God 'answers prayers and tears' of grandmother offered new home after years of waiting
JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Mother of five and grandmother of 13 Jimaima Kose had a stroke and was unable to work. She became virtually homeless until she got some support from a local MP and her doctor - and now is a new tenant of Kainga Ora tenant. Grandmother Jimaima Kose cried tears of gratitude and relief when she was finally offered a new home after years on the public housing waiting list. “I cried. Even though I hadn’t seen the house I just said to my cousin, ‘I think God has answered my prayers and my tears’,” the former nurse aide said.