HOUSTON – ”Clap your hands for Jesus this morning”, the pastor reads, as Shameka McCall and her five children listen intently.
Inside the humble, little Let’s Go Higher Ministries church in Houston, Shemeka is bravely trying to bring some small amount of holiday cheer to her five beautiful children, 8-year-old Marcus, 2-year-old Malachi, 4-year-old Misha, 1-year-old Max, and 6-year old Micha.
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That’s all because this year, Shameka can’t even hope to give her kids anything for Christmas.
”I have nothing. Nothing! The Bank account is zero. I’m living in a hotel room with my babies. My babies can’t even go outside to play,” Shameka says, as the tears roll down her young face.
You see last March, Shameka suffered a massive brain aneurysm, followed by at least three major strokes, maybe more, leaving her partially paralyzed and unable to work for months.
Very quickly Shameka lost everything and the ability to do almost anything.
”I had to relearn how to walk, how to regain control of my bowels. I had to learn how to speak properly. I had to learn how to chew food again,” Shameka said.
Shemeka said she lost her restaurant job, her home, and her van. Suddenly she and her children were homeless.
Now, the whole family, six people, are living inside one small hotel room, provided by Shameka’s pastor, Pastor Liddie.
She agonizes over what to tell her five beautiful children, who have lived this nightmare with her.
”It’s like ‘Mom, I want to go outside,’ ‘Why can’t we have a yard,’ or ‘Mom, why can’t we go back to our old house,’ and I have to explain to them why mom can’t do these things right now,” Shameka said.
KPRC 2′s Bill Spencer tells Shemeka, that The Spencer Solves It Team has come, to answer her prayers.
“What would it mean to you if I could give you enough money to provide an unbelievable Christmas for these children who deserve it so very much?” Spencer asked.
”I just can’t express it. I won’t be able to express it in words Bill,” Shameka says, again as the tears fall from her beautiful brown eyes.
To see how we are about to transform this Christmas for both Shameka and her children, watch the full video above!
If you want to donate to Shameka directly, visit the family’s GoFundMe page.
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