Beds for formerly homeless abused single-moms & babies!
The joyous squeal of the formerly homeless 10 month old baby boy climbing on to his own bed is something I never want to forget!! We were able to help two different unrelated single-moms this past week. Both of their stories begin similarly as abused wives in very dangerous relationships. One western state and another from an eastern state, who both sought refuge in Colorado and landed strangely enough in Loveland.
No pictures of faces of these families for their safety.
On the same day we were able to help these two families!
Northern Colorado Family #1
She was an abused mom from a western state, with a 2 year old and a 10 month old, landing in Loveland, Colorado with no contacts and no friends here. She found help at a local house for abused women, but homeless. This Christian ministry shelter counseled her, took her through their program, helped her get a job in a local school, and provided an air mattress for her and her babies. This went on for 3 months and then she was able to get an apartment at a low income apartment complex, but she had nothing but clothes.
She told us that she was reasoning within herself saying that she could do without a kitchen table and a couch, but she really needed beds for her and her babies.
With a little help from her kids (2 yr old & 10 month old) my family and I were able to get her new beds & furniture together!
Through the help of our support partners, we were able to provide
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A bed for her, and a twin bed for her toddler, and a baby bed for her little 10 month old tyke!
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A glider rocker for her and her babies.
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A cube organizer to act as a dresser.
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A futon couch and a folding table with some sturdy safe chairs.
The little girl wanted everyone in the house to see her bed!
The little boy crawled at a feverish pace to get to his new bed and sit on it! I will never forget his joyous squeal, but also I will never forget it because it took us 3 times to get the blessed thing together!!
We prayed and thanked God for allowing us to be part of the answer to her prayers! We thanked the God of the Bible who redeems our lives, forgives our sins, answers our prayers, and give us a new hope and future. His name is Jesus! We have a good-good Father who is not abusive!
Pray for her and her babies as she starts this new life!
We could not have done this without our financial support partners!
And we could not have done this without our spiritual prayer partners who prayed for us to have openings like this!
We need both of these streams to continue this kind of work! Thank you all again!
Northern Colorado Family #2
No pictures of faces of these families for their safety.
This dear lady and her children came from a violently abusive relationship, and when her older daughter (20) was able to get her tax refund from working at a fast-food restaurant, they ran away from this violently abusive relationship. I was grieved hearing their pain, and I cannot write nor will I write all the evil that had happened to this family and the terrible grief they had been through.
This mom and kids had gone a few steps further down the line than the other family. They had been able to move from air mattresses to real mattresses, but they were on the floor. So we were able to get them some box springs and bed frames.
My family and I know what it is like to sleep on the floor for months. You never get rested, the bed never feels right, and as soon as your roll out you realize you are still in a terrible situation because you cannot even sit on the side of your bed, like one should be able to. If you have never been there, thank Jesus. If you have, you know the ongoing grief that this does to a family, but you also know the joy of simply having a real bed to sit on and sleep on.
Thank you again for your prayers and financial support! It not only means the world to us, but to these families now as well!!
If you would like to help support this kind of work, then please sign up on our SERVE 970 page to volunteer and/or you can help contribute financially to this work. The only way we can do this kind of ministry to help the community is through the donations of our partners.
