b'The woman shared that her son was a drug addict and could not live at home, but she had not heard from him in a long time and only wanted to know, Is my son still alive? She just needed to knowto hold on to that hope.Carolyn and I have been with KARM since 2003. These are people you and I interact with regularly When we first arrived in Knoxville, Tennessee, people you might never suspect, who are sit-people were interested to know what broughtting in the pews with you at church, quietly dying us here. We shared our work journey and howon the vine. having our son disappear to the streets impactedIn our work here we have seen similar stories us and ultimately brought us to KARM. It waslived out. The child has disappeared for a variety amazing how many people came to us afterwards,of reasons, sometimes wanting to be foundprivately, to share similar heartaches. People insometimes not. Regardless of the reason for a fam-churches, Sunday school classes, and civic clubsily member disappearing, whether the person ends were struggling with their own prodigals.up homeless or not, families begin to searchfor 10 WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022'