Move To The Ghetto Part 1: First Impression

Yesterday's message from David was well....challenging! He challenged us to ask God if He wants us to move to the inner city in order to spread the gospel in our community. At first I was in shock and thought he had lost his mind. As I watched the first video I saw the project housing that is only 2 blocks from my office. I have had to detour to get to and from work due to the police blocking off the roads and I've seen people get arrested there. Rough looking people are ALWAYS wandering the streets in this area. This is NOT a safe environment to live in.

Jokingly I thought, "well I guess it would be convenient to get to work if I moved to those projects." But told myself that is no place for a young single girl to live. Then I prayed last night and told God that I would move to the ghetto if that was His will and would completely trust that He would keep me safe if He called me to do that. When I woke up I decided that I needed to pray for the people that lived in the housing right there by my office.

When I passed by this morning I saw windows that were open, maybe they were broken, I don't know, but whomever lives in that apartment must have been really cold last night with that window open. I told myself that God probably wouldn't call me to move into an unsafe neighborhood but He could be telling me that I need to pray for the people in these projects and be more considerate when they SLOWLY walk in the middle of the road when I'm trying to drive to work. That's it, God just wants ME to pray, but He'll call other people in the church to move there.