H******7
发帖数: 34403 | 1 When the blindfolds came off, the tears poured.
Emotions exploded when the Chavez family saw its house for the first time
since it was completely remodeled. The 89-year-old dwelling had fallen into
such disrepair that plywood covered holes in the floor and trash cans were
brought in catch water from a leaky roof.
Gone is the decay, the power failures and the sound of kids waking up crying
in the cold winter night.
“I don’t see any more dark, I see light,” Laura Chavez, 45, said after
the tears had dried Thursday evening, May 8. “I see happiness. I see my new
life.”
In less than a month, about 200 volunteers, including licensed professionals
, gutted and rebuilt their house in Riverside’s Casa Blanca neighborhood, a
low-income, predominantly Latino area off Madison Street. The Evans Street
home was built in 1925 and has been in the family since 1928.
Sandals Church in Riverside made it possible.
The church learned of Chavez, an unemployed single mom with nine kids, when
a member visited the Mexican restaurant next door about two years ago. He
told the restaurant owner he wanted to serve Thanksgiving dinner to a
neighbor in need.
The owner pointed to Chavez’s house.
When a church community group arrived with a meal, they realized the family
had no working stove. Members later got the family a refrigerator and
invited them to church. They’ve attended ever since.
A couple years later, when a church Christmas gift team dropped off presents
for the kids, they discovered unacceptable living conditions, said Brian
Boyd, a church member and real estate broker who managed the repairs.
It had been raining, and there was water in the four bedrooms. There was no
heat source. Multiple windows were broken. The rooms lacked light switches.
A central cord hanging from the ceiling provided electricity. The bathroom
floor supports were rotted out.
“It needed everything,” Boyd said. “We needed to do it all.”
On April 12, 80 men arrived and took four 40-yard dumpsters of trash from
the house and yard. They cleared out the belongings and began overhauling
the house from top to bottom.
They installed a new roof, kitchen, bathroom, plumbing, interior walls,
flooring, lighting, electricity, heating, windows, doors, concrete patio/
sidewalk, patio cover, landscaping, interior and exterior paint. Most of the
labor and many of the materials were donated.
The church set up a gift registry at Target. Church members bought clothes,
shoes, backpacks, groceries, bathroom and kitchen supplies, and other
household items. The church purchased beds and mattresses. Other furniture
was donated by church members and California Baptist University in Riverside.
“I’m totally blessed,” Chavez said. “I’m very grateful. This is
beautiful.”
At first, church leaders didn’t tell the 5,000-member congregation where
the gifts and donations were going. Lead Pastor Matt Brown weaved the story
into his Mother’s Day sermon about the Good Samaritan. He said many church
families are in need and hopes this is the first of many such projects.
“The idea is to be motivated out of love, not because I know you,” Brown
said. “Would you be generous to someone you’ve never met, you don’t know?
Because that’s what we feel like Jesus has called us to do in terms of
loving your neighbor.”
Since the work began, Chavez and five of her kids had been temporarily
living in a house belonging to church member Scarlett Czarnecki, who has
been staying with her parents.
Chavez knew she was getting a new roof and other improvements, but didn’t
expect the extent of the repairs and the furnishings. Still, the biggest
surprise was waiting in the living room.
Jonathan Chavez, her 18-year-old son who attends Cal State Monterey Bay, was
home for Mother’s Day – unbeknownst to his mom.
When the front door opened, mom and all the kids embraced and wailed in
ecstasy for several minutes.
Tears fell fast. Words weren’t needed.
They explored each bedroom. Zachary, 9, and Xavier, 10, admired the sports
decor, desk and bunk beds. Alyssa, 16, loved the closet with sliding
mirrored doors. Savannah, 8, gushed about her new doll, pillows and white
boards on the wall.
“It’s amazing in every way,” Alyssa said.
David Roa, Laura’s 71-year-old uncle who is legally blind, smiled when he
saw the large TV, digital clock and freestanding dresser in his room.
The kitchen is Laura’s favorite spot. Before the renovations, she couldn’t
cook or wash dishes because the floor sank. She’s already planning the
first meal in her new home.
