First and foremost, Thank God for protecting all the people in West Virginia because we know that it could have been more serious than it was. We could have died from our first drink of water because our City Officials and West Virginia American Water took an hour, two, or more to warn the public about the water being contaminated. Some of us already took a bathe, drank the water, washed clothes, cooked with, and washed dishes in the water before we were warned not to use the water at all except for flushing. So your continued prayers will be needed and is needed. Also, there is still no timeline about when we can use the water again. Thank God for the churches, the fire department, FEMA, and ALL the People that are bringing us water for people to use. Thank God I have money to buy cases of water and water being available to buy. Thank you to my friends for your love, concern, friendship, and prayers.
I've been helping people since 1979 but I've been running my House of Prayer and Community Workshop since 1989. We have been providing people with an efficiency, a one bedroom to live in, and helping people to help themselves. Their rent ranges from $300 to $400 a month with all utilities included in the rent with cable. Sometimes some people can't pay anything at all so they have to do some type of volunteer work for their rent. Some people haven't paid anything in over a year but we continue to work with them and not put them out if they're not breaking the law. All rent goes to the utilities, building material, and House of Prayer and Community Workshop back bills.
Some of the Appalachian Power employees have been unfair to my House of Prayer and Community Workshop in the past and we were forced to pay over $1,000 electric bill for 1 month at one of my places. Also, one of our City Officials lied and had our electric cut off in the middle of winter time. It was off for a month but thank God that the Public Service Commission helped us out and got it back on. Also thank God that Mountaineer Gas Company helped us get the gas on so the renters were warm when the electric was off.
The summer of 2013, West Virginia American Water and the Charleston Sanitary Board made us pay $600 a month for 3 months. That's $1,800 we had to pay because a pipe broke loose up under the bathtub and the water was running on the ground. We didn't know it at the time because it wasn't winter time. On January 8, 2014, I had a misunderstanding with the lady that works at the Charleston Sanitary Board over the amount of a bill. Some of the Sanitation and Water Company employees are very nasty towards people when they are trying to pay their bills and get misunderstandings straightened out. They are so quick to cut people's water off instead of trying to work with people. As I say all the time, prejudice and jealousy is the same thing no matter what color you are. Other companies' employees, that are out of town, try to work with you to give you an arrangement or so on but some of these fools here take their job too personal. You know them by them saying "We are just doing our job". Also, I know that the devil is doing his job but thank God that God is doing his job by helping us and helping the poor. On January 9, 2014 is when the water got contaminated and I hope that some of these Water Company Employees and Sanitation Employees are understanding what the poor goes through in this water crisis when they can't wait to cut off people's water instead of trying to work with them. I pray that God will give Appalachian Power, West Virginia American Water, and the Charleston Sanitary Board a better understanding of what the poor and homeless goes through because some people don't have a good paying job. Malachi 3:5-6 says And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. God's words still stands for this day for me and everyone. Heaven and Earth shall pass away but God's words shall never pass away. And GOD SAID IT AND THAT SETTLES IT.
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