After Sunday service a few weeks ago, I was walking to my car and recognized a young man named Josh who had often been in Area Relief Ministries Room In The Inn program hosted 2 years ago by First Methodist. At that time, he had been attending Tennessee Technology Center and had no place to sleep. He graduated from the Center and had been employed. I asked how he was doing now and was told he had lost his job and was selling bags of Cascade dish washing detergent to try to get by. He was asking $10 for 2 bags.
Unforntunately, I had not brought any cash to church. And then I remembered, I had just received $10 from Living A Better Story! I gladly gave him the $10, later purchased another 10 packages, and donated them to The RIFA Soup Kitchen. Josh will probably eat there some days and he may be back in the Room In The Inn program.
I was happy to know that I had hopefully given him encouragement to keep trying and the belief that he will soon be employed again.
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