By  Ted Oberg

HOUSTON (KTRK) –Alma Gonzalez had time to sit and talk Tuesday.

But it was just weeks ago when this worker at the La Posada Providencia shelter near the Texas-Mexico border in San Benito was busier than she’d ever been.

“It was something we hadn’t experienced before,” Gonzales said. “We were not prepared for it.”

La Posada Providencia is a small shelter with a tiny kitchen and classrooms for the kids to learn math and English and for adults to learn English too, but also how to open a checking account or how to use a vacuum cleaner or a coffee maker… Click here to continue reading on ABC 13’s website.