{"id":18745,"date":"2022-03-29T16:01:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/?post_type=post&#038;p=18745"},"modified":"2022-08-15T09:52:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:52:03","slug":"matthews-story-receiving-a-sense-of-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/matthews-story-receiving-a-sense-of-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew&#8217;s Story: Receiving a Sense of Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Having a job gives Matthew a sense of purpose and spending money for independence.&nbsp;<strong>It\u2019s because of you that Matthew still has a job.<\/strong>&nbsp;Every week he delivers flyers in his neighbourhood. As winter approached, Matthew didn\u2019t have the gear needed for deliveries. With your support, he purchased boots, gloves, and a warm jacket, plus a sled to pull flyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t have been able to finish my route or keep my job,\u201d Matthew said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your generosity gives Matthew the dignity to buy the things he wants<\/strong>&nbsp;that don\u2019t fit into his tight budget. With his paycheque, he can do spontaneous things, buy new clothes, or purchase gifts and treats. Plus, he can download games for his iPad, go to the movies, play bowling, and have fun at the casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew also values being a presence in his neighbourhood and the exercise that comes with the job. He relaxes knowing he has the right gear to take on winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThank you, I truly appreciate your help,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;Matthew beamed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a job gives Matthew a sense of purpose and spending money for independence.&nbsp;It\u2019s because of you that Matthew still has a job.&nbsp;Every week he delivers flyers in his neighbourhood. As winter approached, Matthew didn\u2019t have the gear needed for deliveries. With your support, he purchased boots, gloves, and a warm jacket, plus a sled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18,24,14],"tags":[337],"post-topic":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":18745},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stamant.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/MatthewFlyers.png?fit=768%2C1024&ssl=1","pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18745"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25584,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18745\/revisions\/25584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18745"},{"taxonomy":"post-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-topic?post=18745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}