Used to be I would go to my mailbox everyday. But not these days. After a few years of personal financial crisis there is rarely anything good. That was not the case today.

Holy Guacamole in my mailbox was a book. Not any book, but a book with a few pages about me, InvisiblePeople.tv, Glendale Winter Shelter and The Dream Center.

Two years ago while working the winter shelter some guy tweets me he is riding in his RV with his family and wants to stop to visit. I was not yet at the shelter. When I arrived there was a huge RV in the parking lot and this family was making all of our homeless friends coffee.  If I remember right they ran out of cups and took his huge RV through a drive-thru or something. Anyway, I became friends with Chad Houck and his wife and Amy. Truly amazing people.

What really impressed me about the Houcks is their genuine love for people. The family volunteered at the winter shelter with the worst of the worst chronic homeless and it didn’t phase any of them. In fact, as I am sure with all the other experiences a family can have on the road full time, this was just one of many. Chad was a COO for a growing company and then decided to take a risk. Today he told me they drove 27K miles together. During that time the family of 5 became a family of 6. I was happy to hear about their new addition, Bethany, and very saddened to hear health complications have them grounded near Dallas. If you know me, you know I rarely ask people to pray. Please note: I believe in prayer. I just think we all ask God for stupid stuff He could care less about. That said, if you are reading this please pray for Chad, Amy and their 3 children. Especially Bethany. God does care about people.

I have to admit I am sincerely honored that anyone would take the time to write about me. I never ask for this, I just focus on helping others as a means to my own survival. In a way, I am living a dream. Chad had a dream to travel with his family around the country in a large RV and write a book. His dream was to write a book that would motivate Christians do to more. I am blessed to be part of Chad’s dream, and you can too by simply buying a book or ten. If you’d like to know more click here. If you click on the book to the right it will take you to Amazon where you can order “Share Well With Others”

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