Embrace the Struggle!

Often in life I find myself trying to avoid struggle. Let's be honest, struggle is painful. As humans we have an innate desire to avoid pain. Yet struggles exist in every day life to some extent or another. If struggle is an unavoidable part of life how do we handle it?

As seasons change in life my struggles become different things. When I was a teen my biggest struggle involved things like losing my cell phone charger. Watching as my battery slowly decreased was a dreadful process, which now seems utterly ridiculous! We spend so much of life surrounded by gifts that we can't even recognize because we are too busy fighting whatever the "struggle" is of that given moment.

 For the past few years my largest battle has been against my own body. When my symptoms worsened I wanted to run from this struggle. I spent several months wrestling with God & looking for a way out. What I have come to realize is that I am not meant to simply find a way out. God is continually changing my heart & that is taking place through the struggle of illness.

This week I've experienced a few good days. On those good days I found myself thanking God for things like restful sleep, energy, & days without migraines. I rejoiced in time spent with my husband, family, & Contact kids. I soaked in the beauty of a sunset. This week I have been utterly captivated by God's goodness!

 What I came to realize through my prayers of thanksgiving was just how much I've taken for granted. I spent nineteen years of my life ridiculously healthy. I thanked God for "health", but it didn't mean the same thing that it means today. I didn't know the struggle & therefore I didn't know the joy of the simple gifts we receive every day.

For so long I have wanted to go back & change this. I just wanted my "life" back. Today I can say I would not change it. I am learning every day to embrace the struggle that I have been given. I would not have chosen this path. It is far more difficult than even I could have imagined. Yet it is a beautiful masterpiece of God's goodness in the midst of trouble. Someone told me once that God does not always save us from the fire, but He always shows up with us in the fire. Every day I learn just a little more about that truth. I do not serve a God who chooses to protect me from the pain. I serve a God who chooses to use the pain & because of that I get to embrace the struggle.

As we all begin a new week instead of dreading Monday enjoy the moment. Whatever your struggle is choose to embrace it instead of run from it. Find God's goodness in the midst of the pain. He is there... always loving, always growing, & always shaping you into what you have yet to become.

My prayer this week is that I would look less like Kayla & more like Jesus. I want God to use the struggle of Lyme Disease to show His infinite power, for when I am weak He is strong!

2 Corinthians 12:9- But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.


"Embrace the struggle & let is make you stronger. It won't last forever!"

Life in the Lyme Light

It has been almost three years since the last time I wrote a blog. I've gotten busy with life & this blog quickly took the backseat on my priority list. However, I am a firm believer that when God works in miraculous ways we should build an altar. Throughout the Old Testament we see believers creating a physical reminder of the victories that God has provided. Tonight I want to use this blog as my "altar". 

Throughout the last five years I have struggled in a vicious battle against Lyme Disease. When I was nineteen years old I got a tick bite while camping. It was the first tick bite I had ever gotten. I had no idea that this small tick bite would impact my life from that day forward. Within just a few days I became very sick with flu-like symptoms. Then a bullseye rash appeared on my left hip. I went to the E.R. & was diagnosed with Lyme Disease. I had never even heard of Lyme Disease. So I left the hospital with a game plan & little to no concern over where this was headed. I was going to take the antibiotics & move on with my life. 

Unfortunately, I didn't get to just move on with my life. Instead my health deteriorated almost daily. At the time I was a full-time college student & working part-time for the ministry that I still work for today. I remember calling my Mom my sophomore year & saying, "Mama, I can't do this! I hurt so bad every day! I can't take this!" I was heartbroken as this disease slowly took over my life. I felt defeated, ashamed, & angered. It wasn't fair! I was too young to be sick. Yet it didn't matter. I was sick & no amount of "fit-throwing" was going to change that. 

My senior year of college I seemed to do a bit better. I still fought migraines every day, joint pain, & a constant exhaustion, but I had learned to live with these symptoms. In fact, I contributed much of my exhaustion to "doing too much." There is no such thing as "part-time" ministry. I was working more hours than expected, planning a wedding, & trying to keep ahead in my studies. Exhaustion was to be expected. 

