When Peter and Jacqueline Halpin evacuated the home they lived in for 36 years due to the Eaton wildfire, they had no idea they would never see it again.
The Halpins evacuated their Altadena, California, home on Jan. 7 due to the incoming Eaton fire with nothing but the clothes on their backs, some paperwork, a beloved icon, and a few family photo albums.
The next day, their son-in-law visited the neighborhood where all six of the Halpin children grew up to find the home completely destroyed. Peter and Jacqueline Halpin decided to gather their children and return to their property to pray and thank God for their time at that house.
“It was just, ‘Let’s just get up and pray and thank God for the wonderful memories that we’d had there,’” Jacqueline Halpin said. “We believe very strongly in the virtue of hospitality. We’ve had a lot of gatherings, so…
