Remembering Devin Cain
When someone dies you think back and remember what they were like, things that they had accomplished or not accomplished. Memories of the time you spent together. Thoughts of what they will miss out on and what you will miss out on with them gone. But if done properly you will remember what is most important, you will remember love. How well you loved and how well you were loved. Devin Bennett William Cain was born August 6, 2002. He was special like all children, his needs were just larger. He knew what he liked and he knew what he didn’t like. He loved music and listening to it, on occasion even joining in. He loved to laugh, and we all loved to see him laugh. When his Daddy would “get him” his smiles were as big as his face would allow and his laughter was loud and contagious. And like all good little brothers he knew it was his job to give his big brother a hard time. He was never shy about telling his family, his therapists, and his doctors when he didn’t want to do what was expected of him. But through it all Devin had his very own special cheer section. Whether things were going well or not, he always had someone telling him that he could do it, or that it would be okay. Many got to see him take his first steps because of the technology of video, you never saw so many tears of joy. But like all sons no one could take the place of his Mom. She’s the one who could make all of the wrongs right. Devin may not have had a will or property of great value to leave behind. He does however leave behind a legacy worth more than money or gold, Devin leave behind him a legacy of love. Anyone who ever loved him will never stop. And anyone who was ever loved by him will never forget. Devin will always be missed and life will be a little emptier without him here. But if nothing else learn one thing from Devin, that love is the easy part and it’s important to tell your loved ones that you love them. Life is short, don’t waste it on the what ifs or why nots, love outweighs it all. August 6, 2002 - June 19, 2007
Hunger Awareness Day
We had 110 people show up at BD's
Mongolian BBQ with 93 tickets turned in. We raised about $900! The manager
was impressed with our grillers and guests. Thanks to all who participated!
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Take a Walk in Their Shoes
As you read this story, please read it as if you are reading about events
happening in your life. The facts in this story are based on events in
a families life who comes to God's Helping Hands for assistance and attends
here at Rochester. Their names have been changed to respect their
privacy.
It was a cold winter day in January. Sam came home from work to
announce to his wife, Sally, that he had just lost his job of five years.
This came as quite a shock to both of them. Sam applied for unemployment
and was denied. What were they going to do? How were they going to
take care of their children? Sally worked from home in order to stay home
and take care of the little ones because they could not afford
daycare. How were they going to pay all the bills? How were they
going to eat?
They both began seeking new employment. In the meantime they had to
eat so, they went to God's Helping Hands for food. Since GHH is only
able to give them about a one week's supply of food and are unable to
provide milk and bread Sam and Sally also applied for food stamps.
A couple months went by and Sam finally found a job. It was seasonal,
but still it was a job. Things were going well at this new job.
Suddenly and unexpectedly, when he almost had his 90 days in, Sam was told
that the company no longer needed him. Again, Sam found
himself unemployed and unable to receive unemployment.
A few more weeks go by and Sam gets the job of his dreams.
However, his dream job only makes $8 per hour. Still, it's a job!
In the meantime Sam and Sally had fallen way behind on their bills and had
now found out that if they were late one more time on their house payment,
they would lose their house. If they were late one more time on their
car payment they would lose their car. All of their other resources
were tapped out. They could still go to GHH once a month for food, but
Lighthouse, OHLSA, and other local agencies only help with a utility bill
once a year. The church had helped them during this time, but since he was
bringing in no money for a few months they fell way behind. Then the
final blow came when they were told that they do not qualify for food stamps
since Sam now has a job. It is hard to believe that a family of
five is expected to live on $8 per hour. Even with the help
received from GHH with food, the children do not get the fruit or vegetables
daily which their growing bodies need. Now what?
Sam and Sally are now faced with the following decisions:
Do we buy food or school supplies?
Winter is coming do we buy food or winter coats?
Our children need blankets to keep them warm at night, do we buy gas for
the car to get to work or blankets?
Christmas is just around the corner. We need a little something to
give the children. We can go to God's Helping Hands for their
Christmas shopping day in November. What happens if we have to
wait in the line of 200 again this year and they run out before we get
there? Then what?
Maybe you have struggled before or are currently struggling. Brian and
I faced many challenges when we were told that Kevin had special needs.
We were denied food stamps three times. There was not a place like
God's Helping Hands for us to turn to for help. However, we did turn
to the church. We could not have made it without the help of our
brothers and sisters in Christ. Not everyone has the blessing of a
church family to turn to and even if they do, the church has limited funds.
There are people out there struggling and the only place they either know to
turn to, or can turn to is God's Helping Hands.
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