I married my husband in May of 2013. We were so excited to embark on this journey together. He truly is my best friend! Every day with him is an adventure & I am beyond blessed to be the woman he chose to spend his life with. On May 18th we stood before our family & friends & promised to love each other through sickness & health. We had no idea what those words would mean in the months to come. We were blissfully unaware of the path that we would be forced to walk. 

In July of 2013 my symptoms worsened to an unbearable level. It didn't seem to matter how much I slept, I could never get enough rest. Every day activities became overwhelming. I remember one day having to rest after taking a shower because just a shower completely wiped me out. I was in excruciating pain every day! I was exhausted from fighting this disease  & yet at night I couldn't sleep because of my pain level. It was a never-ending battle!

We knew that we had hit an all-time low for my health. My husband & I began to pray for answers. After several months of trying different things I went back to the naturalist I had seen early on in my diagnosis. She put me on 80 lyme drops a day & thirty-eight pills. For the next year I saw her every six weeks. Each time she would adjust my meds for whatever I was needing at that specific time. Due to Lyme Disease several of my organs have suffered: liver, kidneys, adrenal gland, thyroid, gut, etc. This disease literally took over my body to the point that my body no longer does the things that God created it to do. 

As of this last Thursday we are finally beginning to see improvements. My liver is functioning better, there is less stress on my kidney, & my thyroid has began to function. I am not "well" by any means. I have to continue taking all of my meds, but we have finally found a combination of medicine that is working!


I have spent the last forty-eight hours completely overwhelmed! This disease has challenged me to my very core. I am an incredibly strong-willed person. I have fought this disease with everything I have & yet in the last month I simply had to "give up." Two weeks ago I finally accepted that I wasn't going to "get well" & that was okay. God never promised to make me well... He promised to sustain me. I prayed with my husband & decided to lay it down & live life to the full in spite of Lyme Disease. 

When I walked in Thursday, I was expecting to see "no improvement" & I had already decided to be "okay" with that. For the last year I have felt like a failure for not being able to "beat" Lyme. I was doing everything the doctor said & yet I wasn't getting well. Therefore, the progress that was found this month shocked me. This is by far the best news we have received on my health in five years. I am so unbelievably thankful!

On the way home I heard a song on the radio & I cried like a baby! The song states, "You were there when it all came down on me. And I was blinded by my fear. And I struggled to believe. But in those unclear moments you were the one keeping me strong. This is how my story's always gone. I have won & I have lost. I got it right sometimes. But sometimes I did not. Life's been a journey. I've seen joy, I've seen regret & You have been my God through all of it. And this is who you are. More constant than the stars up in the sky. All these years of our lives I look back & I see You. Right now I still do & I'm always going to."...You have been my God through all of it...I have been privileged to see God's hand in every step of this horrific battle. 

I have learned so many things throughout my battle with Lyme. I have seen the promise of Romans 8:28 "And we know that in all things God works for the of those who love the Lord, who have been called according to His purpose." This promise does not mean that lyme is "something good." What it does mean is that God will take this ugly, devastating piece of my story & combine it with glorious moments so that others will come to know Him. And that is of far greater good than a life-time of health.

As humans we believe we are invincible! We have dreams & plans & we tend to think that nothing & no one can derail those things. However, that simply isn't the case. Our lives can change in an instant. Our dreams can be shattered into a million pieces. In July of 2010 my life was forever changed, but my life is not over. 

I am a huge planner & a bit of a control-freak. Through this battle I have began to learn how to live in the "moment." Matthew 6:34 says, "Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Lyme changes every single day. I am learning to enjoy the good days & worry less about the "bad" days that could lie ahead. After all, we are only promised today. Our lives are only a vapor. While I get to walk this life I want to "live". I don't want to sit around & worry about my health. 

Tonight I am thankful for a God who truly has seen us through it all! He has never let me go! He has picked up the pieces of my broken heart numerous times. He has gently reminded me that He has a plan in spite of the pain. He has placed people in my path who speak life when I need it the most. He has given me an amazing husband who never wavers. Curtis is my strength when I don't have any left. I've been blessed with an amazing family & countless friends who spur me on. 

Therefore, tonight I lift my hands in victory & leave it all on the "altar." My Lord held nothing back when He placed His son on a cross for our sins. I don't want to hold anything back in my attempt to live this life for His glory! I want to live with abandon & allow Him to write His story on my heart... After all, He has always been the main character. We just get the opportunity to participate in the grace. Our lives become a beautiful path that points back to the one who put us here when we allow Him to use our joys & our sorrows for His glory.

