Once he was lost, but now is found
Jun. 15, 2009 03:08 PM
Associated Press

WOODHAVEN, Mich. - His hair had grayed and he’d lost several teeth.

But there was something about the small, wiry man who walked into the shelter at the Woodhaven Bible Church in suburban Detroit in search of a bed for the night. With boyish enthusiasm, he told church volunteer Pat Fite about his “good day,” how pleased he was to have found some discarded returnable cans and a grungy baseball. Pat helped him clean up the ball. She continued to study his face.

It was a good day for Monte, indeed - and it was about to get a whole lot better.