“The Mission means the world to me. It was a safe place to be mentally and physically when I couldn’t provide for myself. The first place I was able to be comfortable , clean myself, and eat regularly that I had found in nearly a years time. It provides the basic needs that everyone takes for granted. I went from a heightened state of feral survivalism to caring about what food tasted like, rather than acknowledging whether there was food or not. I was able to truly want to live again.”

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-Paul