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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Help for homeless on the way to S.A.

Sitting in a room at Motel 6 with his wife and two daughters who have little more than the clothes they are wearing, Jeffrey Ryan is in tears.

His wife, Deborah, and daughters, Brittany, 13, and Kaylan, 10, try to console him. This is no vacation.

As much as the girls like to swim in the motel pool, they know why they are there. Just days earlier, the family was at Miller’s Pond Park wondering where they would sleep. They know that if SAMMinistries hadn’t helped by paying for the motel room, they could be living in that park.

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