My home 

Its a shame that we give billions of dollars in overseas aid and we have people here who need a hand up and not a hand out and our govt CHOOSES to send many elsewhere.

Things we take for granted others pray for. Be thankful for what you have.

Lived in my car for about 2 years, it sucked. I wish I had a setup like this, with electricity and a place to lay down. You may not know it, but you are blessed to have that.

This video touched a nerve. I hope my story can serve as HOPE for you. Roughly in 1983 I became homeless after both my parents died. Father in high school in 1978 and mother in 1982. Another factor was a hard Drug habit (heroin) that started in 1972. I lived with my dog in an abandoned house in Ronkonkoma NY and my neighbor gave me an electrical cord hook-up because they felt sorry for me and I used to do work for them (which they never really needed). I showered (or bathed) at the local lake in the summers and every few days at a YMCA that I bought a $5 day day pass in the winters. I siphoned fuel oil from the laundromat underground tank when I did my laundry through a hole in my uninsured-unregistered car in the trunk to get fuel for my heater. I stole the expired yogurts and milk from the back of the supermarkets they would return and stole the crushed aluminum cans on he loading dock that came out of the recycle machines and sell them at the scrap yard. I realized my situation could go 2 ways, death or slavery to the government system or sobriety with freedom. I opted for the second. It was hard but I placed myself in a 21 day detox program and then eventually got on a long term program. The thing was, I set a end date goal for myself to get off and be independent. I constantly reduced my methadone dose. I lived with my dog also, and ate mostly rice and wonton soup, and those stolen yogurts but I always made sure I went shopping on Fridays and bought a steak or shrimp to eat with money I earned. I was buying those 25 cents cans of dog food all week for the dog, but on Friday's she got ALPO chunky beef as well. This simple statement enabled myself to know that things could and would be better, but it was something that only I could control. In 1992 I had completely left all drug programs and was independent and self sufficient to where I could sustain a small apartment and take care of myself. In the ensuing years I found a nitch and was able to build a civilian career, and also went into the Military. Now I am months away from retirement with adequate savings, a primary small home and a vacation home in Puerto Rico. During this time of normalization, I always tried to help those around me that needed guidance. I realize its much harder now to get back on your feet, and in all honesty I'm not sure I would have the success I did in todays world. But one thing doesn't change, never loose hope of normalcy, make a plan, set goals and if you can once a week or perhaps once a month do something for yourselves that is a normal activity for a non-homeless person. Mine was shrimp/steak& chunky ALPO for my dog. Don't fall prey to the government. They want you as a slave. Only accept the bare minimum you need from them to survive, then replace it with self sufficiency. Don't trade slavery to a drug habit if that's part of your situation to slavery to the government. God made us free men and woman, he can help you find a path to achieve this once again even when we occasionally fall of the path. He's not going to drop a bag of money for you to work your way out, but He'll provide you the intellectual guidance to figure it out. Good luck>

These are the very people who will be teaching the rest of us how to survive.

I pray that you are able to get a better living situation soon. God bless you all.

I have loads of respect for those who keep the homestead clean and orderly.

I grew up very poor with 8 people in a tiny two bedroom trailer. My grandma used to say “ you can’t help being poor but you don’t have to be nasty “ clean up and throw stuff out you don’t need or use.

It's incomprehensible that people in the US have to live like this in the 21st century, it's getting just as bad in the UK, poverty everywhere and we are housing tens of thousands of illegal immigrants. Our politicians are only interested in self enrichment. I hope your situation improves very soon.

Wake up America. America first!

Hi hon. I can see alot of negativity in these comments and I’m sorry for that. I would like to see you make another follow up video where you explain that you’re in a campground that provides your electricity, and maybe briefly discuss that you and your dad are both disabled including your recent schizophrenia diagnosis- it may help your viewers to understand your situation better. I would also like to see you set up an Amazon account (it’s free) with an Amazon wishlist so we can help you with different things you need. Publish your PayPal in your description and help us to help you. In the meantime please know I’m praying for you and your Dad and your fur babies. 🙏🏼 Sending you love ❤and surrounding you with prayers of protection. ❤

The place is wonderful. You took what you could use and made a home. Myself took a rundown travel trailer and turned it into a tiny house. Still a work in progress. I admire your strength to survive, overcome and adapt. 😊

Those dogs are having a great life with you. They've got beds, food and humans to love them. This place is the best setup I've seen so far.

I am incredibly humbled and impressed by your ingenuity, care and creativity.

Positive vibes are the best vibes. You have strength others dont. I am hoping you will have a home soon. Blessings luv

God bless you. I was in this position before, too. Be strong.

