“I found myself in Los Banos shortly after getting in an argument with my younger brother while driving up north. It just happened to be the first town we came across after our talking ceased. He unloaded my wheelchair and some of my belongings in a hospital parking lot and wished me good luck. I had first heard of the Merced Mission a couple of days later while lying in Los Banos memorial hospital anxiously contemplating what to do after my impending discharge. I had serious doubts regarding what they could do for me and was expecting something akin to the homeless shelter that I provided medical care for in Santa Monica. I was extremely surprised to find a new wheelchair-accessible van waiting to take me to the Mission’s respite house in LB. Bobby, Jason, Jamie, Anthony, and the rest of the staff at the house were amazingly proactive and resourceful in helping me with everything that I needed, whether I requested it or not. They had even found $500 to pay for my prescriptions. I had gotten well enough to move out of the respite house and into the Mission’s local SLE. I’m currently working with an associated housing resource which has given me a second chance at living a full and productive life, thanks to the rescue mission. I truly don’t know what my life would be like without all these beautiful people.”