Changing Lives, Changes Yours.

The past couple weeks have been interesting. There's a guy in our ward that, well lets just say he worries me in ways I never knew I would worry about someone other then my family or Jose. And today something amazing happened. Jose went and picked him up from his house (he doesnt have a car) and brought him by the salon for a haircut. I cut his hair and I immediately saw his confidence boost (I love that feeling, when I know I made someone feel good on the inside and out). Before we got out of the parking lot, Jose pulled up next to me and said he was hungry and pulled out some Arby's coupons from our mail, so all three of us headed to go get us some Arby's. We went and ate and this guy went on to tell us every detail of his life, like he always does, and then I got a sick feeling in my gut that I had to do something right then to help him or else I couldn't sleep or eat knowing his current situation. I called Jose (we drove separate cars) and told him to only answer yes or no. I told him what was going on and to meet me at Wal-mart when he dropped him off at his apartment. So he did and we got what we needed to help him out. We go to drop Jose's car off at home so we could drive just one car over to this guys place and we show up with all this stuff and I can tell from his facial expression he has no idea how to react. We get inside and help him put everything up and I could not help but think how blessed we really are. I knew there was a real reason as to why Jose got a ton of hours at Kohls this week, it was to help this guy out. It was quite humbling because while I would sit here and think we had it tough but then to find out I'm practically living in luxury compared to him made me sick. But his help has only just begun, and I've got somethings up my sleeve to help turn his life around, and know it's ok to accept help when its offered and to know he can ask for it as well.