Comments on: Yea, though we walk… http://erika.haub.net/yea-though-we-walk/10/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:27:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: erika http://erika.haub.net/yea-though-we-walk/10/#comment-396 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:07:41 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/yea-though-we-walk/10/#comment-396 Thank you so much, Jamie. I am blessed by your kind words and kindred spirit. Thank you so much, Jamie. I am blessed by your kind words and kindred spirit.

]]> by: Jamie Barker http://erika.haub.net/yea-though-we-walk/10/#comment-395 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:29:53 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/yea-though-we-walk/10/#comment-395 I've been reading your blog for a while... can't even remember how I got to it... but felt compelled to post after reading this. I moved myself and my four children into a ghetto neighborhood--in order to minister to that community through a community center I founded--and lived there with them for 3 1/2 years. At that time they ranged in age from 7 to 17. We experienced many things there, from families who lived there with us violating our home in many ways, to death threats, to devastating heartbreaks. We also felt the love and compassion of Jesus and even knew a bit of that feeling coming from our own hearts. I made many mistakes there, mostly by thinking my own kids were 'okay' in comparison to the neighborhood ones, and therefore occasionally put the needs of other kids in front of my own. Nonetheless, the things God showed us there, and the miracles we witnessed will never be forgotten. The hearts of my children grew, and changed, and today I see wisdom in them far beyond that of their peers. My prayers are with you and your family. May He hold you close as you love in His name. I’ve been reading your blog for a while… can’t even remember how I got to it… but felt compelled to post after reading this.

I moved myself and my four children into a ghetto neighborhood–in order to minister to that community through a community center I founded–and lived there with them for 3 1/2 years. At that time they ranged in age from 7 to 17.

We experienced many things there, from families who lived there with us violating our home in many ways, to death threats, to devastating heartbreaks.

We also felt the love and compassion of Jesus and even knew a bit of that feeling coming from our own hearts. I made many mistakes there, mostly by thinking my own kids were ‘okay’ in comparison to the neighborhood ones, and therefore occasionally put the needs of other kids in front of my own.

Nonetheless, the things God showed us there, and the miracles we witnessed will never be forgotten. The hearts of my children grew, and changed, and today I see wisdom in them far beyond that of their peers.

My prayers are with you and your family. May He hold you close as you love in His name.

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