Last Saturday while I was walking through the neighborhood I came across a hidden fence on an empty lot. It was painted with the hopes people before me have for our neighborhood. I was encouraged by the beauty that surrounded me. These hopes for our neighborhood are the same hopes my church, team, and I have.
We want the violence to stop. We want the children to stay off the streets and to be involved in educational and sport related activities. We want the drugs off our streets. We want the children to dream big and to believe in their gifts as they become our future generation.
These hopes were painted on the fence (there are more than I pictured). I don't know who it was painted by. It could have been a previous Mission Year team, an organization that came in to beautify our neighborhood, a school, or by youth/adults who live in my neighborhood.
These are hopes that are living strong, and I believe they will continue to. I am committed to live a lifestyle that can bring these hopes to fruition.