I enjoy your videos. I wish you all the best ❤🍀 Greets from Germany I follow your channel

You did a great job. You are a survivor and have the tools and wits about you. It’s a gift. Prayers to you my friend

i spent the majority of my youth and most of my adult life homeless or housing insecure. its a hard life. a lot of folks dont really understand that life for working class folks has been on a steady decline sinse the 80s. most of the folks judging and telling folks to " pull yourself up by your boots straps" dont know how hard it is when you aint got no boots and woukld not survive a week out there. stay strong and always remember to take care of those who have less than you, you know rich folks wont.

Your making the most of what you have and you have taken in 3 dogs. Just get rid of what doesnt serve you and itll feel better.

You are doing very well for yourself. I've been homeless for 12 years since my husband passed away. I know how hard it. You are set up nicely. People who have never been forced to live like this just can't understand. I'll be keeping you in my prayers. Stay Strong 🙏❤️🙏

Just organizing that space and using more of the vertical space would go a long way. I’m not bashing anyone and I’m sure that “spring cleaning” is the last thing anyone in this type of situation would want to spend valuable time and energy on, but just some thoughts… -Make a platform over the dogs bed for another (human) bed. Maybe use the mini fridges and some scrap boards? -scoot everything that must be on the floor to the walls, hang other lighter weight stuff as high as possible -keep the bikes chained up outside, maybe covered by a tarp. Pass the chain through the wheels to avoid theft. -pack things away that are rarely used and move them to the least trafficked part of the shelter. I’m just imagining how much less cluttered the mind is when it doesn’t have the visual cues of something disheveled. Again, I’m not hatin. The stuff I proposed is free, I don’t want to seem insensitive to the lack of money.

People are so hateful and you seem like such a sweet girl ❤ stay strong and continue to believe in God and I know he will show you love and take care of you God Bless

I was homeless as a teenager and later as a young adult, I’ve been moving around since I was 12 because my father was an abusive alcoholic and my mother was neglectful and chose a man over her kids but I just want to tell you “ don’t give up” eventually things will get better. I emancipated myself at 16 and got my own apartment. Most cities have 211 that you can call to see what resources are available.

Better than nothing. Kudos for setting up some comfort. Keep saving up every penny that you can. Build a tiny home

GOD please bless you guy's in Jesus Christ name with a home 🙏🏻💯👍🏻

I also lived in my case with my dog about 15 winters ago. It was hard but I had the car at least to keep me from the weather I thank God for helping me get out of that situation. You have a nice set up there and you are providing food for yourselves and others with your garden😊, I am happy the park owner buys the plants for you all. Don’t let any neg comments bring you down. Stay faithful and honest because in the end; that’s all we have in this world. God bless

Unbelievable some of the comments left, it's very depressing to see how comfortable with people in our country being homeless y'all absurdly give advice on subjects that really don't matter. While our vet's and homeless people are trying to survive a country that won't take the time or resources to care for our own people. This country is in a mess and I'm glad I'm old I don't want to be around when it totally goes to hell

Hello Archangel I first would like to say may God bless you, Dad & you're fur babies with good health peace happiness & wealth I pray you are protected from all negativity, bad luck, depression etc you are doing the best you can keep you're head up girl God loves you & you got this !

I know how it feels I was homeless before I found this place and I'm going to be homeless again and I have no friends or family to help me

That's a great setup, your lucky to have a place you can setup like that. I cant even park somewhere for a day without someone calling the 🐷🐷 on me

Living in MEEKNESS 🎉 much love ❤

This setup isn't that bad, especially for being homeless. We're about to be homeless this is giving me ideas.

Love that you look after your dogs, I hope only good things happen for you

Our messed up government does need to help us. But instead we have to make sure other countries survive instead of our own people. Shame

Thank you so much for bravely sharing your story with us. The homelessness problem in Australia is out of control too. I have a "village" of homeless people living just metres away from where I live in housing commission. I pray for them as I don't know how else to help them. Some of the other local homeless people; I try to help out where I can. I'm physically disabled so I also need to be wise about who I approach on the streets, but it breaks my heart. Also for some of the others commenting they're not all on drugs, alcoholics or mentally ill but even the ones who are deserve compassion and at the vary least prayer 🙏 God bless u & your Dad 💞

I mean for being homeless this is a lot better than what a lot of people live in around the world.

God bless you I pray you get everything you need ❤❤❤❤

I think you have done amazing with what you have to work with. Your dogs are well taken care of. They look happy and healthy. Your a very special person I pray something will help your situation.

Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤

Sending love and prayer. Those dogs are blessed to have you and your dad loving and taking good care of them. ❤️

A friend of mine was homless and got her kids taken away. It took a long time but she got her G.E.D. and through different programs that 211 found she finally got one of her kids back and an apartment.

I'm glad you took the puppy in, you have a kind heart, thats what I would do too. Praying for you guys ❤

Guess you can consider yourself lucky if you can find any space where you're ALLOWED to stay & make yourself this comfortable...

Looks comfy honestly

Thank you for sharing, it probably took a lot to do. Hang in there and remember no rain no flowers.

I’ve had to live on SSI but I was lucky enough to have a supported living environment through my state. Section 8 wait lists are a decade long where I’m from. Good luck getting SSI.

Great job using what you have to do the things you need! Very smart idea for how to use a non-working fridge. That would be really effective at keeping bugs and dirt/dust off the dishes! I'm always having to wash my dishes prior to using them because of dust. I live in a vehicle.

You have your Dad and dogs 🐕 and a roof over your head you just have to keep pushing ahead don't give up. ❤best wishes and prayers for you 😊God bless Jesus 👑 is king of kings Amen

…and the meek shall inherit the earth. I wish Jesus would hurry.

I pray for better days for them! I must say the outside is VERY CLEAN compared to most!!

Beautiful, smart, complete with all the essentials

If you can stay on the land, I can help you build a legal, livable home for VERY little cost, if much at all. I mean that.

God knows we should be helping these people who are homeless instead of sending money to other nations

I feel you i live in a small overhead camper total off grid haul water has one solar panel. Everything is 12 volt and frig run off Propane love it though 63year old

2 Corinthians 4:4,,Daniel 2:44,,,Revelation 21:3 and 4,,,,your way ahead of people on survival techniques ,,,good job and take care

May the Lord continue to bless you 🙌 New Subscriber

Id be happy that someone allowed me to build my tent/temp home on their land. Thats a huge problem I see in my area. The homeless people have no where to go. Eventually, theyre discovered and made to move on. God bless, stay strong ❤

I think another tarp set up as your kitchen would help your living sitaution alot...move refrigs freezers, cook stove microwave and toaster oven all into it..amazon wish list would be great to get this set up...

Bless you. ❤

Your innovation and perseverance is commendable! Many will be inspired by this video to also seek alternate forms of housing. Thank you for sharing!

God bless you and your dad sister. My prayer is with you.

This place is amazing actually.

You have a space, that's a blessing.

God bless you. A house is a house. It's your home. Take care.❤❤❤

Praying for you and God bless you for your incredible work.

When will all that Hope and Change ever Make America Great Again?!

You live in a palace! Im living out of my Toyota Camry at the moment. I love waking up to concentrated sunlight in the morning. Its gonna be a hot summer, yaaaaay!!

God bless you

vary resourceful, Sure had a good idea that became real that actualy works.

Very nice. Very clever. I've been in my truck for 3 years. I have tried to rent and can't catch a break. And I have a guaranteed income. Still can't get a break. So I set up my truck and I have a great tent setup. And I am improving my setup every single time I can spare the money to acquire a new piece. I'm not asking for a handout, just a chance to help someone pay their mortgage, while getting a safe secure place to live where I'm not constantly in danger of being attacked by some freak out here. I'm a disabled senior female and I have never destroyed any apartment I've ever lived in and never paid my rent late or in partial payments... always on time in full. I've also tried to get extra work to make extra money for the more expensive apartments and no one hires unless you have a physical street address. And if you are not willing to lie about an address, you don't get hired on anywhere. So don't think honesty will help, yet if you are caught lying it's even worse. So you are damned if you do and damned if you don't. And I am willing to work and I have bills I pay. But the ignorant actions of bad apples make it very difficult to get a fair chance. No one understands what it's like to be in a situation, that you didn't choose, and be able to get back to "Society's Norm". But everyone is damn quick to judge someone before hearing what happened to that person. And no, not everyone's an addict or an alcoholic out here. But because that's what most people see and the ugly ones committing crime, they are quick to judge and stereotype an individual before knowing anything about that person. I applaud you for your inginuity and the fact that you didn't give up on life and you seem to be doing as best you can under the circumstances. Rock on and hold your head high. You are a human being with feelings and emotions and you deserve as much respect as a rich movie star gets!! Good luck to you all.

But for the Grace of God go i

Welcome to America ❤

This is definitely by choice! Be thankful you have power, air , food, clothes, and bedding. I survived 3 years living without any of these options. But by the grace of God, I found a job and went back to school to better myself and my kids so we would never have to worry about where we would sleep, eat, or shower. Stay positive and WORK HARD IT WILL COME

definitely praying but you are blessed in so many ways I like it I really do it's very creative and it look very cozy

Keep your head up

I think it's cool. I'm kinda envious.❤

That's the best fort I've ever seen!

