{"id":285072,"date":"2018-03-23T16:16:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T20:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=285072"},"modified":"2018-03-23T16:16:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T20:16:55","slug":"this-is-something-to-see-how-austin-texas-created-a-community-for-its-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2018\/03\/this-is-something-to-see-how-austin-texas-created-a-community-for-its-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"This is something to see: how Austin, Texas created a community for its homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2018\/03\/23270240_10155059730552960_1551198150838106637_o-1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-285078\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2018\/03\/23270240_10155059730552960_1551198150838106637_o-1-575x323.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I stumbled on this video today and was amazed.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s called <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mlf.org\/community-first\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Community First:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Community First! Village is a 27-acre master planned community that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for the disabled, chronically homeless in Central Texas. A development of Mobile Loaves &amp; Fishes, this transformative residential program exists to love and serve our neighbors who have been living on the streets, while also empowering the surrounding community into a lifestyle of service with the homeless.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Visit its website <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mlf.org\/community-first\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But check out this amazing video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Community First! 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