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Hey Loungers, can you help a family in need?
This is from my friend Guy Douglas, the Gong Guy, who now lives in Venice Beach (met him at Harmony) and does Gong flow yoga and sacred sound therapy there (and hopefully will instruct me to do the same thing in this area). If you can help em anything..... They should be able to get what they need for not much, 2500 for an older van, a camper too.... I saw one today in Sacramento. Thanks Guy for your caring. http://www.gofundme.com/joshuavan
So I'm sitting here at the ocean in my van, door open, tuning up my guitar and this african amaerican man walks over. He starts talking to me about how he was looking for a van to buy for his family. He currently lives in a Toyota Camry. Him,his wife, and 3 kids. They have been living in the car for the past 2 years. They sleep at Von's supermarket and wake up every day to a labor meeting house from 7am to 1pm with hopes to get work. When he doesn't get work he reads from the bible to his kids and stays at the beach. As he's telling me all this his wife walks over to give him a diaper to throw away. As he walks away from my car to throw out the diaper, I reach in my wallet with to give him all the cash I have in my wallet, somewhere around $85. He comes back and I insist he takes this money . I tell him please take it , go out for a nice dinner with your family. He says NO ! We go back and forth and he is insistent with not taking the money. He just wouldn't take it. He says to me "the gesture was enough of a payment. I see you, you are my brother, and I love you." ~ Tears filled my eyes.
APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE AND SHARE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
Eventually they did get the money. I ran up and put in his wiper blade with a note that said "God Bless you and your family." He jumped out of the car and stared at me with the deepest gratitude. As I drove off all the kids were waving from inside the car. I was so touched by the integrity of this family and witnessing there struggle was nothing short of heartbreaking.
This is a campaigne set up with hopes to get them a reliable van. These are beautiful people, people of faith, who are just down on there luck.
Lets step up and be Angels for this family and bless them with a van
APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE AND SHARE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
Eventually they did get the money. I ran up and put in his wiper blade with a note that said "God Bless you and your family." He jumped out of the car and stared at me with the deepest gratitude. As I drove off all the kids were waving from inside the car. I was so touched by the integrity of this family and witnessing there struggle was nothing short of heartbreaking.
This is a campaigne set up with hopes to get them a reliable van. These are beautiful people, people of faith, who are just down on there luck.
Lets step up and be Angels for this family and bless them with a van
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