Little John, a true person.
I hardly have the words to make this post. I saw him two days ago after two years.
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>Life is not always roses.
Your all read the ending that I had planned and made, and my assumptions were true.
All of it really happened. Above you see the Little John I remember and on the right, Norma who had rented the apartment on her welfare benefits.
Below, you see Little John on the left, successfully in harmony with your world and mine, standing at the door of a high-rise apartment building. This is how he looked when I saw him two years ago. I ceased to worry about him.
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If you are easily upset, stop here.
His English is not easy to understand as you will see below. Many of you wanted details through my series, I am sorry that I could not be more specific. There has always been a communication gap.
The unplanned ending is more like a relapse. I went to the park on Friday and found him. His jaw dropped. He looked at me as if he had seen a ghost. I walked through the grass toward him at the outer most corner of the newly renovated park.
Photo and film by @done 10/12/18
He put down his belongings, which he keeps in a large black garbage bag. It is everything he owns. He still has the camera I gave him, the above photos are from the SD card, with his permission.
I talked with Little John (Juancito) for almost two hours last Friday, the day of my last post. I learned that Norma was very sick and in a lot of pain. I am not sure what she had but John may tell you about that later. This past March, she died, though not from a disease. If I understood John correctly, she was beaten to death in her apartment. He was at work when it happened. When the coroner finally came for her, John had no contract, no right to stay, no place to live.
He is back at the park. I am devastated.
I asked if I could photograph him for an article that I am writing. I also showed it to him and handed him more than I have earned on the series. I had planned to upload this DTube video on my account but instead, he will now "learn to fish" with my help. I hope to fade into the background as soon as I have purchased a device for him to use.
I do my best work silently in the background. May I say that this series has pushed me to help where I though I had been @done. **I dislike failure! Watch me when I am motivated. This was not his fault!
If you would like to help Little John, vote here for @lvj "La Vida de Juan" (John's life).
either way he will get it.
Little John's introduction video. Filmed on October 12, 2018
DTube Link IPFS Link
I explained Steemit the best I could and promised to set him up with a phone or tablet so he could learn to post. Until that time, I will be at his side when he writes. Everything that his account makes is his. I am setting up an account on his new device that will allow him cash in hand from any local drug store.
Our hope. Support for @lvj - La Vida de Juan, a home for him Now!
@done over and out.
When I joined Steemit back in July 2017, I came across a post that was written by a person who was at the verge of becoming homeless. He kept writing here at Steemit and people responded to his post and with just a few posts, he was able to survive. He thanked all who helped him in that time of crisis. I did some search at Steemit but could not find his posts. However, I found some other similar posts and want to share them here:
[I'm homeless but not forgotten]
This post made $10,360.53 and it was posted 2 years ago.
Here is another post from someone else:
[HOMELESS MOTHER NO MORE NOW A " PRODUCTIVE STEEMIT MOM "]
So, you see the power of Steemit?
Little John too has a similar story and can change his life through Steemit. It's good to see him posting here. I just followed him and request everybody to do the same to help him. Empowering the weak is one of the things that bring you the real happiness - something priceless.
This post by @done has 81 votes but the person who this post/series is about has got only 15 followers at this point. Even at his first and only post, he has got 40 votes means at least 40 people landed at his post but did not all of them followed him. Please spare a few seconds and follow him here: https://steemit.com/@lvj
Let's change at least 1 life in this month.
Steem On!
@creatr | Oct. 16, 2018, 8:56 p.m. | Votes: 1 | [
VOTE ]
Dear Steemit Influencer @done,
Pardon my intrusion, but I'm here for Steemit, not to ask for votes or a reSteem.
In the past few days, Steem has risen from 13th to third place in a vital contest. Netcoins promises to promote the winning coin at 171,000 retail locations in over 53 countries across six continents, alongside the likes of EOS and Bitcoin.
Can you see that reaching real consumers could be as good or better for Steem than "preaching to the choir" at an existing exchange? We need to get out the vote.
But I'm a nobody. Your constituents need to hear this directly from YOU. Unless you move them to vote, PAC Coin or VERGE will win this $30K benfit.
There are some 250,000 active users on Steemit. I can't reach them, but you can with a simple post. Please make it as fancy as you want, but at the very least, copy, paste, and post this short article:
### Steem Needs *Your* Votes to WIN BIG!
[](http://contest.gonetcoins.com/)
## Dear followers,
if you value **Steem**, or if you appreciate me, please **CLICK** on:\
[***Netcoins* Coin Listing Contest**](http://contest.gonetcoins.com/)\and ***VOTE*** for **Steem** once a day.
## Please do it now, and we'll *all* win!
Thanks.
You're a Steemit hero.
A Steemit "mover and shaker." Only Steemians like you can motivate enough users.
I've done the work for you. Feel free to use the above post code exactly as is, or modify and improve it as you please, but, Please make a post now, while you're thinking about it, for the sake of Steem.
If you need more details about this contest before you "pull the trigger," you can find them in my original post on the topic:
*
STEEM On Netcoins Contest: EVERYbody Wins!*
My humble thanks in advance.
- @creatr
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