Februrary 15, 2021 (10:34pm) – I’m sitting here in the dark and scrolling through Facebook because there’s not a whole lot to do here without electricity, and my phone still has 70%. I came across a post that really humbled me and touched my heart so deeply that I asked if I could share it with you all tonight.
In the midst of so many of us “struggling” without water or electricity for a night or two, we fail to realize that this is the life for the homeless population. Please read this beautiful story and be grateful for what you have. A couple of days without is nothing compared to other lives with nothing at all.
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Author of Post: Kelly Lynn
There is no better time than the present to be kind.
My apartment got down to 30°, no power all day since about 2am, it’s an actual outage not a rolling blackout, and all roads I needed to use were closed.
I finally packed up Benjamin, Meshach, and I in the car to go over to Aunt Erin’s house & it took over an hour to get 10 miles. Erin & I decide to fill up our tanks, which mind you took about 30 mins, and as we’re sitting there, I see a man get dropped off with a bag and blanket.
As I’m sitting there, I’m watching him and it truly breaks my heart to think that this man has nowhere to go, no food, no transportation, nobody helping him. I told Erin, we need to help him. Erin & I decided to help him, he asked us to take him to the bridge at 1604/35 so he could sleep in the porta potty. Can you imagine? 
He just wanted somewhere to get him out of the cold. We took him to another gas station (the one we were at wasn’t open inside), got him about $50 of groceries, took him down the street where we got him a hotel for two nights. This man was so frail & brittle that he could get knocked over with a strong wind. There was no way we were leaving him out in this frigid weather that San Antonio isn’t used to.
We got him all checked in, his groceries set out, turned up the heat in his hotel room, and told him we would be back to check on him tomorrow. Y’all. This man was so appreciative he kept trying to offer us his $10, his moonpie he had in his bag, and started to cry. He kept thanking us and at one point told me that nobody would ever stop to talk to him or help him. That Jesus must have sent us. 
I don’t normally share things like this, as in doing something good for a stranger or paying it forward. I don’t need to be recognized for doing a “good deed” because this is just who I am. This is straight from my heart. I share this because right now, San Antonio is dealing with weather & conditions we aren’t used to. While I grew up in weather like this, many have not. So if you see someone who is out during this time and needs help. Don’t judge, don’t snub them, just help. Give them warm food, a blanket, a place to stay, a ride, a cup of coffee, anything. I was so worried about my own apartment being cold, when this whole time there are so many others who don’t even have a home.
Be there. Be human. Be decent. Be kind. Love one another.
– Kelly – 
FindJoy 