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"God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need Him." Psalm 46:1 (The Message)
My heart's desire is that kids begin seeing me and my apartment as a safe place to come to. A safe place to come for advice, a hug or encouragement. The other day I got to see what a glimpse of this may look like.
Last Wednesday, I was prayer walking and saw two girls walking to school that I have a good relationship with. To make a long story short, one of them, who is 14 years old told me that she needed to talk after school.
She came by and poured her heart out about everything that was going on in her life and she didn't leave one detail out. She was very honest. On the outside you wouldn't be able to tell what kind of pain she is going through, but in reality she was hurting deeply.
She shared how she has repetitively thought about suicide. She has been questioning if God was real and just wanted to see change in her life. Because of her honesty, I was able to encourage her with scripture and practical things she could do to stir HOPE in her heart.
We prayed over every area that she was concerned about. I could feel God taking care of each thing as we brought it to Him together.
About 2 months ago, she shared with me about something she had been struggling with for about two years. I gave her some advice about it and prayed over her. When she stopped by the other day, she told me that she no longer struggled with that issue any more. THANK YOU JESUS! | 
Each Wednesday that I make hamburgers for the guys (ages 18-25), their walls seem to be coming down a little bit at a time. Each week, the distance between my apartment and their group keeps getting shorter and shorter, literally. This is the progression I have seen, and they are quite fun to watch;