At 42, Faith Brooks-Yocum felt like she was sinking. Proverbial floods of water were coming in on all sides and she had no idea how to escape, until Good Works reached out and saved her and her five children.

Faith wasn’t drowning, she was homeless and after being lifted back up from the tragedy. She says Good Works is the reason she and her children are alive today.

“They took me and my kids in when no one else would,” Faith says, her smile lighting up the room. “And that was nearly 20 years ago.” A chuckle escapes the grandmother’s lips, her pleasantly round and comforting figure jiggles slightly.

The young boys Faith speaks of were raised in the Good Works community, and she says she wouldn’t have it any other way. Her youngest son was only 7 years old when they were living with Good Works.

Faith religiously attends Friday Night Life, the weekly Good Works community dinner and gathering held at the United Methodist Church in The Plains. Her longevity has made her a sort of “resident grandmother” to everyone involved with Good Works.

“Good Works is just so good to people, to everyone. They’re like my family,” she says. “Every time I come it’s like I’m coming home. I could never leave.”