WE 116 || A homeless man

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August 28, 2022

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It's dawn and we are going home from serenading when we saw an old man walking alone along the road carrying something and he looks weary. The surroundings is still so calm and we are wondering where he is going.

We stopped and asked him where he is going. He told us that he don't know where he is heading. He is looking for his children but he already forgot the place. He also don't know how to use phone and he also forgot the name of the place where his children is residing.

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He don't have money in his pocket and he choose to walk at dawn or in the afternoon and he will find time and place to rest when he felt so hungry and tired. He felt ashamed but he have no choice but to ask some food for his hungry stomach.

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In the evening, he will just sleep everywhere along the roads and buildings and he continues to walk again in the morning hoping to find his children or to remember the place.

I and my husband are looking to each other like we want to help this old man. I then told the man to go with us and we will try our best to help him.

He is so thankful and he go with us. We dropped by in the bakeshop and bought some bread so we could have some coffee as we reach home. We cooked for our breakfast while we let him take a bath. We provided him bath soap and shampoo because it seems he haven't took a bath for week. My husband gave him some pair of clothes and pants to wear. We then eat together while he is sharing his life story.

He told us that he leaves his wife for some reason and he wanted to go to his children but unfortunately his money is not enough to reach his destination. No choice but he need to walk, ask for food and sleep along the roads and the routine goes on for more than a week. He reached the city itself but forgot the exact place where his children resides might be because it was a long years since he last visited that place plus there were lots of improvements or changes in the city.

Since it was a holiday, my husband don't have work. He has a hair clipper and offered a hair cut for the old man.

I took some pictures of him and posted it in the social media asking help to find the old man's family. It took hours before someone commented "This old man is familiar to me." Her next comment is mentioning someone asking, Is this your father?. An hour later, someone messages me and asking me if the one I posted is still here. I told her yes and she said it was her father.

I felt so happy upon reading it and then she called after a while. The old man recognizes her daughter and tears fall in his cheeks unexpectedly.

While looking at them, I can't stop my tears from falling as I felt happy for the old man. He is not homeless anymore because his daughter will be coming to get him.

Before the sun set, his daughter came and so thankful to find her father again.


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Oh! how I wish someone would do this to my father-in-law. My husband and his siblings are so worried right now. They knew that there father leave their home and told someone that he is going to his children. But it was already one week and four days today and still they don't know where their father was.

We are hoping that he is in good hands right now, that he is well and still alive and tomorrow he will be here.

We already posted in social media, someone commented that she saw some post alike but we found out that it was a different person.

We are still hoping to find him soon.

Thank you so much for reading.

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So sorry bout this dear. You’re father-in-law would be found soonest. Just believe and not worry much❤️

I could see the old man was very tired due to a long walk searching for his child. You did well by showing some help for the man. Thanks very much for your good story.

It was an imagination @jude9 hoping that someone would do that for my father in law that we don't know where is he right now.

I hope you do get to find him
Helping a stranger might be saving a life and I do hope there's someone out there that gets it and is able to help.

Nakakaawa mga ganito.. Pero iilan lang yung willing tumulong at magpapasok sa bahay.. Mandidiri kc

That's a sad reality sis... Peru napansin ko kung sino yung mahirap lang sila pa yong may malaking puso para tumulong. I hope so someone would do this for my father in law. We don't know where he is right now.

Hala kelan pa? Wala kyo contact?

Last2 Wednesday pa sis. Di yun marunong mag cellphone.

Prayers for your father-in-law that he will be foubd soon.

Thank you for your well prayers sis @bluepark.. Until now, we don't know where he is.

Oh! how I wish someone would do this to my father-in-law. My husband and his siblings are so worried right now. They knew that there father leave their home and told someone that he is going to his children. But it was already one week and four days today and still they don't know where their father was.

We are hoping that he is in good hands right now, that he is well and still alive and tomorrow he will be here.

He's in my prayers :( Can you file a missing person's report?

Thank you for helping us through your prayers @wrestlingdesires. We didn't file a report yet because it was intentional that he leaves home but we are worried where he went because until now his children didn't know where he is.

It's worth filing a report, because he is missing. You can use every bit of help in looking for him. The only other thing I can think of is to look along the route he would have taken. And that's a long shot :( ... Is he healthy for his age???

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Might be you're right that we need to report this. Yes, my brother in law tried to check the possible route he had gone and they also went to there close relatives but still he wasn't there.

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So sorry about your Father-in-law and I hope he is found and someone so kind would welcome him home to feel relaxed. Just keep praying to God. He will surely be found.

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The story is indeed a touching one and I'm really happy you and your husband made such efforts to get the olld man together with his family. I hope you also get to find your father in law as soon as possible as well.

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Nag dedreemport kna pla ngayon sis..im back hehe

You guys were so humane and got that, you deserve to find your father-in-law with ease. There are several old homeless people around us, we should care for them.

I traveled here from dreemport.

Thank God that he entered safe hands and later united with his Family Members
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Thanks for dropping by @sommylove.. It's an imagination hoping that someone will do the same for my father in law.

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Keep your hopes high 🙏

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I hope you do get to find him
Helping a stranger might be saving a life and I do hope there's someone out there that gets it and is able to help. Came in via Dreemport

recently a similar case happened in my city, a man disappeared, his family and friends spent months looking for him, unfortunately he was recently found lifeless, if he had found someone to help him return home, he would be alive today and with his family, we must be more empathetic and help as much as we can to our neighbor, I hope they can find your father in law, greetings.

Oh hopefully it won't happen to my father in law..

Yes we have to help people like them @ikigaidesign. Our simple help would be a great help for them.

Hey Jen I do hope that your father-in-law will be found the soonest, just like in the story that you created. 1 week is too long already prayers that he is in a safe place right now with warm clothing as the weather's not nice lately.

Thank you for your prayers @tpkidkai. We are worried because he is a senior citizen already. Yes we are just hoping that he is okay right now.

Certainly a sad story and we also see the calls for missing persons in the bulletins every day.
An elderly friend of mine also reported his wife missing, but fortunately they found her and when she was returned, she didn't know who he was. She recognized nothing in the house and even didn't know her favorite little pet dog. So he put her into a frail care home close by and visited her every day for years until she died. We always felt so sad for him.
I sincerely hope that they find the missing person.

Oh that's a sad true story. Many elderly were suffering from a loss of memory and they really need extra care and no one should leave them alone. Thanks for dropping by @papilloncharity

We work in the charity world for the past 20 years and I can tell you many sad stories. But I won't as it is not a habit to repeat stuff that makes me sad.
So I stick mainly to my recipe of posting nature posts, as it always makes me feel better.

Let's just hope and pray that he will be found.
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Wow that was a great experience because you are helping many people but on other side, it is sad to hear sad stories most of the time.

Yes, that's good. Choose something with a good vibes. Thanks.

We can only do what we do with limited resources and that's why I am building on hive.
Sad stories have their place and I never concentrate on them.

Always good vibes only methinks.