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It’s all good and it just takes time.

It's all good and it just takes time.

Darryl had worked as a bricklayer for the same employer for fourteen years, but when the owner had to close the company for health reasons Darryl found himself out of a job. “I worked temp jobs after that, but I wasn’t making enough money even to keep a room in a rooming house,” he says. “That’s when I became homeless.” With winter approaching Darryl found shelter at Mt. Zion Baptist Church as part of the WE! (Winter Emergency) program; he began coming