Visited by Rastas IV

Re-reading "Rastas III" I realized that I'd failed to convey the grief that most of us felt when the police left our place with their "fugitives".
Those two boys had been with us for a few weeks by then and were much liked by us and one of them was especially liked by our birthday celebrant who, I think, had him figured for her future boyfriend. So, all of us were upset and four or five of us went to the police station to which they were taken,hoping to have them released to us, but that was not in the cards:the boys' parents were called and they said they would pick up the boys as soon as they could get flights to the City. We had to content ourselves with the idea that they and their families might be better off for their return. (Second chances all around, you know?) Although, I've often wondered if that really was the best for them and what their lives are like presently.
But,getting back to our story; So, what had first been called "MUF'N and later "a commotion picture is going out of business" and owing to a painting near our main entrance, depicting that famous face on that cylindrical box of rolled oats,it had even been referred to as "The Quaker Oats Commune" would then become Gates of Eden. I said before that our church was a congregation of Universal Life Church, which was founded and operated by Kirby J Hensley, a very interesting person. Google him and see for yourself. Near as I could understand he thought that any one should have the right to further spread his own faith. And should get as much help from the government toward those aims as any main-stream church receives. ULC HQ espouses no particular faith and invites its ministers to use the church charter however we like so long as we do with it what is good and right. (you decide)
No one at GoE had any strong feelings about promoting any faith. We just wanted to operate our little impromptu recycling store and social services agency with a minimum of interference from government. Now, we couldn't be charged with harboring fugitives, though we did have to give up persons named in warrants. Our sponsor's would be able to deduct their donations to us and our ministers could visit prisoners in jails or prisons. considering the large numbers of our fellow humans being locked up
then simply for posessing what we considered our sacrement, this was a plus for us.I think that I, personally made only two or three visits to prisoners. Together all our ministers visited and were able to be helpful with the outside problems of many inmates. And they let us visit, not in the visiting room but in the lawyer-client conference room.















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