building hope for the year 2000 this pastor is a real GI

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In buena Park Ca the Rev Drake at the first sourthern Baptist Church understands the implications of what y2k means and has gone full court press to build a 2nd homeless shelter(the Here's Hope center) by dec 30 of 99 to give his community extra disaster relief capabilities for people displaced by the upcomming y2k crisis. He has been operating the here's hope social ministies transistional shelter for 11 years and recognizes that we will see an upswell of homelessness do to the economic fallout y2k will surely cause. I have briefed him with the Bis contigency reports and the IEEE reports and he Get's It. He has committed his church to provide this expanded disaster relief facility. If you would like to help build the Here's Hope Center send your donations to the First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park Ca 6801 western ave Buena Park Ca 90621 Attn The Here's Hope Center Homeless shelter project. Even though resources are tight because of family y2k preparations,please take a little time to think of those that are unable to help themselves prepare for this crisis. The church has stuck it's neck on the line for these homeless folks In a city that has fought this pastor tooth and nail to get him to stop providing these services in there city. Helping the homeless is unpopular with the city leaders they would rather not have it in there back yard. Pastor Drake is a man of great courage and integrity for all his work in standing up for the rights of the poor. He is worthy of your support. In the future he will be doing a press confrence about the building hope for the year 2000 and our nations need to pay special attention to helping provide a safe transistion for our nations homeless in the year 2000, and call for all churches to make special preparations to deal with the failures that will occur from y2k work that will not be done in time.

-- y2k aware mike (y2k aware mike @ conservation . com), July 29, 1999

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Mike,

y2k is also about recognizing our common humanity--not just about survival.

-- Mara Wayne (MaraWayne@aol.com), July 29, 1999.


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