Loss of home, occupation and life...Sophies bike

Marty's sons home
Marty and I talking about her situation
Marty is a lady in her late forties who has worked so hard over the last twenty years to pay off her home. She had just a few thousand dollars remaining on her home and it would be paid off. Her son lived in another home on the back of her property and she had almost paid that home off as well. Her business was located on a small piece of property beside her home. All was destroyed.
As I began to talk with Marty, she shared with me her greatest loss was that of her uncle. He had ridden out all of the previous hurricanes and this one could be ridden out as well. Sadly, he was wrong. He perished as well, just up the street from where we worked on her home.
In the crushed home of her son we found a bicycle. It obviously belonged to a little girl. Her name was Sophie. I asked Marty if we could take the bike with us and fix it up. Yesterday we took it back and presented it to Marty. She was so pleased. She said that Sophie would be so happy to have her bike as she lost everything else.

It is often the small things we do that make a difference in the lives of others. If I could do something to put a smaile on a little girls face, it was worth coming to the south.
As we were leaving, Marty invited us to come back another time and have a barbeque with her and her family and we can meet Sophie and her parents. I hope we can do this very soon.