June 21, 2011 - Day 37

     Today we had morning prayer which was pretty awesome! I feel like the interns have a chance to bond in a spiritual way and ask God for help or thank God for how He's working in our lives. After Andy came and we had class until 1:00ish. When we finished we had lunch and decided to head over to St. Paul's to see who was there. We walked in and saw Julius, Six, Tony, Reggie, and Jennifer. Hana and I went over to talk to Jennifer.
     She wasn't feeling very good. She said that she thought she has diabetes because her knees hurt and she's been feeling very off lately. Then she began to tell us her story. She remembered she told her story to Allie- she remembered you!- and so she told us her story. She had been a prostitute for 18 years because she was addicted to coke, crack, dope, you name it. She was always looking to get that one "hit" no matter what the cost was- including a piece of her soul. She turned her life to Jesus when she asked a lady coming out of church for money. The lady said. "I know what you're going to do with the money as soon as I give it to you. I'm still going to give it to you but when are you going to stop playing with God?". As soon as Jennifer heard this her life did a complete 180. As she was going to the dope man's house she saw all the "evil spirits" and it was like God was telling her to stop and come to Him. She did.
     God completely removed the want of drugs and alcohol (even though it was hard at first). But she did it. And her goal is to be able to share her life to everyone because she doesn't want her life to worth nothing. Hana and I told her that she has already impacted our live and Allie's (because she shared Jennifer's story during one of our debriefing). When we told Jennifer this a huge smile came on her face. Before she told us of the story of how one man who only walked backed and forth for some reason had impacted people's lives and how she wanted to do the same. I told her that she did and I knew she felt so special. To think that her life values so much and that Jesus is working in her life- Jennifer felt wanted and she felt like she contributed to the community. And that's what everyone wants. They want to feel like they can contribute to the community, they want to feel included and loved. They want to feel like they are actually worth something. And for Jennifer- today was her day and I knew Jesus was smiling. :)
Jenny Sample