"Everyone is someone's somebody." This is the belief that Kevin F Adler and his staff at Miracle Messages live and breathe every day.
Miracle Messages, founded in 2014, is a movement that uses social media in efforts to reunite members of the homeless community with their loved ones. These people, who too often are over-looked and mistreated, finally have someone reaching out in an unbelievable and beautiful way; receiving the help they need, to bring both love and family back into their lives. Adler, the founder, is no stranger to the heartbreak that homelessness and long stints of separation can bring to a family. This good man started this vast movement to revere his own Uncle Mark who had lived on and off the streets for 30 years of his life time. About the movement, Adler writes,
"I started Miracle Messages to increase awareness of what it’s like to live on the streets, from the firsthand perspective of those who do; to make an immediate and tangible impact in the lives of our homeless neighbors; to use a bit of technology to help the homeless be seen as invaluable, complete, and human."
The way each miracle comes together is the staff, made completely of volunteers, go out themselves and speak to those they find living on the streets. Their conversation is centered around asking a simple yet powerful question like: Is there a loved one you've lost contact with that you'd like to get in touch with once again? The average they've seen thus far is that these poverty stricken people have been separated from their family for a shocking 20 years. From there, the volunteers then record a video message, and then get to work finding a way to contact the seeker's family. This is done strategically through social media and other outlets.
Considering how each and every single success truly is a miracle in these people's lives, the workers at Miracle Messages truly are heaven sent. Since the movement started just over two years ago, 70 messages have been recorded, and 30 have been delivered to loved ones. From those 30, Miracle Messages have coordinated 15 reunions, 40% of which have resulted in the seeker living with family or moving into stable housing.
Miracle Messages has the ultimate goal of reuniting 1% of the world's homeless population with their loved ones by the year 2021. To view more touching stories, or to find out how you can help Adler and his crew bring more miracles into other's lives through the very simple use of social media, etc, please visit http://www.miraclemessages.org.
