Gerita is 41 years old and suffers from severe bi-polar disorder and schizophrenia. On the street she is known affectionately as “Rita.” She sleeps under the railroad overpass on 18th Street near the Powell Ave. Steam Plant at night. During the day Rita rolls up her sleeping bag, clothing and personal items and stores them out of sight along the railroad bridge. She spends her mornings participating in the homeless day program at Church of the Reconciler with other friends from the homeless community. A social worker at the church is working to try to help Rita receive Social Security Disability so she will have some sort of income to care for herself. In addition to her mental illness Rita suffers from frequent kidney infections and a pinched nerve in her right shoulder. She asks you to pray for her safety and that she will receive some sort of disability income to care for herself.
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