we discovered that “our family” was living in a trailer(拖车) that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks,
but every time they finished one problem,
another surfaced.
We decided the only reasonable solution was to build a new house—something unusual but necessary under these circumstances. The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms,
a bath and a kitchen.
On Tuesday of that week,
while we were eating lunch together,
I asked the family's three boys,
Josh,
Eric and Ryan,
“What do you want for your new room?”Expecting toys and other gadgets that children usually ask for,
we were astonished when Josh responded,
“I just want a bed.”
The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night,
a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.
When we saw the delivery truck coming,
we told the family about the surprise. We could hardly contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.
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