As I was thinking of the title for this blog, the words of our Chinese friend, Jerry came to me. “Persist! Persist!” Now mind you, he was yelling these words because we had kind of faded into the background of dancing to the Macarana, but the words worked their magic and echoed in our hearts [...]
As we are settled around the little table with our friend Jenny, Mcdoogle asks if I would like to say grace. I accept and as I finish thanking God for the delicious la mien (noodles) Jenny gives us a questioning look. We had already explained to her that we are Christians, and she only seemed [...]
The lights were really dingy, there was smoke in the air, and the smell of the ghetto was wafting in through the open doors, but best of all, there was hair all over the floor. But we had a crowd and we were singing our hearts out! Kids were dancing, men were clapping, and girls [...]
He picks up the ball and I brace again for the wicked swing of his paddle. I hear the ball hit, I wince, but I hit it back! “That wasn’t so hard” I thought. But before I know it, the little ball is coming at me again! Again, I wince, and swing, and its a [...]
You know what they say about the ghetto? “Nothing good ever comes out of the ghetto…”, “Those kids won’t amount to anything…” But when something good does happen it seems a whole new light is shed — and a ray of hope beams down for everyone to see. Well I live in the ghetto. Not [...]
