{"id":2469,"date":"2019-05-03T18:31:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T22:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/90a62dbc32.nxcli.net\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2024-05-04T10:33:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T14:33:28","slug":"french-comes-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hcrn.info\/es\/french-comes-home\/","title":{"rendered":"el franc\u00e9s vuelve a casa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lake County has been our home base since the Valley Fire raged through Middletown and the Cobb Mountain area. Through all the struggles and challenges of rebuilding after such an awful disaster, one thing has remained constant: our desire to get people home. Today we are proud to celebrate Jocelyn French coming home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This home dedication began with Kevin Cox, the founder and CEO of HCRN, speaking on the joy of this occasion. \u201cIt is very special because a home is done. This was a house built out of love. This is a house built by individuals who [didn\u2019t] have to be there,\u201d Cox began. He thanked all the volunteers who gave up their free time and vacation days to come and serve here in Lake County. Our volunteers are so fantastic, they come hoping to have an impact on our homeowner, and in the case of Jocelyn, \u201cThey all walk away thinking \u2018wow she was awesome.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The French home was the product of a collaboration with Mennonite Disaster Services, and a lot of work within the community. We especially want to thank Moke Simon, the county supervisor, for all of the work he\u2019s done to get Jocelyn back home. Simon spoke at the dedication, \u201cToday is just an honor. Hope City, everybody who worked on the house, the AmeriCorps kids, [I] can\u2019t thank you enough for what you\u2019re doing for our community. Today is one of those days I get emotional. Jocelyn I am so happy for you guys.\u201d The tall burly Simon bent down and gave French a great big hug. French said, \u201cI just wanted to thank you all. If it wasn\u2019t for Hope City I wouldn\u2019t have [this home].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Working alongside Hope City and HCRN on this project was AmeriCorps. They were integral in finishing up French\u2019s home. In the words of Kevin Cox, \u201cI used to say it takes a village, but it no longer takes a village. It takes a big city. A Hope City. All of us [working] together.\u201d With that, the representative from another of our partners, Middletown Bible Church, stepped up to begin gifting Jocelyn with her house warming gifts. First was a brand new bible so that she could reflect on the grace that brought the volunteers and funding for her home to be finished. Next came a quilt specially made by our friends at the Presbyterian Church of the Master, and a prayer shawl from the United Methodist shawl ministry. She was also presented with a small and simple cross, hand made by our Lake County Construction Manger, Bill Johnson. After that came a copy of The Peanuts movie, courtesy of the Schulz family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The final item presented to French was the key to her house. HCRN Board President Carl Benner had the honor of presenting this small but important piece of French\u2019s home. \u201cI\u2019ve been standing here thinking about this and what this key means. From the first shovel of dirt to the first nail, the very last in all the people from all over the country. What a small thing for so much love. It means more than just a key, it means a lot of lives have been here,\u201d said Benner. French smiled and said, \u201cYou\u2019ll have to show me how to run the dishwasher.\u201d The group laughed, and Jocelyn\u2019s home was a happy place. Welcome Home Jocelyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re so excited to be able to offer an HCRN NorCal app on both the Apple App Store<\/a> and the Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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