My first impression of Ron was that he obviously only cared about his money and his lifestyle. He seemed like he always liked to buy new things and show them off to people. “I changed cars liked I changed Armani suits and tired of each new toy I acquired as quickly as a toddler on Christmas morning.” (pg. 67) In addition, another reaction I had of Ron was that he was extremely perceptive as a child, he knew what was right and wrong and it bothered him how the black people were treated differently from him and the rest of the white people. “Even as a little boy, it bothered me that the colored workers ate lunchmeat on the ground behind the filling station while the white workers gathered like family for hot, home-cooked food. I had the urge …show more content…
As a result, he cheated on his wife, but Deborah forgave him because she has an undeniable passion for God. “My passion was recognition and success. Her passion was to know God.” (pg. 66) “Then I went home and confessed to Deborah. My spin: Her disinterest had driven me into the arms of another woman, one who wanted me just the way I was-money and all.” (pg. 68) Ron at the beginning, really didn’t know how to react when Deborah said they should start volunteering at the mission because he had never been around anyone who had nothing except the clothes on their back. So he felt really uncomfortable volunteering at the mission because he didn’t know how the homeless people were going to react to a rich family volunteering at the mission.“She did have one other fear, though: missing the call of God. And she felt called to work at the mission. I wish I could say I felt God had tapped me for the assignment, too, but I didn’t. But I did feel called to be a good husband, so I went.” (pg. 81) Finally, the last impression I had of Ron was how much of an ordinary person he actually