Covenant House Vancouver

In like a lamb and out like a lion is generally how I would describe Evan. He's a sweet 21 year old youth who has been in and out of the foster care system all of his life. When thinking about him, he is just a little guy in size with not much weight to his body; however he carries with him a ferocious temper that has often brought him much trouble.

When Evan gets all rauled up, he has trouble seeing anything logically anymore and emotions will drive his feelings beyond any rationale. I have known Evan over his many stays at our shelter but recently he has been discarded from using the shelter because of a few anger attacks he has had. I still see Evan often as he accesses Covenant House frequently through our drop in center.

During one Monday afternoon at work, I received a call from the hospital and it's Evan. He's crying like a little child because of how much pain he is in. He shares with me in a little shaky voice how he has spent the whole weekend there because of an abscess that has developed on his buttocks. (Evan often would get abscesses on his body as a side effect from his drug use.)

My heart went out to Evan because he does have such a sweet heart and he had no one to look after him or pick him up from the hospital. Within a matter of minutes, myself and another outreach worker made our way down to the hospital to pick up Evan. When we saw him, he could barely walk because of the wound from the surgery he had undergone.

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