“I’ll probably cook a big pot of menudo to start the house off warm,” she
said. “I’m going to make a chocolate cake.” | t***e
发帖数: 3601 | 2 David Roa, Laura’s 71-year-old uncle who is legally blind, smiled when he
saw the large TV, digital clock and freestanding dresser in his room. | H******7
发帖数: 34403 | 3 8, 9, 10, 16, 18 基本上一年一个，连生10年 | d********f
发帖数: 43471 | 4 这是人家的工作，一年的食品券，几千一个月的housing,医疗卡全靠这个了
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【在 H******7 的大作中提到】
: When the blindfolds came off, the tears poured.
: Emotions exploded when the Chavez family saw its house for the first time
: since it was completely remodeled. The 89-year-old dwelling had fallen into
: such disrepair that plywood covered holes in the floor and trash cans were
: brought in catch water from a leaky roof.
: Gone is the decay, the power failures and the sound of kids waking up crying
: in the cold winter night.
: “I don’t see any more dark, I see light,” Laura Chavez, 45, said after
: the tears had dried Thursday evening, May 8. “I see happiness. I see my new
: life.”
| l****w
发帖数: 583 | 5 劫富济贫，准确讲，这是劫中产济贫。
我听过一个投行trader说他每年交的税都去这些老墨的奶粉和尿布里了。
我心想，你也可以生一堆把这些钱赚回来啊，又没人拦着你。呵呵。
into
crying
new
【在 H******7 的大作中提到】
: When the blindfolds came off, the tears poured.
: Emotions exploded when the Chavez family saw its house for the first time
: since it was completely remodeled. The 89-year-old dwelling had fallen into
: such disrepair that plywood covered holes in the floor and trash cans were
: brought in catch water from a leaky roof.
: Gone is the decay, the power failures and the sound of kids waking up crying
: in the cold winter night.
: “I don’t see any more dark, I see light,” Laura Chavez, 45, said after
: the tears had dried Thursday evening, May 8. “I see happiness. I see my new
: life.”
| p*e
发帖数: 6785 | | M*********9
发帖数: 15637 | 7 生命力太旺盛了！
into
crying
new
【在 H******7 的大作中提到】
: When the blindfolds came off, the tears poured.
: Emotions exploded when the Chavez family saw its house for the first time
: since it was completely remodeled. The 89-year-old dwelling had fallen into
: such disrepair that plywood covered holes in the floor and trash cans were
: brought in catch water from a leaky roof.
: Gone is the decay, the power failures and the sound of kids waking up crying
: in the cold winter night.
: “I don’t see any more dark, I see light,” Laura Chavez, 45, said after
: the tears had dried Thursday evening, May 8. “I see happiness. I see my new
: life.”
| Z*****l
发帖数: 14069 | 8 投行的生一堆, 估计还是赚不回来的。
【在 l****w 的大作中提到】
: 劫富济贫，准确讲，这是劫中产济贫。
: 我听过一个投行trader说他每年交的税都去这些老墨的奶粉和尿布里了。
: 我心想，你也可以生一堆把这些钱赚回来啊，又没人拦着你。呵呵。
