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		<title>20 Years on the Homeless Road</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Name: Ray City: Phoenix, AZ My homeless journey began many years back. A divorce and the disappearence of my children, devistated me. No one would help me locate them, and when I did find them, they would vanish again. And the thing is, I had no idea why this woman left and took the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every Homeless Face has a backstory</title>
		<link>http://strongfamiliesnow.org/blog/2011/07/16/every-homeless-face-has-a-backstory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Name: Rd City: Los Angeles, CA Twitter: @LostAwareness My story is simple. I left a decent paying job to save my health. Became indigent during a year&#8217;s search for other work. Became disabled 370 days after I left my job. Wound up on the streets. Fortunately, I am now housed due to actions taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life is the Sum of All Your Choices</title>
		<link>http://strongfamiliesnow.org/blog/2011/07/06/life-is-the-sum-of-all-your-choices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been almost two months since I returned home. I am just now able to sit at my computer and write about the sum of my experiences walking in the shoes of the homeless and unemployed. When I received the vision for the Walk a Week in Your Shoes campaign in 2009, I was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officially moving out</title>
		<link>http://strongfamiliesnow.org/blog/2011/05/13/officially-moving-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 04:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week 29 God certainly intended for me to leave the transitional housing room tonight. The surprise is I am going back to Houston for a vacation. Following God on this journey has kept me away from them for seven months. I have missed so much: my nephew&#8217;s rookie season in Little League Baseball, his birthday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remaining steadfast in faith</title>
		<link>http://strongfamiliesnow.org/blog/2011/05/13/remaining-steadfast-in-faith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 20:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week 29 I have received offers from friends to pay the $25 rent to stay in the room. However, as I have now gotten rid of the necessities to stay here (bed linens, towels, eating utensils, clothes, etc.), I have passed the point of no return. God instructed me to remove those things because he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dressed and ready to go</title>
		<link>http://strongfamiliesnow.org/blog/2011/05/13/dressed-and-ready-to-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 16:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week 29 At 11:58, God told me to get completely dressed at 12:00 noon. So here I sit in my suit, patent leather pumps, earrings, and necklace waiting on God to move me. God, I don&#8217;t know when you plan to move me, how, or to where but I trust you. I have followed your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Released from homelessness?</title>
		<link>http://strongfamiliesnow.org/blog/2011/05/13/released-from-homelessness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 13:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week 29 I have completed the 3-day vision quest and have emerged with a sense of elated peace and fortified faith. Upon awakening, God immediately put me to work cleaning the floors and surfaces I have touched to release my energy and bless the space for the next tenant. I packed up my toothbrush and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Prayer</title>
		<link>http://strongfamiliesnow.org/blog/2011/05/12/my-prayer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 18:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week 28: Walking in the shoes of the homeless and unemployed My three-day quest ends today. I have 1/4 cup of detoxifying kale left to facilitate the fast. Then I have nothing left. No more food. No money. Nothing but the clothes on my back-the suit-literally. Everything else I have gotten rid of as God [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vision Quest: You can&#8217;t take it with you</title>
		<link>http://strongfamiliesnow.org/blog/2011/05/11/vision-quest-you-cant-take-it-with-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 14:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week 28: Walking in the shoes of the homeless and unemployed 12 days to move out After scrubbing the room from top to bottom on Monday, tossing out all bed linens, and packing my things, I camped out on the floor in a two and a half foot wide space. All I had was my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Packed and ready to go</title>
		<link>http://strongfamiliesnow.org/blog/2011/05/09/packed-and-ready-to-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 17:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week 28 – Walking in the shoes of the homeless and unemployed 11:04am When I awoke this morning, God immediately had me to pack the rest of my things. He instructed me to leave out a change of clothes; pack the rest. I tossed more clothes, too. Now, I am literally down to my suit, [...]]]></description>
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