Thursday, November 26, 2015

In the News ... "Promise of better future becomes reality"

Photo by Curtis Routh
• Area churches a part of Family Promise partnership

Erin Stone, Reporter
Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - As soon as she could get a job at age 16, Lorraine Delgado started working and quickly became self-sufficient. By age 23 she had moved into a retail management position and was making more than she ever could have imagined.

Ten years later, Delgado thought she had it all — a baby girl on the way and an annual salary of $55,000 a year — a real coup for someone without a high school diploma.

However, her world quickly turned upside down and due to pregnancy-related health concerns she found herself unemployed, unable to afford her apartment and moving back to Midland ...

 • read the rest of this MRT report

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