Getting Started 8-15-2012

Hey everyone. Time is real short.


Yesterday I was part of a lottery at the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (ARCH), I was one of the lucky ones and have access to my own locker which allows me to store the majority of my stuff. That is a load off my shoulders. This morning I attended a Town Hall meeting at the ARCH which included members of the ARCH administration, Staff and the homelees registered at the ARCH to discuss issues of concern about the ARCH operation and other issues the city of Austin needs to address concerning the homeless. I must say, although the system is not perfect, at least efforts are made to deal with the needs of the homeless, and the homeless themselves can have a voice in things that concern them. It was not this way at all back in Indiana at the Lighthouse mission.

I have only been down to 6th street once, the day I arrived, but that is no matter. It is loaded with live music, the whole town is. The Arch is only one block away from the center of it all. I'm sure after I have a grip on how to survive; I'll get down to 6th street a lot.

I only wish Mary was here. If you’re going to be homeless, there are a lot worse places to be.

Bob




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