Amara Vale stepped out to drop water. She saw Renn. She didn’t flinch.Amara Vale said to himIt’s cold.Renn didn’t answer.But he pulled the blanket tighter.Amara Vale went back inside.Franklin just wrote.“Night 27 — She spoke to him. He didn’t answer. But he didn’t leave.”Meanwhile Mira’s House has 503 people, they are well fed and kept warm and they have good learning environments.Renn on the other hand is still outside, and still watching but the bad intentions he carried are getting heavy and they don’t fit in this place.Franklin was still watching, still writing and still keeping the door open.The house is peaceful, still a little bit scared because fear can’t live long in a place where people keep choosing each other.Davan opens the book then he writes.“Renn came with bad intentions.He stayed and watched.The house changed him.He is still outside.”Davan finally writes “Renn watched for 27 nights. The house taught him something. He is still deciding.”He close

Amara Vale said to Franklin.He’s not the same man who came here.Franklin replied Yes he has changed and we’re not the same house that watched him.Outside, Night 51.Renn is on the stool by the gate.Mending a sack.The city walks by.And no one crosses the street to avoid him anymore.On the 52nd night to 60th night, was a period of acceptance.The acceptance didn’t happen with a speech, it happened with small yeses from the city.The Baker was the first to accept her.On Day 53, the baker’s boy dropped two loaves.Renn picked them up, brushed them off, and paid for them; he left one at Mira’s gate, and ate the other on his stool.The Baker said to him the next morning:“...You don’t have to pay if you’re just taking the dirty one.”Renn replied “I broke it and I paid.”From then on, the baker set aside the end pieces.“For the House.”And one extra.“For Renn.”The next was the market guards.They used to watch him before but now they nod.When a drunk got loud on Day 55, Renn j

On the 65th day, word began to travel.Word travels fast when a house feeds people.xBy dawn, two more families were at the gate.A mother with twins, an old man with a cart,that made Mira House 518 in number.Jem took count on a sheet given to him for a fresh register, then he smiled.Jem said We’re out of cots, out of floor space.And the one oven can’t keep up with breakfast.Lady Sera was already in the kitchen, sleeves up making dough.She listened,but she didn’t panic.She just did what she always did.Lady Sera replied after a while.Then we make more room...then Lady Sera continues.The Voss Foundation has a warehouse where empty beds are still remaining, no one is using them and two big brick ovens aren't in use.We built them for the winter shelters but we haven't used it since no one was admitted into the foundation.Franklin asked Lady Sera.So what are you pointing at?Lady Sera replied We will create rooms, and bring more beds and the oven.Franklin asked with surpris

Franklin brought out his journal to write.He writes “Day 74 — He taught the good way to someone else.”Davan stood up and moved towards the glass,he took the book out and opened the book then he wrote.“More supplies came.More people came.Renn became the hands.The house became bigger.He was taught kindness.Now he teaches kindness.520 people have been well fed.And counting.”Davan finally writes: “Renn learned the good way of life. Supplies came. He is more useful than ever. 520 and growing.”He closes the book then returns it to the glass.Amara Vale who was watching Renn show a kid how to knead dough said to Franklin.He’s not the same man.Franklin replied No he is not the same man.This house made him a new person.Outside, another wagon is coming down the street to the Mira House Inside, two ovens are warm.And Renn is at the door, ready to help carry things from the wagon.On the 75th day in the Mira House.The house was warm.520 people were fed, there were enough be

The next day at the Mira House.The house woke up differently, everyone was happy because they were expecting some supplies from the Governor.Not because anything changed, but because everything they had, they had each other too.By morning People were smiling in the kitchen.Lady Sera was humming, while working.Jem was telling the same story about the Governor’s office 3 times to the kids.The kids kept touching Renn’s pin like it might disappear, Renn loved the way the kids were around him.Renn was working at the ovens at 5am.But he wasn’t quiet today, he was whistling badly while working.Mara said to him.You look so happy today.Renn smiled but shrugs, before replying We are getting ready for winter then he continued.By noon.The street was shocked before we even noticed them, there were noises everywhere across the street before the wagons started appearing in front of the Mira House.The first wagon was transporting Grains 20 sacks of itThe second wagon was transporting