The life of William Wallace
I got to talk to a good friend of ours on Friday, a shoe shiner named William. He calls himself William Wallace. He shared his story with me.
He told me how his family had prayed so hard that his father wouldn’t lose his job as a taxi driver after he got in an accident. Well, he did lose his job but two days later he got one that paid twice as much. William said, “We always pray when we have problems but we forget God when the good things happen.”
His brother had a lot of problems with drinking and in their eyes he was ruining his life. His family was praying for him. Then he met a girl and she invited him to church. His life changed completely and now he is successful and has a family.
He told me how his father had gone to live with another woman. He left his wife and kids with only a note saying that it wasn't working out with his mom. Eventually he came back and said it didn’t work out with the other woman and he just told his wife to accept him back. So they went back to the way it was before, hitting his wife and treating her badly. William loves his mom so much for all the troubles she’s gone through and he talked to his dad very sternly and told him not to treat her that way. It got better, at least when William is around he doesn’t hit her. William tries so hard to accept his dad but his brother has given up and lives separately with anger against his dad.
William’s mom got sick and had to go to the hospital. He thinks it is because all the emotional beating she has taken in her life. She was very depressed. He loves her so much. He says that sometimes it is so hard to not lose hope but he tells his mom, it’s all we have. Someday it will get better.
William tries so hard at college so that his life will be better but it came to a point in his life where he had to take a break from college and try to work instead. He wanted to make enough money to rent a place in the city so he could be close to school and also he wanted to buy his mother a small street corner kiosk where she could sell things and have something good in her life.
That was six months ago that he had quit school to work. He says he had given up going out with his friends and buying the things that he wanted because he had to work so hard. And after six months he looks at what he has saved and sees that he’s not getting anywhere.
There a lot of people in need here. Some of them do it to themselves. Some of them are trying very hard to help themselves. William is one of those. He gives me hope in humanity again. Even though his dad has been so bad to them William has committed to accepting him. And he loves his mom so much that he would work so hard and give up a lot of pleasures to help her out.
I am planning on asking if I can spend an evening with them to get to know William’s family a little better. And then I want to offer to go with them to buy his mother the things needed for her little street corner kiosk. William said that if he had saved just 90 dollars it would be enough to buy it for her. I have 90 dollars. I could be the something better he had been trying so hard not to lose hope in.
He told me how his family had prayed so hard that his father wouldn’t lose his job as a taxi driver after he got in an accident. Well, he did lose his job but two days later he got one that paid twice as much. William said, “We always pray when we have problems but we forget God when the good things happen.”
His brother had a lot of problems with drinking and in their eyes he was ruining his life. His family was praying for him. Then he met a girl and she invited him to church. His life changed completely and now he is successful and has a family.
He told me how his father had gone to live with another woman. He left his wife and kids with only a note saying that it wasn't working out with his mom. Eventually he came back and said it didn’t work out with the other woman and he just told his wife to accept him back. So they went back to the way it was before, hitting his wife and treating her badly. William loves his mom so much for all the troubles she’s gone through and he talked to his dad very sternly and told him not to treat her that way. It got better, at least when William is around he doesn’t hit her. William tries so hard to accept his dad but his brother has given up and lives separately with anger against his dad.
William’s mom got sick and had to go to the hospital. He thinks it is because all the emotional beating she has taken in her life. She was very depressed. He loves her so much. He says that sometimes it is so hard to not lose hope but he tells his mom, it’s all we have. Someday it will get better.
William tries so hard at college so that his life will be better but it came to a point in his life where he had to take a break from college and try to work instead. He wanted to make enough money to rent a place in the city so he could be close to school and also he wanted to buy his mother a small street corner kiosk where she could sell things and have something good in her life.
That was six months ago that he had quit school to work. He says he had given up going out with his friends and buying the things that he wanted because he had to work so hard. And after six months he looks at what he has saved and sees that he’s not getting anywhere.
There a lot of people in need here. Some of them do it to themselves. Some of them are trying very hard to help themselves. William is one of those. He gives me hope in humanity again. Even though his dad has been so bad to them William has committed to accepting him. And he loves his mom so much that he would work so hard and give up a lot of pleasures to help her out.
I am planning on asking if I can spend an evening with them to get to know William’s family a little better. And then I want to offer to go with them to buy his mother the things needed for her little street corner kiosk. William said that if he had saved just 90 dollars it would be enough to buy it for her. I have 90 dollars. I could be the something better he had been trying so hard not to lose hope in.
posted by Ross at 6:44 AM
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To something better and a hope that is a real, these are evident in all you and your crew do in La Paz!
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