Shortly before His death Jesus uttered the words, "I have told you these things, so that in me you will have peace. In this life you will have trouble, but do not fear for I have overcome the world."- (John 16:33) We were never promised a life free of trouble. In fact, we were warned of the trouble that would come. Our Lord did not promise to "spare" us from trouble. Instead He overcame the world so that we could spend an eternity in His presence. No matter what we face in this life we can "bank" on Christ. Eternal life is coming! 

Today I get to celebrate earthly success. I attribute the success of my treatment at this current time to the God who created my body. I am so thankful for less painful days & I will continue to pray for full-healing. Yet if that does not come I have an immense amount of peace knowing that my God can & will sustain me through any trial. The battle belongs to the Lord!

"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run & not grow weary, they will walk & not faint."- Isaiah 40:31 

Watching on the sidelines

Four years ago this week I began an internship at Contact. While I was not new to Contact, I was new to being employed there. I can clearly remember my first day. I stood in the doorway of Ron Babbit's office & assured him that while I was interning for the summer I was not 'repenting' & would not be continuing at Contact further. By the end of the summer I wanted a permanent position. While I thought I knew what God had in mind for my ministry in the future, I had no idea of the changes he would make in my heart during just a few short months.


During that summer I was able to reconnect with a family that we had worked with when Contact first started back in 2002. Two of the boys had been in the very first Bible class I was able to teach at the ripe, old age of twelve. The boys were only four & five at the time. They are now fourteen & fifteen years old.  During my time at Contact that summer I was able to get to know this family again & was able to begin forming relationships with the younger siblings. 


As the years have continued on, my family has continued to be a heavy presence in the lives of this family. Unfortunately two years ago they moved into one of the worst apartment complexes in Tulsa. The apartment is referred to as "little Vietnam" because so many shootings take place there every week. In fact, any time I have mentioned that this is a complex I work in I've been told not to go there. Furthermore, this family has told me not to be there. One day we were taking home the kids and the six year old said, "Miss Kayla, this place is ghetto!! Why do you hang out here?" We pulled up to her apartment & I said, "Do you see that apartment number? I love eight people that live in that apartment & that's why I come here. I don't care where you live! I will continue to come see you because I love YOU always, & forever, & no matter what!"


So many times in this ministry I have been told to quit. This ministry is too hard! Little results come from years & years of work ... The critics of Contact are exactly right!... This ministry is HARD! It HURTS sometimes! BUT I am a christian who is tired of watching on the sidelines & pretending that is ministry. The worst apartment complexes in Tulsa are exactly where I should be hanging out. Jesus did not walk around in the good parts of town. He went to raise Lazarus from the dead when his disciples were warning that he would be killed also. He had no concern for himself, but rather for others. Real ministry is not about yourself... Contact isn't about me & how good I feel. Nor should it be! If my Lord & savior was given a crown of thorns, I cannot expect a bed of roses.


Currently I am walking through the hardest time I have faced in ministry thus far. A boy that I met 10 years ago has allowed gang activity to take over his heart & his life. His choices are destructive & have endangered others, his family, & himself. The news is devastating. I have fought for this young man over & over again & yet tonight I sit here at a loss. A loss for what to do next, a loss for what I should have done different & a loss of how to develop a more effective ministry? However, I also sit here knowing that I cannot change personal choice. I can only continue to love in spite of. I have always told the kids I will love them always, forever, & no matter what... Now I get to walk out the 'no matter what' part. 


Deciding whether to sit on the sidelines or continue on in this ministry all depends on how I decide to view this situation. I can either look back & realize that everyone was right. This family was doomed to fail & I should have quit a long time ago. Or I can look back & realize that fighting for them was the right thing to do. I can look back with no regrets & realize that God planted seeds. They may not be ready to receive them yet, but the seeds were planted. My God doesn't waste time! Not a second that I spent in the last ten years with this family was wasted. God has worked in me, through me, & in spite of me to bring about his purposes.


