Meet Ruben Elerd,
I used to see him walking around briskly picking up trash and cigarettes downtown Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, but when he sat down to talk with me today he had a cain. He told me that he broke his hip 2 years ago and couldn't do all the things he "likes" to do for a while. BTW I didn't ask him to sit down, I was busy... wallowing in the struggles of my life, reluctantly watching him limp around doing something I wouldn't think of. After sitting down directly in front of me he said "hello, how are YOU today?"...Upon further interogation he admitted that he and his wife were doing some work at Rogers Burgers where pompous asses like myself sit and watch their example. He and his wife volunteered for it! Today she organized their shed supplies while he worked on picking up every single small piece of trash he could see. After he left I talked with the manager about them. She said they go all over town doing this, something he didn't think to mention. The mgr said she tried to get the local paper to do an article but they declined.
In case you can't read the sign on his stick it says "Blessed"!
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