“I now know from coming here, that God is real.”
Ministry with kids in tough places takes time and patience. Just when you think a student is on the right track; something happens and they go backwards. Just when you are ready to give up on someone, they turn a corner. With some students, you might ride that roller coaster scenario 100 times.
But still… we stay.
Just when we wonder how much of an impact we are truly making, with several of our aftercare students, we hear this comment: “Because I come here, I now know that God is real.”
This didn’t make sense to me at first. Tristan is rarely interested in talking about faith. As we have shared meals and walked with him through the ups and downs of his story over the last three years, God has shown up for him in unexpected ways. It has challenged him and helped him grow in this faith, and it’s been great to see him dig deeper into the life of Christ and ask us tough questions about who Jesus is.
Thanks for helping us journey with kids like Tristan, helping them discover Jesus as they wrestle with life’s challenges.