Peter has been learning to navigate living homeless this week. I am sure is easier that he has some money. I am telling him, he needs to practice not depending on the money in his pocket as this will soon be gone at the rate he is spending it. He is figuring out the bus system. Peter has had to move to a different parking garage. He calls me at least 2 times a day. In the evening there is usually an hour or so of conversation in which he tells me his stories. Many are steeped in reality, some not so. He has started telling me that he doesn't want to be in Athens. He wants to return to Gainesville. I tell him he has better options in Athens. Peter is known at a coffee shop where they let him charge his phone and they often provide him with free snacks. Peter has figured out that the Library is a good place to charge his phone and hang out for awhile. He says he is taking his meds, and his mood and tone make me believe he is.
My contacts this week have been "helpful for knowledge" but not necessarily progressive in nature. Peter goes tomorrow (Friday) morning to Advantage for an appointment the hospital set up. Honestly I do not know what it is for or what to hope it will accomplish. Please pray that they will be able to help Peter in some way and that he will be appreciative of whatever that help looks like. I pray he can get into a shelter so that I can sleep better. Pray for the means of his getting his medication refilled and his setting them up and my role in it. I have a few things I want to get to him this weekend. I am trying to figure out the best timing and navigation of that. I continue to pray that he would find support, community and Jesus in the midst of this hard experience.
Thank you.
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