Why Invest

I moved into the home of my biological daughter and her family. What bothers me THEE most about that experience is when I was displaced so was a young parent and their eighteen-month-old child. They, the child, had had eleven homes in their short life span. I was working hard to be sure that The Haven was their last stop before their parent could provide for them. Since leaving my home, Nyleve's Haven, their parent has been a victim of domestic violence and they have lived in three states. The last time I saw the parent, they showed me the permanent scar they had gotten from a knife fight with someone they were staying with. At The Haven, their child never would have witnessed their parent being abused. They were safe in my care!!!!

My only crime was forming a non-profit organization. I say crime because I was convicted of fraudulent behavior and feel punished for responding to My Boss’s call on my life. I lost my own space and the ability to help people. I admit to the charge of unauthorized live-ins. I opened my life and home because it felt like the best thing to do, for me. Most who know me know what I do and why I do it; IT IS A CALL ON MY LIFE. My life’s work is to use my home and my life to offer emergency housing to someone in need. I teach how to develop an authentic, dis-ease free internal relationship that among other positive things leads to healthy self-sufficiency. Proof of concept are the degrees from the University of Louisville, Spalding University, and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary to return to the walls of Nyleve's Haven when I get back home. Part of my agreement with those who are students is that they will give me a copy of their degree when they graduate. 

Because the Section 8 worker could not figure out how God was Godding in my life, I was accused of fraudulent behavior. I was NOT doing anything illegal, immoral, or unethical by the standards of this community!!!!! Nor anything I will not openly and freely admit to if asked by anyone in this community. I do not regret the choice I made to act in faith and live in service. Someone came to me in need. There was something I could do about it. I did it. I will do so again the very first chance I get. According to her, it is not possible to help people the board acknowledged were being helped with little or no money. She told me that no one would help people like I said I was “for no good reason.” Therefore I HAD to be doing something wrong.

Severe trauma from the experience of losing my home and the ability to be me authentically, several critical health challenges before, during, and after a pandemic took me off my feet. Somewhere in there, I collapsed emotionally. I am blessed to have had my family to hold me until I was able to get back on my feet. Those I feel called to help do not. THAT is why I need to return to my lifestyle choice of service. Nyleve’s Haven is not a program, nor an organization; it is MY home and the way I mother. I am good at what I do.

I am now seeking the support of m1llion social impact investors willing to invest between $5 and $50, or more, for me to purchase an emergency home and to help local nonprofits and community servants to be of service in the West End of Louisville Ky.