Saturday, July 26, 2003
the past two days have been simply just full. preparing the meal and serving it last night and today went to angel island to celebrate 60th birthday of friend and outreach tonight. as always my days have been full of desperate people. D. 19, tonight was sick, no blanket, hospital would not keep her, so i gave her a blanket. 2 people had deaths in their families, could not go home because of being homeless and no money, really grieving. i have had a sense of loneliness since sam left, largely because he provided companionship and this week has been filled with people in need, and i have just had to give and give. my friend today talked about how in getting old he sees how short a time is left, and i have the same sense of fears. for me we must choose how we are going to use our time here, and then trust in Jesus for the rest. that is what i am working on in my life, to completely put my trust in the providence of God and to fling myself completely in the arms of Jesus. Deo Gratiis!
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Wednesday, July 23, 2003
i returned this afternoon from my 24 hours off, going to Pacifica for the night and then hiking 15 miles this morning and afternoon along the coast. it was great simply to be alone. the day before i left was hectic and exhausting. , 19 year old m. called from denver telling me that he had been charged with numerous crimes, ie burning a flag and assault on an accused pedophile. he has along history of abuse. he was fleeing, coming back to sf. we talked about the consequences but he maintains he is coming back. he is hooked on heroin, has a baby coming, and is in a lot of pain. then there were the thirty or so people in an out of my door all day needing food and basically a friend. B, 19 and his girlfriend a, 21 were in a lot of pain. b had beat up a "john" after the guy said he wanted a "free taste", a had left hospital ama and her abscess was getting worse. c, 24, who i have known for 9 years was in and out, mainly lonely, wanting food. it was an exhausting day, both emotionallyl and physically. this work wears ur heart out. but in each one was the Christ. Deo Gratis. Amen.
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The following is the article from SF Examiner about "Gudalupe" the homeless woman who was raped and beaten, this is a common happening and one that is not talked about:
Cops seek park rapist
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By Alison Soltau
Of The Examiner Staff
asoltau@examiner.com
Published on Monday, July 21, 2003
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There are no known eyewitnesses, the victim cannot speak and the sole piece of evidence, a sample of semen, has yielded no clues.
It seems an impossible crime to solve, so San Francisco police are asking for your help.
Did anyone see a 50-year-old Hispanic woman brutally attacked and raped in Jefferson Park at Turk and Gough Streets on June 17 or 18?
For weeks, the woman has laid in a coma at San Francisco General Hospital while police wait for her to awake and tell them of her ordeal.
But when she opened her eyes, nothing came out of her mouth, said Insp. Dan Everson of the sex crimes detail.
A homeless man discovered the unconscious woman around 8:15 a.m. on June 18 in the center of the park, under a stand of trees. She was naked from the waist up, her lower body covered by a bloodied yellow sweater and her head and face badly beaten.
The woman, whose name has not been released, is recovering in a rehabilitation facility and Everson said she may be brain damaged or in too much shock to speak of her ordeal.
"There are a lot of homeless people who sleep in the park and other people in the park know who she was, so someone may have seen something," Everson said.
Police recovered a semen sample but when they entered it into a national database of sex offenders' semen, there was no match.
"We aren't giving up on it. We just don't know if this message has got out to everyone there," Everson said. "We are just trying to keep this alive. Hopefully she will come around and be able to talk to us."
Anyone with information is asked to call the sex crimes detail at 553-1361 or the 24-hour operations center at 553-1071.
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Monday, July 21, 2003
today has been just a usual day, going to the foodbank, giving out foodbaskets, and spending time with some of the guys and outreach.
when people come to me for food baskets i am always amazed at how so many ordinary people just need food. the three people who came today were two people on disability, one for AIDS, the other retirement, and a woman who is hardly making ends meet for her family of 3 on $7.50 an hour. I have never known what it is like to go without food, or to purchase it for myself. my "begging" is that of for this ministry, and my support is a part of that, but not just for myself. we live in a country where there is so much, and yet people go without. we need a living wage, and yet those with the millions oppose it--a fraid they want get their share.
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Sunday, July 20, 2003
for the past three days my friend sam, who is 15 has been staying with me, while his mother was out of town. he is from a small town up north. they have been busy and fun days for he is easy to be with. but what i noticed was the contrast that sam brought to this world of mine. my street kids were in and out, and i was struck by the darkness. their lives are dark, and i move and live in this darkness. j, 20, hung out some and talked alot about his drugs etc , and in listening and then being with sam, i realized our dark their lives are, and how we all walk a balance--between the our darker side and the side of our goodness, and the more we descend into the darkness the more "normal" for us it becomes. one of my hopes for sam in these days was for him to glimpse that "darker side", and see how often their are consequences we make in the risks we take that are some times irreverisble or hard to reverse. Deo Gratis!
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