Therefore, I will continue to fight for souls every day of my life! I was asked a few months back what Curtis & I were gonna do when one of the kids we love grows up & makes the wrong choices? Today I have the answer to that question... We are going to continue to do what we have always done. We are going to continue to love even when it is not necessarily deserved, because we both realize that we do not deserve the love God has shown us. We realize that sitting on the sidelines does not win souls & we refuse to QUIT! 


While I do not have the answers as to why some kids Contact works with would choose the path of the Lord & others would choose a path of destruction, I know that the answer to ministry is always to love with the love of Christ. We don't need the answers... we simply need to remain in HIM. Tulsa is not unreachable! There is no such thing as a lost cause in the sight of God! Therefore, Curtis, myself, & my family choose to see opportunity in destruction & hope in darkness. Our hearts hurt, but our commitment is strong & our Lord's love is unfailing.


Always... Forever... And No matter What....


"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me & I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."
-John 15:5

That's my brother!

Recently I have become aware of just how widespread my family is. Many of you who know me might find this strange considering I only have one brother. One sibling is certainly not widespread compared to the many families around us. However, I do not only have one sibling. I have others... They do not have the same skin color, or same parents, but they are every bit as much my siblings as Brent is. 


Eleven years ago I met a three year old little boy. I immediately fell head over heels for this little fire ball. He was crazy! He was constantly in trouble with one teacher or another and could not sit still for anything. However, he had a heart of gold & a smile that lit up the room! He quickly stole the hearts of my family & we have never been the same since. I had the privilege of teaching this little boy when I was twelve. Every week I would take him into the hallway & tell him "You are a leader. Now you can choose to be a good leader or a bad leader." 


Now that little boy is fourteen years old & he still refers to us as his siblings. In fact, we went to one of his tournaments this weekend & he introduced me to his entire basketball team as his sister. Each of his friends clearly had the expression of "But she's white!" on their face. However, that didn't bother Elijah. We both know that the color of our skin means nothing! He is my brother. I love him just as much as I love Brent & I would do anything to ensure that this child is successful & that he has a place in heaven someday. 


Furthermore, it is not just myself that feels that way about him. Brent also claims him as our little brother. My Mom claims him as her son, and my fiance claims him as his brother also. We do not claim him for the reasons that some believe. We are not interested in his ability in basketball. While we love to watch him play we are much more concerned with the eternal. We love Elijah's ability to honor God in spite of the things he has been through. We love the leadership role that he takes in leading his younger siblings. We love watching him at Contact with other kids. It's not about a basketball game! It is about this child having & knowing the love of HIS Lord & the love of a family. 


Ministry would be easy if we believed that teaching scripture on Sunday mornings sufficed, but that is not the only thing we are about. Teaching scripture is the most important thing I could ever do. However, my life should be a sermon! If I do not live it out every day, it means nothing! Elijah needs to be loved every single day... NOT just on sundays. He needs to see Christ love through his family... not just hear about it. 


As I have stated many times, I do not take my commitment to the Lord's work lightly. Ron has often said that he loves that God shook up my plan. I had every intention of doing mission work in Honduras following college & Curtis was willing to follow that call with me as well. Yet God had a plan for me to stay here. He used foreign mission to teach me tools & then HE brought me home. HE brought me to a place where my entire family could be a part of HIS mission together. We will NOT quit! No one in my family is walking away! When God places a call on your life you must follow it. Even when it's scary, even when it's painful, & even when others oppose you & slander you. It is about the LORD & HIS children & their need to know HIM.. Nothing else matters.


I am so very blessed with a family that taught me early that the color of my skin didn't matter & that Elijah is & always will be my brother. I am also blessed that I have friends that have followed the same calling. Two of my very best friends got engaged last weekend. Dillan included one of our seven year old boys in his proposal. This little boy refers to Dillan as his big brother. On Sunday morning I asked the kids to tell me something cool  God had done in their lives that week. This young man said, "I got to see Dillan & Ariel last weekend. Dillan gave her a ring & she cried. " I said, "Why is that something special? Did God make marriage?" He replied, "Yep. God did it!" If you have not been around Contact you have no idea what a monumental moment that was in the life of this child. Our kids do not see marriage. They do not see family. Therefore, to have the opportunity to be involved in a proposal was a huge ministry tool! I am so grateful for the hearts of Dillan & Ariel & that they got engaged in the middle of the hood. What a lesson!


