burst into flames and they all perished in the car wreck, but he survived. immediately you feel compassion for the person, think oh, what a tragic thing. the stranger was convincing and jaime, the father, quickly grew fond of the quiet, intelligent man from maine. and it turned out he was very handy. especially when it came to construction. jaime, who was recovering from prostate cancer and was 67 at the time, needed someone just like david to help him out at his home in florence, oregon, 60 miles west of his business in eugene. within a few weeks, jaime invited the stranger to stay at what he called the ranch, the spacious secluded hilltop dream house he shared with his wife lueene. i like him very much. that s why i invite him here. jaime and lueene had many friends, especially from their church. none closer than richard and donna dobson. full of electricity. full of life. the center place for people to
church. none closer than richard and donna dobson. full of electricity. the center place for people to gather and have food and fellowship. the jaramillos soon began considering the stranger a part of the family. their church friends took to him as well. a quiet, nice guy. he was always helping people with projects, wouldn t charge a nickel. and he did a good job, right? yeah, real good job. especially on this sunroom he helped build on to the jaramillo s home in the summer of 2000. jaime had a friend come from ecuador that was a pastor, and he was going to do the construction of the sunroom to earn some money to support his church back in ecuador. the two of them built it together. when jaime went to pay david his half, david said, give my half to mario for his church. well, that was very impressive to all of us. he made a terrific impression. he did. really touched our hearts. david also made an impact by helping out with two grandsons who were living with the