My Summer Job

I have the priviledge to work with underprivilidged youth at a program called "ray of hope". Basically what we do is hang out with kids and allow them to actually be a kid, whereas at home they are having to grow up too fast. I get to meet the most awesome people and also see some of these kids meet God for the first time and also find out who Jesus is and give them a small glimmer of the love he has for them.

One of my "favorites" is a kid who has Cerebral Palsy named Dana. Dana and I talk about stuff he likes to do, dreams he has, and also things that he wishes that he could do. One of these things is Skateboarding. Yesterday he looked at me after he saw two kids skate by and said:

"that's something I'll never get to do".

"What are you talking about?", I asked, "You've got a skateboard strapped to your butt right now".

"Yeah, but I'll never get to stand on a skateboard".

"So???" I said, "You can still do tricks, you can still go into skate bowls, you can still roll with them"

and at that moment he smiled at me and started doing wheelies, 360's, and all of these other tricks and laughing again. I learn so much from these kids who "don't have a chance". I believe that these kids are an integral part of the future, and if they don't know that somebody is taking the time to care for them or to even show and tell them that Jesus loves them, then what are we even doing on this earth?

I love my summer job.

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