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I’m at a loss for words at the moment. This past week I have been so broken. The street kids that come here seriously break my heart. I have spent almost every morning talking with this 12 year old boy Diego, He has my heart more than any of these other boys. This kid has Tuberculosis, he wont take his meds. He sniffs glue and does weed, so the glue alone eats away at any kids immune system, so he basically does not have much longer to live if he does not stop using drugs and does not start taking his medication. He is a street kid, his dad is not in the picture, and his mom is an abusive alcoholic. He has no hope, which is why he has turned to drugs, he stands in front of stores and begs for money so he can get high. Ahhh he wow he breaks my heart. You can just tell when you look at his face, he wears the same clothes every day, and always smells like smoke. I love this boy, and I have been experiencing how God’s heart breaks for his children this past week. Every time I see him I just cry.

There are a couple guys here, well a lot of the guys that are doing their DTS, or some other school had a very similar story to Diego. I was talking to a man named Darren, he did meth was in a gang, used to do anything to get the drug. He sold it, he severely hurt people, anything just to get this drug. He was a mess, but one of those incredible stories where he suddenly just broke. I actually wrote a rap…hehe

The kids go without hope
Lost confused dirty with no soap
Pushed out in the streets smoking dope
So hard to bear, the can hardly cope
It starts with everyone joking around
Turns into the prime token that’s found
Suddenly bound, can’t be unwound
A couple years later, on the ground
Fears in a mound
Finally something breaks they burst into tears
After all these years no need to search any longer
For the lord takes those who thirst and hunger
Forgiven and restored
Humbled by the fact that Christ has opened the door
All he ever wanted to do was pour into your life so there could be more
With less worry
They turned the mess around, found a nice wife
Now their story did not happen without strife
There was pain and loss but in the end so much gain of life
Because HE reigns
Broken are the chains
HALLELUIAH HE STILL REMAINS

If you could pray for these street kids, most of them are boys. But they roam the streets at night, they start trouble, fight, do drugs, they have nothing warm to wear only the clothes that they have on their back. It has been a really cold start to summer, very windy, so its not normal and people are freezing.  There is no where for these kids to sleep, no place for them to just go and sleep without trouble finding them. Its very sad.