One Tree Hill and Other New Additions

As I sit and write this I am dying to know what happens on the next episode of One Tree Hill. HAHA who knew I would EVER like that show! Jessi has recently got Bri and I hooked on it. I also want to know what happens on the next episode of donnaanddetroit. I have had some time to really digest what I have seen and experienced here in Detroit. As you know I live in the neighborhood of Brightmoor and so I am surrounded by poverty and hopelessness. That was until I attended a meeting the other day at City Mission. (The one that I was told I didn't need to attend then got a phone call at 8:30 saying I needed to be there...the meeting started at 8. oops) This meeting was interesting. I know you all are aware of the present economic state, but to be here in Detroit when all this is going down is crazy. In church, there has been two Sundays devoted to surrendering your worry to God and about trusting in God no matter what happens to you or your family. City Mission is not exempt from the economy... there is absolutely no money. Most of the staff is not paid or paid very little yet they are there every single day working their butt's off for the community. In this meeting they discussed what was going to happen next for CMA (City Mission Academy). They are expanding!! That's right, you read it correctly, expanding. They feel that God is asking them to expand their 'boundries' and to reach not just 130 or so kids but hundreds. They have no money, no resources but God has told them to expand and they are. That my friends is trust in God. It was amazing to witness their willingness to follow God despite their current circumstances. These people aren't going home to huge mansions, they are living with the people and are expierencing the same suffering and at times hopelessness. The only difference is hope in Christ. The trust and faith in God that people at City Mission have just blows my mind everyday.

dk