I had a very interesting eye opening experience last night (2/25/2007) when I went and met a gentleman by the name of Marty at Truth Ministries.

Marty runs an area Homeless Shelter / Church.  It is an amazing thing what he is doing for the Homeless in the area.  But what I found even more amazing was the funding he recieves from the State of Washington.  The amount of money Truth Ministries recieves is NOTHING!!!  Their money comes from private donations and volunteers.  But yet he is the only real establishment that holds the people that arrive accountable. 

The other Homeless Sheltar I have had the opportunity to see is known as the House of Charity.  What is different between the two locations is amazing.  This location does not hold the people accountable for their actions.  They kick them out in the morning and let them back in at night.  Basically a big flop house that recieves Washington State funding.  What they do during the day is stand at the off ramp of the freeway.

Truth Ministries encourages them to go and find jobs.  Truth Ministries teaches them the Word of God and gives them hope again.

Now one other thing that has been brought to my attention is the fact that the Homeless recieve around $150 in Food Stamps and around $325 every month coming from other services in the area. .  There is more to all of this that I am still researching. 

The next part to this blog is related to what is known as "Man Down Calls". 

There is still a lot of interesting information being researched on this. 

Part 2 will be coming soon.