Randy
What a night. I locked my keys in one of the bins for the skate ramps tonight, what a brilliant move that was. I tried to call Sean, the pastor, to see if I could get his keys to unlock his office, to get the spare key for the skateside bin to unlock the bin, to get my keys to my car and my house and the church, so I could lock everything up and eventually go home, but his phone was dead. What should I do?
Fortunately Randy was still hanging out at the church waiting for me to help him move some stuff into his new place, so he drove over and got the keys from Sean for me. It took some time, but we were able to get my keys back and lock everything up properly. Afterwards I followed Randy back to his place and helped him move his stuff up.
I started talking to him about his story, and have realized lately that God has really been showing me a lot of people’s stories lately. Randy is celebrating 502 days of sobriety today! So great to hear. At one time he owned his own business, but since it was a mortgage business, and he started it right at the tail end of the housing spike, he shortly went bankrupt. He lost everything, and even spent a short period living out of his car. Eventually he checked into a shelter, and ended up going through some programs for his alcohol addiction. During that time he was also suffering from severe pain due to gout. He went through quite an ordeal, but just last week he moved into his own place for the first time in 5 years.
His story was encouraging, and amazing to hear how God worked in his life. Who would have thought I would have been so blessed to hear his testimony tonight, just through moving furniture. The Lord is up to some awesome things on the Westside, and I blessed to be a part of them.