Our lives are such a beautiful story of who the creator is. He has made a beautiful masterpiece out of our tiny efforts that seem of little value. I am so thankful for the way HE is weaving together Curtis & I's lives, as well as Dillan & Ariel's so that as a team we can honor HIM & we can continue fighting for HIS children. This call is not easy... It is difficult & it's gonna take everything we have, BUT in HIM we can accomplish what HE put us here for. We can show these children FAMILY. We can show them the love of their FATHER & through that love HE will transform lives!





1 Thessalonians 2:8 "Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our lives as well. Because you had become so dear to us."

I want to be a hero for GOD

Well, today several amazing things happened with one of the boys I have been working with. About a month ago I started visiting his school every Friday. He was giving his teacher a run for her money & in order to improve his behavior we decided it would be best if I dropped in to check on him once a week. Since beginning this whole process of partnering in education so many changes have taken place within this child & I want to use this post to share what God is doing. 


While I love this child with all of my heart, I also know him way to well. Therefore I was not at all surprised by the problems he was having with his teacher. Long story short, in the last month he has only gotten in trouble one time. Before God opened the door for me to be involved at the school he was getting in trouble every single day. So this is a HUGE step in the right direction! Not only is he making huge steps in his educational process he is making huge steps in his spiritual relationship with the Lord. Today while at his school I said, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" He replied, "I want to be hero for GOD." He ABSOLUTELY floored me! This was not what I was expecting at all. He went on to say, "And I want to be a hero for Tulsa.. I want to be a fireman." I am still absolutely amazed at this young man! Last semester I taught about becoming heroes of faith. I used people from the Old Testament to demonstrate to the kids how they have the same power to be a hero for God. That being said it is amazing to know that this child is holding onto that truth. He hears the word of God & it is changing his heart. 


As if this conversation wasn't enough to bring me to my knees, I had the opportunity to visit with his reading teacher as well. She began sharing the progress he has made. She said, "In staff meeting I told everyone, that little girl must pray a lot & her prayers must work. Because only God could make this big of a change." What an honor!... That is exactly what I want people to see in this ministry. I want them to see the work that God does. I can't do it without HIM & I am so grateful that there is a school that realizes that with God all things are possible. 


Later on in the day one of the other boy's in his class started to pester him & we began to talk about people that pick on us. He said, "Miss Kayla he's always picking on me!" I said, "Well Bub, you need to forgive him." His exact reply was, "I ain't forgiving that fool! He don't treat me right!" I replied, "Was Jesus treated right?" He said, "No... they beat the dog out of Jesus & then they killed him & he still forgave him. That means I gotta forgive him, huh?"... I love conversations like this! It is a true joy to hear children process the story of our Lord & savior & then discover what we have been called to be through HIM.

Lastly, before leaving the school today I was joking with him about how I'm getting old & can't keep up with his quick legs. He said, "Miss Kayla, someday you really will get old & you know what I'm gonna do then? I replied, "What buddy?" He said, "I'm gonna take care of you & make sure you gotta a house & some food 'cause you always take care of me." This conversation absolutely broke my heart!  You see? I don't have a choice anymore. GOD placed me in this ministry with children who desperately need HIM. I don't get the option of quitting! If I do what happens to this child? He is just one child in a ministry of many... one child that goes without food, love, & affection... one child that desperately needs to feel loved & know that he's good! Where does he end up in fifteen years if I quit on the calling God placed on my life? 


These questions literally haunt me! Because I know the answer to them... he ends up in a gang so that he can somehow belong. And then he ends up in a jail, along with two of his older brothers who went before him. I refuse to allow that to be the case. I will continue to fight for this child every single day because my LORD fought for me! Not only did HE fight for me, but he placed a call on my life... a call to FIGHT for HIS children & I will do so every day until HE calls me HOME!!


I have been ruined for the kingdom of heaven. I no longer have a choice...


Lord- Thank you for the opportunity to be involved in the lives of your children! I cannot put into words what it means to be involved in your kingdom. I am amazed by the work you are doing. Please continue to work through me in spite of my weaknesses. I pray that these children will continue to see you & will want to commit their lives to you forever. You are so good! Please continue to fight for your children. 


