January 2010- Click HERE to subscribe to our newsletter!

The One

They were given an assignment: encourage each other. Tell each other about the good that you see in one another. Tell the truth. Make sure it is from your heart. So we sat in a circle, in a small room, in the heart of inner city L.A. Eight kids from a rough neighborhood in North Las Vegas heard words from each other that they never thought they’d hear. They spent an entire week together serving, loving the unloved, praying for strangers, and seeing each other at both strong and weak moments. But tonight they heard words like “I love you,” ”Thank you,” and “You’ve helped me.” It brought joy to my soul.

Tell me why people think that inner city kids are a waste of time. Tell me why they think that “these” kids will never have a chance because that’s not what I see. I see young people healing each other’s wounds. I see them loving each other well. I see them reaching out for Jesus in ways that I couldn’t grasp at their age.

Not only were the students touched by each another, but so was I.

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