Thanksgiving!

This year we at the Liahona Home have much to be thankful for!  And we most assuredly are!

This year saw a variety of projects get completed, including most noticeably the new roof on the second house!  But other projects, like the complete electrification of the second house, lots of work on the basement of the second house and both driveways being graveled, were also done.

And since our start of actively taking people in to be aided, back in 2014, we've gone from having 3 guests the tail end of that year, to 14 helped in 2015, to now 2016, where with the year not yet ended, 20 have been aided!

We've also been doing well with attracting donors, though we can take no credit for that ourselves!  Several people - who wish to remain unnamed - have really gone above and beyond!  In one particularly kind case, we had a widow request that in lieu of flowers, those mourning the passing of her husband send a gift in his name to our non-profit!

In another incredibly kind case so much was donated that the entirety of the property taxes for both homes was able to be paid and a vehicle transferred into the corporation's name and registered.  And we were able to pay more on a past loan we had received for the roof.

On a personal note, Katie and I are very happy, and given that Katie quit smoking this past summer, we are now both completely smoke free!  We are also greatly enjoying life and are having fun preparing a huge meal for ourselves and our guests!  (Well, Katie is preparing that and I'm aiding enormously by staying out of her way!)

Still more good things to be done, but we feel that we're in a real position to be getting it done.  We hope to join the Chamber of Commerce before this year is out.  We are going to send a letter to the City of Springfield requesting a waiving of that past fine they assessed.  We have two guests who are working on finishing the basement in lieu of program fees.  And we are soon to have a full house in the main sober living home.

And more good news - a guest who had to leave earlier this year due to a regrettable parole violating incident (not entirely his fault) has now been determined to be able to be released next July, when we had all assumed he was to have to do another two to three years!  He has been assured that there will be a place waiting for him when he gets out!

We are thinking that next year might be "the year", when it all comes together and is humming along enough that we can then focus on finishing things out.  Which means a few window replacements, a new paint job for both houses and that Holy Grail we've put off for years, our 501(c)3 exemption!

We are all thus very thankful!  To everyone who has aided us, to a great bunch of guests, and to our Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ, without which none of this would have in any way been possible!