Leonardo

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“I used to think about my family, and when I was very young I would say to God, ‘God, am I going to die here?’ I started rebelling very early—around eight years old. But now that I’ve discovered another side of life, in the sense that God is in charge of everything, I’m working in the restroom at the Setor, at Instituto No Setor.

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Everyone in the Setor Comercial Sul uses that restroom. People from all kinds of backgrounds go there. And many of them see it as clean and welcoming, you know? It even has that smell of bleach—really well kept. Sometimes people give five or ten reais, like, ‘here, have a Coke.’ I believe it’s always been God in my life. He opened a door for me here, using people to bless whoever He wants, when He wants. And I was one of the ones blessed. I came out of the mud, out of the pit, to have something like a home, you know? To have comfort—to have a place, and even to return to my family.”