:
: into
: crying
: new
| d********f
发帖数: 43471 | 9 你从大家拿来的？
【在 l****w 的大作中提到】
: 劫富济贫，准确讲，这是劫中产济贫。
: 我听过一个投行trader说他每年交的税都去这些老墨的奶粉和尿布里了。
: 我心想，你也可以生一堆把这些钱赚回来啊，又没人拦着你。呵呵。
:
: into
: crying
: new
| l****t
发帖数: 36289 | | | | s******y
发帖数: 28562 | 11 问题是一般中产阶级生了小孩之后不会不管不顾，肯定要考虑什么学费啊学区啊之类的
问题，所以没有办法生那么多。
老墨老黑们则是敞开生，反正生了就放在大街上乱跑，以后成长成什么样的人他们也不
操心。
话说回来，都生了9个小孩了，居然还是单身？孩子的爸们呢？不是说拉丁人的宗教信
仰很强什么的么？难道宗教里不是说未婚生子是一个大罪过的么？
【在 l****w 的大作中提到】
: 劫富济贫，准确讲，这是劫中产济贫。
: 我听过一个投行trader说他每年交的税都去这些老墨的奶粉和尿布里了。
: 我心想，你也可以生一堆把这些钱赚回来啊，又没人拦着你。呵呵。
:
: into
: crying
: new
| P*A
发帖数: 7996 | 12 天主教不就是乱伦扒灰NP的剧本吗
你看老黑不也是乌央乌央往教堂跑，几个有亲爹的？
【在 s******y 的大作中提到】
: 问题是一般中产阶级生了小孩之后不会不管不顾，肯定要考虑什么学费啊学区啊之类的
: 问题，所以没有办法生那么多。
: 老墨老黑们则是敞开生，反正生了就放在大街上乱跑，以后成长成什么样的人他们也不
: 操心。
: 话说回来，都生了9个小孩了，居然还是单身？孩子的爸们呢？不是说拉丁人的宗教信
: 仰很强什么的么？难道宗教里不是说未婚生子是一个大罪过的么？
| g*q
发帖数: 26623 | 13 hehe
【在 t***e 的大作中提到】
: David Roa, Laura’s 71-year-old uncle who is legally blind, smiled when he
: saw the large TV, digital clock and freestanding dresser in his room.
| n***d
发帖数: 8857 | 14 民族英雄
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crying
new
【在 H******7 的大作中提到】
: When the blindfolds came off, the tears poured.
: Emotions exploded when the Chavez family saw its house for the first time
: since it was completely remodeled. The 89-year-old dwelling had fallen into
: such disrepair that plywood covered holes in the floor and trash cans were
: brought in catch water from a leaky roof.
: Gone is the decay, the power failures and the sound of kids waking up crying
: in the cold winter night.
: “I don’t see any more dark, I see light,” Laura Chavez, 45, said after
: the tears had dried Thursday evening, May 8. “I see happiness. I see my new
: life.”
| b*****e
发帖数: 53215 | 15 小平赠
【在 n***d 的大作中提到】
: 民族英雄
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: into
: crying
: new
| g******n
发帖数: 53185 | 16 没有投行trader社会更美好，没有这些劳模，扫地倒垃圾修车摘草莓都没人干
【在 l****w 的大作中提到】
: 劫富济贫，准确讲，这是劫中产济贫。
: 我听过一个投行trader说他每年交的税都去这些老墨的奶粉和尿布里了。
: 我心想，你也可以生一堆把这些钱赚回来啊，又没人拦着你。呵呵。
:
: into
: crying
: new
| P*A
发帖数: 7996 | 17 照样有
德州的清洁工全是老墨，到了俄亥俄就基本都是老黑，跑到缅因才发现什么活都是白人
在干
【在 g******n 的大作中提到】
: 没有投行trader社会更美好，没有这些劳模，扫地倒垃圾修车摘草莓都没人干
| d********f
发帖数: 43471 | 18 废话，那食品券住sec8使医疗金卡的过得比年薪10w的还好，自然没人干这些破活
【在 g******n 的大作中提到】
: 没有投行trader社会更美好，没有这些劳模，扫地倒垃圾修车摘草莓都没人干
| s*****i
发帖数: 3762 | 19 94,准确的说白人是被更廉价的劳模给挤出劳工市场了
我们这里清洁工都是劳模，前些日子还看到有白人在街上抗议举着local jobs for
local workers的牌子
当然这是市场经济，没什么话说，但是非法移民的一再泛滥就是一种恶性循环了
【在 P*A 的大作中提到】
: 照样有
: 德州的清洁工全是老墨，到了俄亥俄就基本都是老黑，跑到缅因才发现什么活都是白人
: 在干
| x****o
发帖数: 1737 | 20 话说我认识一委内瑞拉人，他说他爷爷有100多个孙辈儿。有年做大寿那他妈真是壮观
，他说绝大多数人都不认识 |
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