Ephesians 3:7-"This is my life-work: helping people understand and respond to the gospel of God's grace"

The Christian Chronicle: A conversation with Kayla Bilby

The Christian Chronicle: A conversation with Kayla Bilby

Here is the link to the article about Contact featured in the Christian Chronicle. Thank you to everyone for all your support.

Taking back the fight!

For those of you who do not know... Curtis & I got engaged a few weeks ago! Getting engaged has caused me to really think about all of the reasons that I want to share my life with Curtis. 

One of the most important reasons he is the man that I will spend the rest of my life with is because he is a man that honors  God first! He does this by being more concerned with others than himself. He is constantly looking for ways to better my life, as well as the lives of the Contact kids. And he is daily searching for the direction that God wants us to take. 

Another reason that I want to marry Curtis West is because he is a man that prays!... Yes praying would fall under honoring God, but because I believe that prayer is the single most important way to grow your personal relationship with the Lord praying would be a separate reason for marrying him. He prays about everything, but most importantly he prays with and for Contact kids. Intercession for God's children has become such a huge part of our relationship. I love to hear him pray for Contact, for the kids, and for wisdom in how to go about ministry.

Thirdly I want to marry him because he is my friend before he is my fiance. We met when I was sixteen. We were friends for two years before we started dating during my senior year of high school. During that time I learned so much about him; his faith, his interests, his family, etc. Today, five years later, I am proud to say that we are still friends first. He is the person that I call when something amazing happens at work, or I do well on a test at school. He is the person that I call when I've had a bad day & need someone to make me laugh. He is the one that I want to go to football games with & do exciting challenges with (aka ride a canoe down rapids on summer vacation.. or go tubing with while Grandpa tries to throw us off the tube :D ). He is included in all of these aspects of my life because he is a great friend to me before he is a great fiance. 

Fourthly I want to marry him because I trust him. I trust that he will make decisions that honor God within our relationship. I trust that ten years from now he is still going to be the man that is there every single day. He isn't someone that grows weary of doing good. For this reason I can trust that he is going to fight for souls with me. 

Last but certainly not least I want to marry him because he provides incredible partnership in ministry. Once again I realize that this combines with several different aspects, however, as someone who plans to spend the rest of my life in full-time ministry I was looking for a spouse who could share in that. Curtis does an incredible job within the ministry at Contact. He brings such a patient, loving, and kind spirit to Contact. He's incredibly slow to anger... that is unless someone has something negative to say about inner city ministry. He is quickly angered when someone diminishes the work that God is accomplishing in Tulsa. 

Actually, that is true for both of us. We are easily angered when it comes to ministry, because to us North Tulsa is not just the "bad part of town." The kids aren't simply "chaotic kids that don't know how to act." And it certainly isn't "somewhere people should stay away from." To Curtis & I North Tulsa is a place that desperately needs Jesus & as a couple we are willing to fight for those souls! We know that inner city ministry isn't going to be comfortable... we are okay with that. If Jesus wasn't comfortable on the cross what gives us the right to be comfortable in HIS church? Ministry is a fight for souls! It is not supposed to be easy. However, the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross makes it worth it every single day. Because Jesus fought the hardest battle a man ever faced when He was separated from God because of our sins on that cross, we will fight the battle now. HE took HELL for us! The least we can do is tell others about the price HE paid. 

All of that said, I know that marriage is not easy and I know that ministry is not easy, but today I am absoultely ecstatic about embarking on both journeys. Curtis & I are committed to allowing God to lead our steps in ministry. As long as HE leads & we simply follow we cannot fail. HE will win souls in Tulsa & HE does not need Curtis & I to do so. HE won when Jesus died & rose again. However, we are willing to fight the good fight & proclaim the victory for as long as HE wants us in ministry. I am looking forward to the plans that HE has for us both as individuals and as a couple united in HIM. I am so grateful for both the man God has given me & the ministry position that HE has provided.

North Tulsa is not worth the coat on my back, or the money placed in the collection plate every week. They were worth the Son of God dying for. Contact was worth dying for!... People who we haven't even met yet were worth your son dying for! And because of that we take on the fight... YOUR fight for SOULS! We know that we are not encouraged to help the poor, but Lord we are COMMANDED to do so! And we want to answer that call

1 John 3:17

"If anyone has material possessions & sees his brother in need but has not pity on him how can the love of God be in that person?"