Think of the young children you know. You may have sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, and cousins ...etc. Picture them laying their head every night on the cold, hard, dirty streets of Brazil. This is their home. To survive, they work for drug lords in favelas (slums) and prostitute their bodies for a living. They satisfy their hunger by inhaling paint thinner and stealing. Imagine the children that you know covered in dirt, wearing ripped clothing, with no evidence of having a bath in weeks. These young boys and girls starting at the age of 7, are addicted to alcohol and drugs. They have chosen this life style because their home life is in pieces. It could be because their family's abandoned them because of drugs, alcohol and sex. Or maybe they just can't provide for them. The streets of Brazil brings them "freedom" with no one telling them what to do. When actually it is bondage.
I witnessed this with my own eyes. This is reality. Seeing right in front of me, these young bodies high off of paint thinner and bones visible to the eye, is heartbreaking. I was sent to love these boys and girls. To love them the way Christ loves me. It is my goal to see these precious kids leave the streets and be LED to a shelter where they WILL experience God's love in a indescribable way. This is our reality to face head-on.
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