE WITH VERY,VERY,VERY,VERY,VERY HUMBLE FOR OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, FOR MR.J.RONALD TERWILLINGER WHO DONATED 100,000,000.00 MILLION DOLLARS TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND FOR EVERY OTHER PERSON WHO IS OBEYING YOU BY LOVING THEIR NEIGHBORS AS THEY LOVE THEMSELVES.O LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, I COME BEFORE THE THRONE OF GRACE TO LIFT UP TO YOU EVERY INDIVIDUAL ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, STARTING WITH THE NEWBORN BABIES AND GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS AND EVERY ONE IN BETWEEN, FROM THE TOP EXECUTIVES ON WALL STREET TO THE MANY POOR PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD;AND I PRAY IN THE VERY RIGHTEOUS NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST THAT YOU WILL COMFORT ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN MOURNING,STRENGTHEN ALL THOSE THAT ARE WEAK(BOTH PHYSICALLY AND SPIRTIUALLY)I ASK YOU TO RENEW, TO RESTORE, RESCUE, DELIVER, HEAL AND SET FREE ALL WHO ARE IN NEED IN AUSTRALIA, IN NEW ZEALAND, IN THE SOLOMON'S ISLAND, IN GUAM, IN THE FIGI ISLAND, IN THE WEST INDIES, IN AFRICA, IN ASIA, IN EUROPE, IN THE MIDDLE EAST,IN THE CANADA, IN MEXICO, IN SOUTH AMERICA, IN CENTRAL AMERICA, AND IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ANSWERING THIS VERY,VERY,VERY,VERY, VERY HUMBLE PRAYER REQUEST OF MINE.AMEN AND AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THANKS A MILLION FOR READING THIS.SIGNING OUT IN ASBURY PARK,NJ A VERY,VERY,VERY,VERY OBEDIENT SERVANT OF THE LIVING GOD, DOROTHY JACKSON.