This story begins 2 years ago, one of our most recent miracle stories. This one really takes the cake (tear jerker). Get the tissues ready, I'm telling you it's heart warming.

One of our deaf guys introduced SOS to a deaf friend of his who was looking for a job. We agreed to meet one night about 9pm so we could chat and find out how we could help this young man. After chatting with our new deaf friend and finding out how we could help him find a job, it became clear he had more important needs that needed to be resolved before we could talk about a job. Below is his story...

When our deaf friend was born, he was born to parents that were not American Citizens. They had other issues too but out of respect we will not mention those. When our friend was born, it was discovered he was deaf around the age of 3. He was born in a house in San Bernardino. His birth was never recorded because his parents didn't want to be found out and sent back to Mexico. When his parents discovered he was deaf, they abandoned him and left. So one of his Aunts came and took him to keep him in a safe place. But because the Aunt didn't have the ability to take care of him our deaf friend was placed in foster care and eventually a group home. For years he had no clue where he was born ( no one ever told him), or much about his parents or about his life. He had tons of questions about his life but because his family didn't sign, he didn't have a alot of answers.

Because his birth was never registered he never had a SSN, bank account, ID, or a job. He was like a ghost, a nobody. He was placed at Carlsbad School's DHH program in elementary school. The only reason he was accepted there was because he was considered "homeless" and the law requires he have an education.

He went thru his entire school years with no help from School Staff to help him find his identity. No one there helped him get what he needed to have a life. When he graduated HS he still had no ID or SSN or job or identity. Our system failed him.

His entire life up to the age of 20 he still wasn't sure where he was born, if he was legal or illegal or where his real parents were. He lived a very lonely and isolated life, living in fear every day that he would be caught and sent back to Mexico because he had no identity.

After finding all this out that night at 9am, SOS decided to get involved and find the answers for him. We've never done this before but decided to contact the Aunt who raised him and she filled us in on what little information she had.

So we went to work....we contacted the County Recorders Office in San Bernardino to establish his birth, but no records were found because his birth was never registered. So we were referred to the Delayed Registration of birth Dept in Sacramento, told them our story and they sent us a package with forms to fill out, and a list of items we needed to prove our friends birth in the US.

Most of what we needed, we didn't have. Not much was kept from our friends birth or life and we lacked everything we needed to process our request for a birth certificate. We were told it could take up to one year to process once we did get everything we needed. When we sent what we had to Sac, we also sent a letter explaining our friends story. Their hearts were touched and decided to make our request priority and rush our request thru, but because we didn't have what we needed, we ended up having to go to court in front of a judge to hopefully get his official stamp and seal to approve our application for a birth cert.

Success...what was suppose to take at least 9 months, took 5 months. Our friend finally got his birth certificate at the age of 20. Once we had that, we were able to get his SSN, a Cal ID card, a Drivers license and an income from SSI and his first real bank account. He was now officially a real person with an identity.

After all that happened, we helped him get his first real full time job and he just recently bought his first car all by himself. He is living the high life and living the American Dream. But the story doesn't end there. We were able to help him get a passport to Mexico and for the first time since he was a baby, he was reunited with his birth Mother. Wow Wow Wow....incredible success and happy ending to a very long and lonely beginning.

When you have faith and believe you Can, anything is possible. SOS had a part and together we overcame impossible odds. Incredible story......