When we met with the city to discuss how we could help, we visited Mr. Shank's home, which is on Jackson Ave., right next to Miracle City Mall. When we walked through his home to see the water damage from his damaged roof is was quite disturbing on many levels. One, being that his roof and home had been in this condition for the past 5 years. To be very honest i was surprised that this elderly man was still alive for his home was filled with mold and it was hard to breathe. The other disturbing part of this for me, was the fact that all of his neighbors around him had well cared for homes and yards and it seems that no one had checked in on this man, who could no longer care for his home by himself. To me this is an example of the breakdown of community and selfishness. The few neighbors I did speak to were glad that we were helping fix this community "eye-sore" but didn't feel any real since of obligation to help this neighbor in need. This is why we need gospel-centered community.
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