NEWSLETTER: MARCH, 2004

IF THERE IS A GOD

"If there is a God, why did he let my father rape me?"

The other day this question was asked by a little Tijuana street kid tearfully blurting out his deep hurt. Some of us, working on the ugly side of life, struggle along with these kids pondering our own questions that we can't answer. Indeed where are these kids guarding angels when the're really needed? Is God letting them down or is it really us? Why aren't there more Christians who can be found by the abused and needy? Why aren't there more of us willing to work in the world of the needy and neglected? (We challenge our visiting U.S teens on this same issue.)

Just another little kid on his way to becoming a God hater and a people hater. I'm reminded of a sight that I saw some years ago. A young man was beating a mirror into which he was looking; he hated himself! Another dangerous criminal in the making? Hate is a powerful and terribly destructive force.

Often we see the anger and hate in such young kids, willing and ready to take on their world. They're tough, cynical survivors. We enter their world. We are there to challenge their hate and change their anger by sharing the love of Christ and His solution ... the Gospel.

These kids don't confide in you until they trust you and feel you love them. That's the reason they confide in us; because they trust us but sometimes we just can't help enough ... this tears us up!

You are essential to our ministry's "success." Your prayers mean so much and your support enables us to be in their world. Thanks for your encouragement and help in keeping our candles from blowing out as we work these dark areas next door.