Support Hermelinda and Damian's New Start

My name is Katie Alesso and I'm grateful to be friends with Theo and Edith Waddell, who are a part of our sweet church, Thrive LA.

Theo and Edith are the real deal. Many of you know their kindness. When Edith's aging parents, Hermelinda and Damian, began to need assistance and medical care, they moved them from Peru to the United States so they could care for them. Theo and Edith moved out of the guest house they had been living in and moved her parents in. This became Hermelinda and Damian's new home.

However, on Wednesday, January 8th, the Eaton Canyon fire swept through their region of Pasadena. Hermelinda and Damian were evacuated.

As Theo and Edith watched KTLA, they saw Hermelinda and Damian's home ablaze and realized that the guest house was gone.

On behalf of my friends, I want to thank you for helping them. Hermelinda and Damian bravely started a new life in a different country in the later years of their lives, and now they will need to begin completely from scratch.

I remember visiting their lovely little home a while back. Theo and Edith had poured so much into making that little guest house a comfortable place to live, maximizing every square inch to be a joyful home. They have lost so very much overnight and will need to restart their lives from here. All funds raised will go directly to help them in this endeavor.

Let's do our part to help this dear couple. Would you generously give what you can? Thank you so much for your kindness.