David Lloyd and his wife, Natalie, who were full-time missionaries, were attacked by gangs and were both killed, Rep. Ben Baker said. David was 23 and Natalie was 21.
Once an individual is accepted, they must comply with all of the “house rules,” or “sacred covenant,” which hammer home the conditional nature of the charity on offer. In exchange for a bunk for thirty days, individuals are required to work without pay for six hours a day, six days a week. Jobs include working for various Mission business ventures and cleaning streets downtown—for which the Mission, but not the resident, is compensated. During this thirty-day period, residents are not permitted to look for outside work, which all but forecloses the hope of acquiring secure housing. For Dolores Nevin—who once went to the Mission with a torn rotator cuff and was turned away when she couldn’t work—disabilities that prevent you from “participating in daily Mission life” effectively bar you from staying there.
I’m gonna’ need a citation for that one.
Happily: https://thebaffler.com/latest/between-a-rock-and-a-god-place-whitcomb
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