True Happiness

Last week we felt compelled to buy some food for a family in need at our local church. The family includes father - Richard, mother - Jenny and six children ranging from 13 to two years old. The family is living in an abandoned home under construction. There are few walls, no windows or doors and only a little portion of roofing over the two rooms that the family shares with two other relatives. This situation exposes them to thieves since their is no way to keep them out.

Four years ago Richard was on the streets struggling with alcoholism. Now, he is in church and getting his life back together. The transformation is amazing. When we went over to their house, we expected to find people struggling with the situation they were in. But in reality, what we found was a family as happy as they could be. We played soccer with the entire family, and for three hours we laughed and joked around. It opened our eyes as to what it means to be truely content. The smiles on the kids faces helped us to see how truely blessed the family is because they have one another. We felt blessed to visit them.