Christmas 2009. This was the best Christmas that I’ve had in a very long time. As a matter of fact I was able to cook my first Christmas dinner ever, and it was very good. I was also able to enjoy Christmas Eve and Christmas day with my two beautiful children, my mom, aunts, cousins, and a special friend. I was blessed to be here at the Emmaus House. I thank God and Sister Marietta for giving me the best Christmas ever. Thank you also to all of the women of the Emmaus House. God bless you all.
Kimberly W., House #9
Hello, my name is Delores. I live at House #5. I would like to thank Sister Marietta, Sister Mary Elizabeth, and Sister Phyllis for a wonderful and blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year at the Emmaus House. God blessed me with everything that I wanted for Christmas. I bless and pray for each and every one who made that possible including Tyana (our social worker). Tyana has been here to help me with everything. She is a blessing to all the Emmaus House women. I love all here and wish them a very Happy New Year.
Delores H., House #5
My name is Kelly and I am a former resident of Emmaus House. There are a great many things that I could tell you about what Emmaus House and Sister Marietta mean to me but I thought that an excerpt from one of my essays from my writing class would say it best. The name of the essay is “Therefore I Dream” and this part was inspired from my memories at Emmaus House.
“I have a dream to serve others and in doing so I will love to the best of my ability. This dream I have to serve others stems from the unconditional love that I have found in the hearts of others when they have served me in my times of need. To have felt not worthy of love and then to have been loved by a stranger is to discover the meaning of love itself, and it is this love that I long to serve upon a great many. Therefore I dream of serving others.”
Thank you, Sister, for loving me when I didn’t know that I was worthy of love. I love you and I miss you.
