Villarberg shares his unexpected journey to Father Joe's Villages and how it has transformed his life.
Villarberg is a Father Joe’s Villages’ program participant and lives in East Village. I came to Father Joe’s Villages by accident. My original plan was to go to Los Angeles, but God had other plans for me. Before I could carry out my big ambitions of making big in the City of Angels as an author and artist, I had to prove myself in America’s Finest City first. I didn’t know at the time, but I had to reconnect with my family before I could proceed with the rest of my life.
And I had to do it with my feet firmly placed in a shelter? That’s the thing, most people think of a homeless street person in the stereotype of grime, filth and unmanaged hair. But that’s because we tend to drive by them in our car while living a sheltered life. That’s the beauty of Father Joe’s Villages, it’s more than a shelter, it’s transitional living. I like to think of it as a hybrid between a private theological campus and an international hostel. With so many different fields of study, I couldn’t make up my mind which one would suit me the bes
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