By Intake and Resident Specialist Holly Gardner
This month I would like to highlight a new family. I screened Mr. C. on February 18th. He was new to town and living in a motel with his girlfriend and newborn baby. They entered in to our program on Feb 24th. They have been working with our housing specialist, other staff and are making plans for next steps. It has been a whirlwind for this family. They are so appreciative, pro-active and have great attitudes, so I wanted to share their story with you in his words. I hope this will bless you as much as it has me.
In Mr. C.'s words:
“God is good all the time.”
“My Name is Mr C. I moved from Arkansas to KC in January 2014 to be reunited with my longtime girlfriend of 7 years. Since arriving in KC I have found myself homeless along with my girlfriend and her newborn son."
"What started as a motel check-in for one week led to so many blessings. On Feb 3rd we checked into a motel for the next 3 days just as a storm moved thru KC and we got 10 inches of snow and ice. By the 4th day staying in the motel I was praying for God to give us shelter and keep us together and safe. Keep in mind the weather was really bad and cold."
"I believe God put us in contact with a father and son who offered to give us a ride to the grocery store. He gave us a phone number to a church named The River. I called the number and left a message saying we needed a ride to the church that Sunday."
"At this point we had been in the motel for 6 days and had to check out that Monday morning. God blessed us and put us in contact with a woman named D who later put us in contact with another lady. These two women met us at the motel on Monday morning, our check-out morning. They took some information from me and my girlfriend, said a prayer with us that was so powerful I can’t even explain."
"That following Thursday we moved in to Crossroads shelter. We had our screening appointment at Community LINC and within days moved in to a furnished apt at Community LINC."
"We have only been here a little while, about 2 weeks, and Community LINC has helped us with another blessing, our first house! It feels like it is being built just for us! Everything is new!"
"The amazing part of everything is that the motel we were staying in is just across the hi-way and our new home is being built just down the street from the church that assisted us. I must not forget that church, The River! It is just a few blocks from where we will be living. Awesome God we have. We move in to our new home April 2014.”
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