This is from the mouths of Wesh and Joel.. I just pushed the buttons…They are two of the amazing kids I have been privileged to meet.. Listen to their stories and messages with the ears of your heart…
Hi, I’m Wesh and I wanna tell you that umm..I want to talk a little bit about my life.
So, I came here ( to Canaan) 8 Years ago and at first I didn’t like it here, but now I’m thankful I’m here.
I didn’t want to be here because I wanted to stay with my mom, I didn’t want to stay away from my family. But I had to because they brought me here. I never asked my mom why.
Im thankful to be here, because I have a home. I go to school for free, and I eat good food. My favorite food is hamburgers, and when I go on a field trip I eat them there. I like to talk to the girls…because they are fun, not only the girls, the boys too, but mostly the girls because they are fun.
“Do they know I’m a boy?”
(Wesh is a boy who is 12 years old..and I said “now they know Wesh..”)
So, I’m in 7th grade (He’s an extremely bright boy). And I like it (as he shrugs his shoulders). I like umm.. i forgot what I was about to say. When I grow up, I want to be a pilot for commercial planes. And I hope that God will help me…umm..get my degree and whatever I need to graduate.
So I’m gonna talk about how I met God..
Well it happened, I was talking with a friend of mine, about every kind of thing. Then he told me lets talk about God. And so, we start talking and then he asked me if I was a Christian. I said “yes”. He asked me “why do you say you’re a Christian?” I said “It’s because I go to church every day and I don’t do bad things often.” But he asked me “Does that really make you a Christian?” I said ” I guess.” So he took his Bible and he showed me a verse in the Bible, i forgot the exact verse, but it said something like doing good doesn’t make you a Christian or make you go to heaven. And so I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. And I got saved. I became a better person. and I understand the Bible more, and I know what God wants me to do…like love others, and be merciful. O.K.? that’s it.
So that’s my message…Accept Jesus…if you’re not a Christian
This is Joel’s story (He’s 13):
When I first came to Canaan, I didn’t know anybody. I just knew some of them and I met a friend friend and now we have become good friends. He’s in Canaan with me now. And he’s a cool guy. We talk about some stuff and what we want to be when we grow up.
One day I woke up, but not in Canaan, and my dad said he was going to introduce you to a place we will sleep there for a few days and come back. And one day he sent me here, for I don’t know what reason.. but I like it here. So.. the end.
If I could tell you one thing. This is it. Trust in the Lord because God is the only one who can help you with everything.
Wesh, Me, and Joel (Wesh made me the ring, Joel made me a bracelet, and I gave them two bracelets I got)
Agenda: Love,
Bethsaida
