Tutoring
It was our second day tutoring children at Northwest Community Church. We had already built close relationships with the kids from the first day we were with them and we loved being with them even more the second day. These children, although we were tutoring them, really taught us how to love on a deeper level. We only spent two days with these kids but God had given us a passion for them that was beyond anything we could imagine. We don’t know the families and backgrounds they come from, but most likely they have hard home lives. We guessed this by some of their violent actions such as hitting each other and some would not talk to us much. However, by the end of the second day almost all of them had really opened up to us and they gave us hugs and asked us when we were coming back next. It was a bitter sweet goodbye as we realized we would never see these kids again but we knew we had shown them God’s love for them as best we could in those two days. We all had tears in our eyes as we left the church and our little buddies. But the one thing that I kept remembering through the sadness was knowing that God’s love had not only touched their lives, but even our lives! These kids made me want to love more and deeper than before and I know I will never forget them. They were such a blessing to me and I know God will continue to bless our little buddies as well. I’m so thankful for God’s unconditional and reckless love.
-Jessie Garmon
