{"id":4054,"date":"2019-12-06T17:54:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T22:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=4054"},"modified":"2019-12-06T17:54:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T22:54:18","slug":"secret-santa-gifts-suffering-family-50000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2019\/12\/secret-santa-gifts-suffering-family-50000.html","title":{"rendered":"A Secret Santa Gifts a Suffering Family $50,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Idaho man struggling to provide for his wife and their two adopted children after suffering an injury while working to complete their home was the subject of a Christmas miracle that came from the unlikeliest of sources: a team of journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Brad and Erica Crow were surprised with health insurance for a year and $50,000 to go toward building their dream home by the eagle-eyed reporters of EastIdahoNews.com. The life-changing gift was part of the team&#8217;s annual Secret Santa series, in which an anonymous Secret Santa in the community goes through the paper to surprise locals in need of help over the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just taking it one day at a time and this is an awesome day,\u201d Brad said through tears as he and his wife unwrapped the present.<\/p>\n<p>Through it all, the Crows say their positive attitude and faith in God has helped them continue fighting as a family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust got to keep going,\u201d Brad said. \u201cHave faith everything is going to be okay. 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