Much to be Thankful for!
This new year is one more year of watching and seeing what can happen in the lives of people who are given trust and a home to live in. A time for getting to know them and understand the cause of their pain that brought them to our door. Friends needing a hand up to recover, gaining the strength required to return to a world where they can be self-sufficient. As kind neighbors reach out to touch their lives, it is easy to see that even guests with bad attitudes and hard hearts begin to soften in the hope of recovery.
As Mark Twain wisely said "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." Thank you for being one of those who have astonished many broken people through your kindness to them. Bob and I recognize with very grateful hearts that A Ray of Hope would not be a place of refuge and hope were it not for all the donations that make it possible to keep A Ray of Hope's doors open to people who have burned all other bridges in their lives as well as those who have fallen through the cracks of any help by no fault of their own.
We are so thankful to each one of you that has given a hand up to a hurting neighbor.