WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE?
ARE YOU WAITING UNTIL THE RV WHEN YOU HAVE FINANCES? OR ARE YOU ONLY PLANNING TO SPEND YOUR FINANCES ON YOURSELF AND EFFORTS TO MAKE YOURSELF LOOK LIKE A 'BIG' GUY?
OR ....... WOULD YOU SPEND WHAT LITTLE YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW TO HELP SOMEONE, EVEN IF IT MEANS YOUR OWN NEED IS LEFT UNMET AND TRUST THE LORD TO PROVIDE FOR YOU?
MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE!
LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BLESS SOMEONE!
Drivers Passed This Old Man (Paul)
ARE YOU WAITING UNTIL THE RV WHEN YOU HAVE FINANCES? OR ARE YOU ONLY PLANNING TO SPEND YOUR FINANCES ON YOURSELF AND EFFORTS TO MAKE YOURSELF LOOK LIKE A 'BIG' GUY?
OR ....... WOULD YOU SPEND WHAT LITTLE YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW TO HELP SOMEONE, EVEN IF IT MEANS YOUR OWN NEED IS LEFT UNMET AND TRUST THE LORD TO PROVIDE FOR YOU?
MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE!
LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BLESS SOMEONE!
Drivers Passed This Old Man (Paul)
On The Street Every Night
Then A Woman Stopped To Ask Him Who He Is
Jun 7, 2018
One summer’s evening in 2016, Lisa Fandrich spotted an elderly man
pushing his wheelchair and a walker across an overpass in Phoenix,
Arizona and, over the next few months, the man became a regular sight in
the area. Fandrich, however, was broken-hearted at the thought of the
gentleman’s predicament, so one day she decided to ask what he was
doing.
Fandrich works both as a health coach at Beach Body and as a barista at a Starbucks in Phoenix. It was while she was going about her daily business that she spotted the elderly gentleman and that wouldn’t be the only time Fandrich would see him, either. As Fandrich described to 12 News in November 2016, “I saw this elderly man crossing the overpass on Hwy 51 in the middle of summer at 8:30 p.m. at night, pushing his wheelchair and a walker.” It was a sight that the health coach found somewhat upsetting.
Indeed, as Fandrich would later write on a GoFundMe page, “There have been several times I have actually gone out of my way to drive another way home because seeing him there has brought me to tears.” But when she had caught a glimpse of him, she had spotted something on the elderly man’s walker. It seemed he had a purpose.
Hanging from the walking aid was a sign and some lights with the notice reading “copper coins for sale,” and the vision moved Fandrich considerably. “I felt, 'why would someone his age have to be out here in the Phoenix heat working? It’s not fair',” she told 12 News.
The more Fandrich saw the old man, the more she wondered about him. Who was he? Where had he come from? What was he doing selling coins in the scorching Phoenix heat? So one day, in June 2016, she drove up to his usual spot to find out and, sure enough, the man whom locals know only as 'Paul', had set up his makeshift stall right there. So, Fandrich pulled up. “I didn’t see any water [there], so I stopped and got a couple bottles of water,” she later told 12 News. “[Then I] said it’s time for me to hear his story, because there’s a reason why he’s here.”
It turned out that Paul had moved to Phoenix 37 years ago. Now, in his late 70s, he and his wife of 54 years rely on Social Security to make ends meet, and so Paul sells his coins to make some extra cash. He sticks faithfully to his spot under the illuminated sign of Church’s Chicken and stays until the lights go out.
Fandrich admitted to Paul that she had driven past him under the Church’s Chicken sign for months and had been worried about him all that time. To that, the elderly man – whom locals know to be sweet and genuine – replied simply, “God watches out for me.” Fandrich had $10 with her. She asked Paul to find his two favorite coins and promptly bought them. Touched by his story and the tenacity he showed by grafting in the sweltering Phoenix heat, Fandrich then took his picture and eventually posted his story online. There, Fandrich set up a GoFundMe page in an attempt to drum up a little support for Paul and his wife and when a news anchor in San Francisco shared the post, the story went viral and the fundraiser became a roaring success.
Fandrich works both as a health coach at Beach Body and as a barista at a Starbucks in Phoenix. It was while she was going about her daily business that she spotted the elderly gentleman and that wouldn’t be the only time Fandrich would see him, either. As Fandrich described to 12 News in November 2016, “I saw this elderly man crossing the overpass on Hwy 51 in the middle of summer at 8:30 p.m. at night, pushing his wheelchair and a walker.” It was a sight that the health coach found somewhat upsetting.
Indeed, as Fandrich would later write on a GoFundMe page, “There have been several times I have actually gone out of my way to drive another way home because seeing him there has brought me to tears.” But when she had caught a glimpse of him, she had spotted something on the elderly man’s walker. It seemed he had a purpose.
Hanging from the walking aid was a sign and some lights with the notice reading “copper coins for sale,” and the vision moved Fandrich considerably. “I felt, 'why would someone his age have to be out here in the Phoenix heat working? It’s not fair',” she told 12 News.
The more Fandrich saw the old man, the more she wondered about him. Who was he? Where had he come from? What was he doing selling coins in the scorching Phoenix heat? So one day, in June 2016, she drove up to his usual spot to find out and, sure enough, the man whom locals know only as 'Paul', had set up his makeshift stall right there. So, Fandrich pulled up. “I didn’t see any water [there], so I stopped and got a couple bottles of water,” she later told 12 News. “[Then I] said it’s time for me to hear his story, because there’s a reason why he’s here.”
It turned out that Paul had moved to Phoenix 37 years ago. Now, in his late 70s, he and his wife of 54 years rely on Social Security to make ends meet, and so Paul sells his coins to make some extra cash. He sticks faithfully to his spot under the illuminated sign of Church’s Chicken and stays until the lights go out.
Fandrich admitted to Paul that she had driven past him under the Church’s Chicken sign for months and had been worried about him all that time. To that, the elderly man – whom locals know to be sweet and genuine – replied simply, “God watches out for me.” Fandrich had $10 with her. She asked Paul to find his two favorite coins and promptly bought them. Touched by his story and the tenacity he showed by grafting in the sweltering Phoenix heat, Fandrich then took his picture and eventually posted his story online. There, Fandrich set up a GoFundMe page in an attempt to drum up a little support for Paul and his wife and when a news anchor in San Francisco shared the post, the story went viral and the fundraiser became a roaring success.
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