The old saying ‘another man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ could not be truer for a Florida pastor and his wife.
When Florida ministries worker Mark Purcell was closing down and getting ready to go home one evening, he saw four or five trash bags lying on the ground outside. Yet as he got closer, he found two small children huddled between the trash bags in nothing but diapers.
Purcell and the Metropolitan Ministries later learned that the two boys were brothers, and they and their parents were homeless and living in a tent in the woods. Pastor Ronnie Stewart recognized the family because they regularly attended the Refuge Church’s soup kitchen, and asked if he could take the boys home to clean them up and let them get warm.
“They were covered in bug bites, head to toe. They were so filthy, that we actually had to bathe, and drain, and bathe again, two different times. The toddler who did have shoes on didn’t have any socks on. When we took his shoes off, the little skin on the top of his feet actually came off,” wife Krystal said.
But that one night turned into five months when the boys’ parents asked if they would take the 7-month and 2-year-old in, otherwise, they would be taken away by a social worker. “We just looked at each other and knew, there was no other option. Of course we said yes,” Krystal said.
The boys parents have since signed over custody to the Stewarts, and Ronnie and Krystal, who already have three kids of their own, are in the process of adopting the boys officially. “We don’t look at it as we are something special, we know that they are special, and we’re just excited to be part of their journey,” Krystal said.
Watch the video below to see more about how this family opened their hearts and home to two young brothers who were found huddled in the trash.
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A Pastor Is Adopting Two Baby Brothers Who Were Found In The Trash is an article from: LifeDaily