Well, it wasn’t exactly bright and shining. It was more like a dull and well-worn silver key, but the glow that came off the face of our friend Danny made it shine like the my grandmothers newly polished silver. Danny has been trying to find housing he could afford for a very long time. The week before at stop-in, he was waiting for news about an apartment that looked very promising. He was just waiting for the landlord to give the final approval. He was pacing in the office, he simply couldn’t sit still because he was so anxious and excited. We prayed with him that the answer would be positive and that he would be able to stop sleeping on the streets. When the doors opened at drop-in last Tuesday, he bounded up to me waving his key all the way down the hall. “I GOT IT!!!!” he said. He was wearing his key around his neck and I couldn’t help but be reminded of the pictures I’ve seen of athletes when they wear their medals around their necks. I joined in his excitement and asked him what he needed now to set his place up. He could have said ‘everything’, but he only mentioned one thing. He wanted a clock. He said that when he wanted to know what time it was he had to go outside and find someone with a watch. How incredibly simple…he just wanted to feel home…
-Kim
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