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Man On the Street: Meet Willy

When a change of perspective is needed, sometimes God works in mysterious ways.

Meet Willy:
Willy in Downtown Redding

Willy lives at the local rescue mission. He was hit by a car a few months ago, on Dec 28th. He receives no government financial assistance. Yet despite being homeless and injured, his attitude is amazing.

I met him while out walking this morning, and when I left to continue the walk he told me that if I ran into anyone who needed an encouraging word I should send them to him. He said he’d tell them, “You tell me what’s buggin’ ya. I promise when I’m through laughin’ I’ll see if I can help ya.”

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In His Own Words, video, 2 minutes, 50 Seconds:
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2995528666439309879]

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My Thoughts After Talking To Willy, audio, 3 minutes, 30 seconds (click the arrow or right click here to download the file):
[audio http://donnysramblings.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/willy.mp3]

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  1. March 12th, 2008 at 17:23 | #1

    That is excellent! I enjoyed the interview a good deal.

    - David

  2. Jason Belle
    March 14th, 2008 at 22:58 | #2

    Makes me kinda wonder “what the heck am I worrying about?”

    Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

    If God can take care of Willy, he can take care of me. (Matthew 6)

    Thanks for sharing that perspective, Donnny – we all need a reminder of that sometimes.

    Love the quote he made – lol

  3. March 15th, 2008 at 18:46 | #3

    What an encouraging post! Thanks Donny.

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