The heartbreaking moment was not watching the long line of women who were arriving at the rescue mission, seeking shelter from domestic abuse. It was not looking at each of those homeless women, some of whom were injured and one was holding the shards of her broken eyeglasses in her hand, said John Ashmen, president of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions. The heartbreaking moment came when the mission manager counted “73, 74, 75” and had to tell the women still waiting in line that there was no more room. read more