Imagine a life like Gina’s: happily married, raising three daughters, working a job she enjoyed. Then imagine no longer being able to see that life… or anything, actually. That’s what happened when Gina suddenly lost her eyesight.
Gina was blinded by disease. After many doctor appointments, she was diagnosed with a rare brain disease that affects 1 in 1,000 people.
As she struggled, her husband cracked under the pressure to support the family…and left them.
“I wound up with three kids, no house and a disease,” Gina says. “Nobody ever expects to be homeless, but there I was.”
Living out of the car with her kids, Gina called dozens of shelters, but only got one call back…from Hope of the Valley.
“When I walked in, they said, ‘We’ve been waiting for you. We want to help.’ I was so relieved.”
Gina and her three daughters moved into our Genesis House, where they could finally rest and regroup with the help of our staff and other women in the house.
“Everything my daughters and I needed was provided.”