I was making dinner and I heard someone outside at the gate. I turned around and saw Martin waving. Apparently Kim had asked him to deliver a card to us. I was surprised. It was a thank you card. Kim was thanking us for being “real people” as well as updating us on her life and finding out what they can bring for breakfast this upcoming Sunday. She wrote, “Ha ha, remember we are on a tight budget!” She asked us if we could bring our cell phone so they could call their loved ones. She wrote in her card, “Thanks for believing in us! It really helps.” I don’t know what to write to express the feeling I felt when I received this card and an invitation to breakfast.
Today started out stressful for me. Jared and his friend got to our house at 9:10 a.m. to prepare the food for breakfast at 10 a.m. The boys and I had just woken up. Well, we made it to the by 10:05. Martin and Kim were already there waiting for us. Both of them were looking forward to the warm breakfast all week. We joined them at the picnic table, sat down, and I started to make eggs. I was thinking in my head, wondering if Jared added salt in the eggs already. Jared said he hadn’t. I felt stressed. I said to Kim and Martin, “I am sorry we did not bring salt and pepper.” I thought maybe we needed to go get some salt at the market nearby. Kim told me something that helped me to put things in perspective. She said, “I live without so many things. It is totally okay.” I thought to myself, here I am stressed out about not having salt for the eggs.
This morning I began to think about the scriptures about Jesus before he went on the cross. How Jesus considered us the joy set before him when he endured the cross.
Today is a rainy day; the Enyarts drove our car to the beach to have our breakfast with Martin, Kim, and Julius. We bumped into Mike yesterday evening and knew he would not be there today. On the way to the beach, we saw Julius signing, holding his sign to ask for people to help. We saw Martin and Kim under the bridge walking to the beach to meet us. We were not sure if it was going to rain or not. As soon as Jared unloaded the stuff for our breakfast, it started to rain. We put the stuff back in the car and turned around to tell Martin, Kim, and Julius to meet us under the bridge. The bridge is usually where the people without a home hang out. I thought to myself, I will be eating at their house today. This is the first time I hung out under the bridge. I walk by it every time the Enyarts walk to the beach, but I never actually went under it and sat there. Julius saw us parking and ran to our car with a big smile to meet us. Chase ran to him. He said to Chase, “I got you two dogs.” He took a ball out of his pocket with a picture of two dogs inside it. He told Chase, “Don't forget to feed the dogs if they are hungry.” Chase was excited. I wish you could have seen Chase and Julius's faces when they saw each other. Breakfast went well. Julius showed us a new magic trick. Martin and Kim joined us. They are all just so excited and looking forward to this. We spoke to all of them earlier this week. They all remembered. Well… should I get it to what made me cry this morning…?
When we were leaving, Martin said to us, “Thanks for what you do for us.” I told him, “This is the least we can do.” He said, “I love you guys” and he says it again and again… The second time he said, “I love you guys” I finally said to him, “I love you, too.” I told him, “You don't know how much you guys give to my sons. You guys taught them to see everyone the same, and not treat anyone differently. They are going to grow up treating people with respect.” I looked over to Martin’s face… streams of tears were coming down. I couldn’t stop my tears.
Today is a great day for the Enyart family to be out by the Shores drinking coffee and eating donuts with our friends who do not have a home.
I understand a little more about how much God cares about his people.
We went down to the Shores and one of our friends who is homeless (Julius) was already there waiting for us. He greeted my sons with a smile and a gift for each of my boys. My husband told him that Chase sometimes rode his bike in the dark. So Julius got Chase a brake light so people can see Chase in the dark. I cannot tell you how much it means to me to have a friend like him who is thoughtful, and cares about my boys. Julius got Griff a toy. He was so excited to open the wrapper and showed Griff how to play with the toy.