Turnabout is Fair Play
“Turnabout is fair play” turns out
to be a truism for Jacqueline CowanNguyen. She served as a missionary in
Burma. Now it’s Jacqueline’s turn to
be helped.
A widow, Jacqueline suffered
through two auto accidents, a severe
burn, and a stroke. Her home near
Dallas Lake was in dire need of a roof.
Jacqueline contacted LaGrange County
Habitat for Humanity’s “A Brush with
Kindness” program, filled out the
paperwork, and helped volunteers to
replace her roof on October 16 and 17.
Jacqueline’s grandmother was
born near Topeka, and Jacqueline
was born in Sturgis two generations
later. But, her life journey took her on
a world-wide path, through Burma
(where she married and adopted her
children) back to Fort Wayne, and
finally to LaGrange County where she
moved in 1999. Over the years, her
home has needed multiple repairs,
which she was able to complete, but
when it came to the roof, Jacqueline
says, “I prayed, ‘Lord, I am having a
hard time. What can I do?’”
It turned out that her prayer was
answered when five LCHFH volunteers
and a truck from a local lumber yard
merged at her home. “I am so grateful.
I just wasn’t seeing my way,” Jacqueline concluded.
Jacqueline peels potatoes for the noon meal that she
is preparing for the volunteers.
LCHFH volunteer Brook Frymier removes shingles
to prepare for the new room.
Photos submitted
The Hometown Treasure · November ‘12 · pg 59