I don't mind living like this at least u are safe

It's obvious that you are doing the best you can, and your space looks great honestly. I am not going to try to compare but life has been particularly hard the last couple of years for myself and my son too - he's physically disabled and lives with me. We went through a period where we had no running water in the kitchen, and the oven quit working and I had one burner functioning. No car for over two years now. We struggle to exist and survive daily. 😞 I'm sure there are many like us, which is tragic. It's just so demoralizing. I think its criminal, frankly, that people live like this in the richest country in the world. Other countries are the recipients of US $$ while we struggle and starve. Sigh. Anyway, prayers for you and yours. Life is so very difficult right now we need to hold others up in prayer and do whatever we can to help our fellow humans whenever we can. Sending love.❤❤❤❤❤

You are doing the best you can under the circumstances

My prayers are with you and your family

You have a great attitude, may good luck bless you and your dad and the dogs.

God Bless yous. You do what you have to do.

You both are doing really good. My son is homeless I would love for him to have something like this.

It's simple but it works ❤

Something good will come sweetheart and God Bless You BOTH ✨🙏✨🙏💯

You keep your head up okay as America’s this just infuriating to me that our family members are having no problem with paying the bill and they are being forced into the same situation that most people have never had to experience 😢our government has turned on us

God bless you guys I could not imagine living like that. You’re in my prayers.🙏

You've done a great job. I'm so sorry we are actually in a world so selfish and unimaginative. In a digital economy, we could flood the market with cash, training and projects but hey... at least you have the dignity of ingenuity. Sad times humans.

I see potential and ingenuity here. While not ideal, it seems workable if nobody is causing you problems like code enforcement or whatever. It does seem to be like there is a lot of electricity use for such a small space 🤔 But perhaps many of the appliances are just idle. A little reorganization could make day to day life more convenient. An object that seems to have value is worthless if you can’t or don’t use it. The stove for example. It can be difficult to get rid of things when you don’t have much. But if you evaluate just a couple things each day, you can probably be able to part with some things. Stuff can become a burden. Instead of being an appliance that helps you it becomes an object that you are a slave to. That’s handy that you repurposed the broken refrigerator as a cabinet. But it’s not an efficient use of space. A cabinet, a tote or small shelf would be better suited for your available space. For some things that are broken, get rid of them. It only needs……we’re gonna fix…… we’re gonna whatever….. Forget that. Just get rid of it. It’s also too easy for any remotely flat surface to become a shelf. Life will be easier if you make little improvements that cost nothing. Don’t dwell on the big problems that aren’t going to be solved anytime soon. Concentrate on the little things that are achievable. You will feel better overall as you do. I hope you don’t feel like I’m being judgmental of you or your situation. I’m far from perfect myself. I’m not in the same situation as you, but I am struggling with space and budget issues. We actively use very little space in our house because it’s full of stuff. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Sweet setup

That's quite the little tweaker palace you guy's have there ac ,power,water doing better than me at the moment heck you even have a roof ! Your More blessed than you know 🎉🎉

I have been here. I know it's not fun and so so much anxiety but yall will get through this and come out on the other side.

Obey God the Heavenly father. People need to stop judging her. Luke 6:20-24 Jesus Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. 23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets. 24 “But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfortable fancy luxury lifestyle. 25 Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. 26 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets. HABAKKUK 2:12 Woe to you who have built towns and cities with blood shed and Unjust laws. MICAH 6:12 The rich among you have become wealthy through extortion and violence. Your citizens are so used to lying that their tongues can no longer tell the truth. 13 Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins. James 2;6 You have dishonored the poor men for is it not the rich men who are oppressing and exploiting the poor men? PROVERBS 22:22-23 Do not exploit or oppress the poor men. Do not drag them into court and crush them. If you do God the Heavenly father will take up their case and will extract a life for a life. Now go read Roman 2:21-23 Matthew 7:21-24 Not everyone who says 'LORD LORD will enter the kingdom of heaven..

Omg prayers.

It looks better than the box I toe around on my bicycle

Don't worry about the mess at all because every bit of that I'm sure you guys need and you've got a lot more than a lot of people and quite frankly I don't think it's that bad at all I mean I wish you guys had better but with what you've got you both have done a good job with it love you and best wishes of having a better life soon❤

Seriously though. Who is paying for ALL that electricity??? I have a home but could never afford to run multiple fridges, freezer, a.c and fans. I wouldn't be able to put food in those fridges.

Amazing