Candace and her children

This is the real face of homelessness that is rarely seen. Candace lives in a weekly rate hotel with her four children in Wentzville, Missouri. Even the federal definition of homelessness does not see this family making all the numbers the government publishes on family and child homelessness at best a good guess. The numbers are much, much higher.

Candace had the courage to leave an abusive relationship. Most women stay. But if it wasn't for the help a kind man helping the unseen homeless families in St Charles County, Candace and all of her children would be literally out on the streets.

All the shelters are full. Hopefully, Candace will find an opening soon. But there are far more homeless families than there is help. This is a real crisis.

In a past life I worked for a church in a neighboring community. There are many churches in this area, as there are lots of churches throughout America. Unfortunately, the average church in this country spends more money talking about impact trying to fill seats then actually doing something to help hurting families in their community.

As the economy gets worse we must get better. My prayer is that the faith-based community will wake up and stop wasting money and resources trying to fill buildings, and start working with their communities to solve this social crisis.

The church needs to be more like Paul. Not the Paul in the Bible, but the Paul in St Charles County who has become the real hope to so many. Paul is helping homeless families not because he's trying to get people to go to church or win "souls", Paul is helping simply because it's what we all should be doing - helping our neighbors without an agenda. Please support http://firststepbackhome.net


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[waverlykay]

Not quite understanding all the racist comments, this woman did something very difficult, she left an abusive relationship, it's easy to be a follower and go along with all the ignorant comments, this woman has strength, you followers don't have strength.

[DmcWorks]

Disgusting posts. Beautiful kids ALL of them. I have a place if she still needs a few weeks.

[BigDogJang0]

why ar her kids brown?

[PorkChopMissPiggy]

@erin7375 Maybe if she had waited a few years before having kids. Gotten a good education and not have FOUR kids she wouldnt' be in this mess.

[PorkChopMissPiggy]

@cuntbaggins Your right in that we need to have compassion and humanity but that does not mean common sense needs to go out the window. Before a woman has kids she needs to make sure she has the education to financially support those kids. Secondly what is she doing have four kids for? Unless your rich no average person can afford to have four kids. Dental care, medical, tutors, etc etc. This woman didn't think ten minutes into the future. She needs to close her legs.

[cuntbaggins]

i cant keep reading the comments on this channel. people are fuckin disgusting, where is your humanity?

[acajudi100]

Put the kids in foster care, while you work 3 jobs. Get on birth control please.

[Jesmonddene1]

Where are they now?

[sarabower1]

@chucknorrisgawd I feel sorry for the children, as they are the innocent ones.

[erin7375]

@TajiTJ Opinionated and ignorant yet 5 thumbs up. Obviously your blaming her status as a Mommy for her predicament. How sick. So somehow it's her own fault her partner got abusive with the child? Should she have not had the child and then this wouldn't have happened? Wow.

[takharov1]

@MeltnButta Cute. You need an eyesight test.

[takharov1]

@jmwwd  The ironies in the sentence you've just written being the ignorant moron you are, seem to have escaped you. Spare us your platitudes. Doctor ? More likely than not they will end up criminals.