DETROIT – If you ask Pastor Carl Riggins what his biggest blessing is he will tell you it is the opportunity to live two lifetimes in one.
Pastor Riggins lived on the streets for Detroit for over 2 years.
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He turned his life around with a trip to the Detroit Rescue Mission.
Now his days are about giving back to others as a program manager at a local shelter, he pastors a small church and even leads a choir of once homeless men and women.
Pastor Riggins also coaches an unusual track team made up of children - some of whom have known homelessness themselves.
He is just one person who helps make The Heart of Detroit beat.
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