Covenant House Vancouver

This is a story about Peter, a tall young man with blonde hair, blue eyes and a heart made of gentleness and gold. He's the one that would open the door for you if your hands were full or help pick up a book you dropped as you were walking from the office or your class.

Peter has an innocence to him that when you look at his face or say hello, you are returned with a smile that warms your heart. He lives in the moment and sometimes that means the moment misses appointments because something comes up and other things planned yesterday are forgotten about but you almost can't get mad at that because you know he didn't mean to miss or cancel an appointment on purpose. If you would have caught him in that very moment and invited him to come to detox he would have been there because he desires that.

One day, later in the morning, Peter stopped by the Drop-In and we got to chatting. He was saddened and I asked him what was bothering him. When Peter is sad your heart truly goes out to this guy because he has such a kind heart. He shared with me in a very genuine way how no one comes to visit him at his crazy squat. I said to him that I would come to a visit but he dismissed the idea right away saying it was too far away and that I would never find it. I still asked for directions just in case I would be in the neighbourhood and he shared them with me.

Photo: sample homeless squat

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