Behind every door is a story.

Behind the front door at 718 Mark Welsey, my front door in 2011. The diagnosis was stage 4 cancer. After cancer came deep depression. I compare that season of my life similar to the ship in 1914 called the Endurance. On the expedition, the ship with 28 men aboard got stuck in the frozen Antarctic Ice, then in the coming months, the ship was crushed, and soon thereafter was sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

Cancer takes lives, and when depression is bad enough, you often want to give up and give in. On this journey, we almost lost our house. It was unthinkable and unbearable physically and mentally. Almost everything we had built up, was lost. We had so many people who came to help us.

Our hope in the Devastated Doors program, when possible to acquire the property, to help arrange for pay off of debts, to arrange for a destination property, and walk them through this process. Many of these people we meet are similar to the ship Endurance, these are people that are stuck and often do not know the process to improve their lives.

How We Helped Chris:
Chris owned a property in Affton, Missouri. He responded to our campaign about selling his house to resolve his financial issues. We put the address in our GPS and twice drove past it. The tree limbs were so overgrown and the grass so high you could not see the property. Chris was a hoarder. Some of the rooms had a small path to walk through. The bedrooms had huge stacks of junk and were no longer accessible. He slept on a small cot. When we opened the refrigerator the stench from an old bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken was so bad we had to throw away the refrigerator.

We helped him select a few furniture pieces. This was very hard for him to do. He could not part with anything. We hired a truck and helped him set up his furniture in his apartment. He never ate at home. He took every meal at a local restaurant. We purchased a large amount of gift certificates for his favorite place. He was delighted.

We did purchase his property. It took 5 dumpsters to empty out the house. The neighbors could not believe the outcome. A lovely young lady purchased the property and the home has a new story to tell.

You cannot always tell what is going on in a person’s life even if you see them each day. Chris was a real estate agent in our company. He looked fine. Always dressed nicely. We helped change his life from devastation to a place of delight.

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