They're only passing through you in the end...

[chaosandoldnite]

Again, there is no heat-wave today, which I am entirely thankful to God for. Hopefully we bypassed it while up north, and I won't have to deal with dreadful heat again until next year. We had more record-breaking heatwaves this summer than in many, many previous years.
I have had an incredibly odd morning thus far. Waking up wasn't spectacular (is

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[kruszer]

that's sad. how old is this girl

[chaosandoldnite]

Lisa is likely schizophrenic, because I don't think that her state is drug-induced. She lives in another world, but has a grip on reality enough to be able to play the socialist system. She knows what shelters to go to for food and clothing, and I believe she even sleeps in them every once in a while

[kruszer]

If she won't see a counsellor, maybe a counsellor should see her. I mean strike up a conversation with her and see where it goes - obviously a female counsellor would be best and from my experience these types of people tend to be very territorial - especially if they're pan-handling, but you never know.

I personally have sat down on the sidewalk with the street kids who hang out in the downtown market pan-handling all day and befriended quite a number of them. Most of them have amazing stories to share - I guess maybe I can relate to them more because I'm not quite as removed from their lives as others are. It's just a matter of a right turn over a left one and we'd have all wound up on the same road together.

Anyhow, maybe you could look around and see if there are down to earth and approachable/non-threatning female counsellors who would be willing to become a regular familiar face to Lisa.

[kruszer]

My friend Peter knows Lisa. He knows everyone :) I don't know if he's still there now, but as of a few hours ago he was heading down to your church to chat with her. Small world huh?

Another of his friends who also knows her, told us that Lisa is the way she is because she snapped after being in a car accident and seeing her family - including her four children, one of them a baby, die. I don't know whether or not that's the actually case, but a trauma like that could certainly shake someone up inside.

Peter says he'll come to your church tomorrow. He's really on a spiritual quest at the moment, checking out every religion. I think he could benefit from taking the Alpha course, do you know of any starting up around your area?

Also, I'll be calling you shortly. I'm going to take you up on your offer to stay in the residence. My time with Peter's family was more than enough Peter for me. :P