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I love sharing the gospel, and here's one reason why: today I got to pray with two honestly amazing kids to receive Christ.

After a very long day that started with a 5 am wake-up for 6:30 donut and milk giveaway to Roosevelt High School students, the 5 God-loving members of the RHS team and myself met up with 3 members of the Boyle Heights Community Center to share the gospel with whatever students God put before us. I paired off with a 71-year old Roosevelt Alum named Blue Sky; he was a big talker, and an advocate for the neighborhood and the Projects in East LA. As we started walking and talking, I had my eye on two guys standing in the corner of the Quad.

Blue Sky and I walked up to Mike and Andrew and asked how they were. Without looking around or even changing position, they started talking to us; Blue Sky later said it was almost as if they were waiting for us. Both of them are graduating in June. Andrew plans on going to Santa Monica College for the first two years with the ultimate goal of coming back to be a teacher at Roosevelt. Mike has applied to Cal State LA and wants to do something medical - either a nurse or paramedic. Both of them want to make a difference and help people. This coming from a school with 5,000+ students and a 60% drop-out rate; two students with definite plans, not merely for success, but legitimately to help people. In fact, both kids said their main goal in life was to help people. I was amazed.

These were obviously exceptionally well-grounded kids. Their plans were solid and goals noble. I asked them how they planned on keeping that up - because I know I'd fall on my butt if I tried to do something half that good on my own power. I asked if I could tell them what I'd learned about the power of Christ to help me accomplish my goals - they said yes, and so I did. Both of them were Catholic but had never thought of God as personal. The idea of a relationship with Christ that would lead them through life and help them live above themselves was something they wanted, and both prayed the sinner's prayer to begin it. When I asked them if they'd meant it, I'd never seen more sincere, earnest kids on a high school campus.

Praise god, and Pray that more like them come to know Him. There are two more members of the family today, and they're liable to be dangerous.