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Newsletters
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CMLV October 2011
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10/10/2011
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For some time, Perry carried a small aluminum cross in his pocket with “GOD” stamped on the crossbeam. The “O” was part of the phrase “LOVES YOU” imprinted on the vertical beam. On a bus trip to visit his grandmother, Perry decided to get something to eat at Union Station’s all-night restaurant. When a middleaged woman sat down at the table across from his, he heard God speak in his spirit, “Give her your cross.” Perry reached into this pocket and dug it out.As he laid the cross on her table, he said, “God wants me to give you this." To read more, click here.
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CMLV September 2011
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9/10/2011
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Dwayne is a man anyone would like, just by meeting him. When he came to the Mission for the first time,we couldn’t help but think that he looked out of place. He didn’t fit the “type” that we usually see.Dwayne lived a great life. Even though his biological dad died when he was a baby, his step-father was a great guy. Dwayne says in high school he starred in football, basketball and track. He received good grades; never was in any trouble and says he never messed with drugs because, “My parents would have killed me.” To read more, click here.
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CMLV August 2011
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8/10/2011
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Derrick came to the City Mission looking for help... but he was different. Clean, well dressed, smiling, friendly, eager to help out he had it all going for him--or so he looked on the outside. “Childhood was great” growing up in New Orleans with his brothers and sisters. He was responsible. He finished High School and then two years of college. Drugs and alcohol wasn’t a part of his life. Derrick came to Nevada in 2003 after Katrina destroyed his home. . . . To read more, click here.
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CMLV July 2011
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7/10/2011
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When the phone rang late Friday afternoon, I hesitated to answer. However, though, I felt compelled to take the call. It was Amber. She was in tears and desperate. Running from an abusive marriage, she had three young daughters, a little rescue puppy and no one to turn to. It was past closing time for most agencies, therefore, I was sure
there was nothing I could do to help her, other than food. As she talked, a phone number came to mind of a service provider that helped with families and their pets. . . .To read more, click here.
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CMLV June 2011
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5/27/2011
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It wasn’t that John grew up in a badhome... he didn’t. However, it wasn’t an “Ozzie and Harriet” life either. Though his father provided for him and his eleven siblings, he was also a heavy drinker. Being the third from the oldest, he learned from his father, who was a carpenter, to work with his hands and, he became a licensed electrician. Unfortunately, he also learned how to drink at an early age and that addiction lead to drugs--marijuana, cocaine and then crack. A couple of failed marriages, estranged children and lost jobs, were a part of the casualty list from the heavy drugs he was taking. . . .To read more, click here.
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CMLV May 2011
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5/1/2011
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Maggie, not her real name, has come to the Mission almost every day for a long time now. She lives in abandoned mobile homes in the neighborhood around the Mission. Maggie always seems to have this look on her face that is close to one approaching terror. The Mission has become her family. Recently a special event took place. One day a few weeks ago, some of our “desert dwellers” found some abandoned puppies and brought them to the Mission. Maggie took to one of them like a duck to water. Now you can see Maggie’s smile from across the room....To read more, click here.
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