Hi! I'm Helen

I vividly remember last year when the bishop now president, called me with a plea to help a sister in our ward. He informed me that she was sleeping in her car and asked if she could stay with me, knowing I had a spare room. Without hesitation, I agreed. It was the right thing to do. I believe in helping those in need, and the thought of someone from our ward being homeless and vulnerable in her car was simply unacceptable.
I welcomed her into my home and provided her with a safe place to stay. I did this because I trusted his judgment and because my faith teaches me to extend compassion and support to those less fortunate.
Now, a year later, the irony is devastating. The very same man who asked me to open my home to someone in need is now instrumental in making me homeless. I find myself facing the very situation I so readily helped another sister avoid.

My friend Dawn wrote this:
Dawn Landrum
I’ve followed Helena’s story for years. She’s being kind in not including the awful details.
These men who are supposed to be “men of god” have called her the F and B words, spit on her, threatened her, laughed at her when telling her they are going to put her on the streets with this eviction.
The ladies she thought were her friends went behind her back (when she almost got hired at a good job) and told them reasons not to hire her.
She lost that job.
Yes, a few nice people occasionally try to help, but even their efforts are thwarted because Helena is a survivor and doesn’t let the patriarchy push her into submission. They always seem to have a price she has to pay.
Her husband and little girl were killed in an accident years ago. She’s gone through the most unimaginable pain a human can experience.
People at church say they will help her only “IF” she will do what they say, behave how they demand… a church known for insisting all women be married.
They frown on independent women who work and live alone under their own design.
I hope and pray someone who has the means can give her a job and help her move away from this horrible existence before it’s too late.
She deserves to live a happy life.