Charles' Story

A Man Named Charles by Bill Hoffman

Charles came to the bus around the late 90s. He was homeless, he was on drugs, but he wanted to change his life. I told him it would be a long process to get a place through the shelter system, but it could work, at least to get a place of his own. We would have to work on the addiction part too. He reluctantly went to the city, got a Homeless ID number,and got into the process. He also kept coming to see me and we worked together to help him get clean, and give his life to the Lord. I would only see him occasionally and then hardly at all. Then one day, he came to the bus, (picture), years later. He had an apartment, was working, was clean, and a believer in Christ.
WOW! I couldnt believe it here was a once hopeless man, homeless, lost, addicted, lost in the shuffle of the system, now free! This is why we do what we do.;.. so that others may live. God has a plan for every person, and its every Christians responsibility to help the lost get found, and pointed in a God direction for their lives. Charles called me a few weeks ago. He said he still carries my card in his pocket, never goes any-where without it. He said he will never forget me because I was the only one who believed in him enough to stick it out with him until he made it.

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