The American government becomes bankrupt because the cost of living increased of 85 percent. For an example :gas price is 15.00 dollars due to sarcity of petroleum. People begin growing their own garden because food became out of reach to working to the ultra-rich . Only billionaires&millionaires can afford that a stretch even for them. No welfare or food stamps program exist. Private non-profit nongovernmental organizations & charities fill in the gap. Haven Baptist created an ministry that Workfare that designed to get mothers , fathers or the people with disabilities out of the welfare system by assisting them in getting gainful employment. They also provide psychological, professional, spiritual , emotional, and mental counseling/therapy for individuals enrolled in Workfare.
Alecia a therapist working for Workfare formed a support group for participants in the program that includes five women different walks of life Sage, Michelle,Jessica,Helena and Cleopatra .She created a basic character synopsis for each the women:
Sage : thiry-five single & childless woman who owns an spa& massage therapy business called Healthy Delights.She grow up in an atheist household where concept of God, the Bible,Gospel of Jesus Christ was forbidden knowledge.
Michelle: a single twenty- seven mother of one aged five whose partner disappeared while she was pregnant. She invited her friend Sage to her church. Michelle a former welfare dependent mother struggling to overcome her past.
Jessica:Michelle,s twin sister an single woman whose a Sunday school teacher children age 5-7 works as a professional development counselor at Workfare
Helena: a pastor wife mid-fifites head of the women,s ministry at Haven Baptist Church. She also teach biblically illiterate women such as Sage
Cleopatra:a street wise teenager foster daughter of Helena who close to age out of the foster -care system. The state took Cleopatra at the age of ten years when her parents abandoned her during first stage of economic crisis .She runaway three times before Helena became her foster mother
Chapter I
MICHELLE
Michelle lives with her five -year daughter Natalia in small green house on top of hill . She is the member of Haven Baptist Church and takes care of their vegetable/ herb garden. Michelle also enrolled in Workfare after her welfare check & food stamps stopped two years ago in final stage of the collapse .She began taking Bible and entrepreneurship classes offered by Haven Baptist.Michelle desires to grow her own garden and sell the produce on the local Farmer’s Market. Helena, Michelle’s mentor noticed her natural talent for gardening approach her after she finished planting peppers.
“Michelle,” Our garden is flourishing under your care and blooming in abundance.””When I went on a road trip with Cleopatra exploring ghost towns, I saw land of sale on the property?”
“Strange,”It makes sense, people are desperate ,since the government collapsed.””I have noticed an increase of land being available for sale .
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