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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]

  • http://www.dlhweblog.blogspot.com/ David Louis Harter

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

    - David

  • http://www.dlhweblog.blogspot.com David Louis Harter

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

    - David

  • Jason Belle

    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

  • Jason Belle

    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

  • http://roadandtraveler.blogspot.com/ Matt

    What an encouraging post! Thanks Donny.

  • http://roadandtraveler.blogspot.com Matt

    What an encouraging post! Thanks Donny.

  • Chriseric777

    The Greatest Homeless Advocate Redding and Shasta County California Has !!!