On Tuesday, Vangie Montoya decided that angels walk on Earth.

That was the day she got a call from Anthony Roybal, executive director of the nonprofit weatherization program Los Amigos in Santa Fe. "I have a mobile home for you," Roybal said.

A single-wide trailer might seem like no big deal to people lucky enough to live in nice masonry or frame houses. To Montoya, however, a trailer meant a home for her and her two teenage daughters — with a room for each of them — instead of the one small room they've been sharing at her parent's home near Española for the last six months.

It meant a safer place than the run-down trailer they had lived in the year before in nearby Hernández, with no electricity, running water or heat, where they built a small fire on a metal plate during the winter to stay warm, almost burning the place down.

"I thought it was a joke when Los Amigos called," said Montoya, 35, on Wednesday, letting the tears flow freely as she looked at pictures of the newly donated trailer. "When I realized it wasn't, I said, 'God bless you.' "

Montoya couldn't see wings on the myriad of strangers involved in the string of events that made the donated trailer possible. But she has no doubt they are all angels, she said. "I know they are around me right now," she said. "I know good things can happen."

Her youngest daughter, Angelica Sandoval, 13, was overcome by emotion as she talked about the unexpected gift. "I live in a trash trailer, and I want to go back to living in my own home," Sandoval said, crying. "I will be happy to have my own room again."

The events leading to the family's new home began a year ago. Rep. Kathy A. McCoy, R-Cedar Crest, learned about the dire living situation of an elderly constituent, Susanna Sessions. McCoy called Benito Martinez, then director of the state's Manufactured Housing Division. "Rep. McCoy said the woman's trailer was beyond repair, with the roof caving in from moisture and mold," Martinez said.

Shortly after, Jeanette "Jai" Delgado called, saying she needed to get a 1992 Titan mobile home off a lot in Rio Rancho. The trailer, which had been empty for a while, was vandalized and needed a new roof. She donated the mobile home to Los Amigos and Sessions.

The helpers began appearing. BarC Metal Roofing of El Rancho donated pro-panel roofing material. Dominguez Carpet and Tile in Santa Fe donated carpet. Abel Casares of Abel's Mobile Homes in Albuquerque remodeled the trailer and transported it to Sandia Park for Sessions. The Los Amigos staff upgraded the windows and weatherized the mobile home. Another volunteer hauled the trailer to Session's lot at the Sandia Mobile Home Park in Cedar Crest.

Then, last week, Sessions died. Los Amigos suddenly owned the trailer.

Montoya had called asking for help in weatherizing her old trailer in Hernández. But when Los Amigos staff arrived, they found it too battered and out of code to repair. They saw photos of the family on the walls. Roybal decided this was the perfect family for Sessions' trailer.

The family and Los Amigos are trying to raise funds to help move the trailer to Hernández. Roybal said it will cost about $2,500 to relocate. Los Amigos staff will make sure it is up to code and the utilities are working.

"This year, you'll be in a warm house," Roybal told the family.

For help weatherizing a home, call Los Amigos at 983-7743. The organization has received new federal funds that will help the organization weatherize several thousand more homes.

Contact Staci Matlock at 986-3055 or smatlock@sfnewmexican.com">smatlock@sfnewmexican.com.