prayer walk

My heart breaks for the city of houston. A group went on a prayer walk today. We took about 45 minutes and stopped at 5 different places to pray. At one corner we stopped by a night club that has prostitutes outside and a cement wall that has guys always there up to no good. At another stop we stopped by this house that is run down and found out that there used to be another house/shop right next to it but it burned down. The daughter lives in the house still standing but the son burned down the father's house. The daughter used to bring a cooler to the center which is a good walk away to get ice for her babies milk. My heart felt so heavy because there are all kinds of people in Houston that get to that place in their life where they feel the need to take someone else's life. Then the hatred that comes with the people still living. The next stop we stopped at really did it for me. There was a barbed wire fence and on one side there was grass and then downtown beautiful houston. On the side where we were is the "5th ward," people who have no hope, money, etc. The parents don't have any hope so they don't give any hope to their kids. When the centers take the kids on outings even to a near by park we learn that the kids don't get to go anywhere besides the neighborhood they live in because their family can't afford to go anywhere. A song "There's a God in this city" or something like that came to my mind today. There is a God in this city and He loves the people here. I believe His heart breaks when He sees some one the things that goes on but I faith that one day people will turn their eyes to Him. He's working in this city. I can see His love. I felt His presence today and I hope everyone feels His presence like I did today! I saw again today why I'm here. I'm here to give hope to the hopeless. Love to the loveless. Have faith in the faithless. I'm building relationships with the community letting them know there are people that they can trust. People they can come to for help. I wish I had more than two months here to be with the kids, pre-teens, teens, adults, and seniors. I don't think I realized how much I would absolutely fall in love with this city. I think I'll go back home to finish school for ten months but I have a feeling I'll be back.