Thoughts from Judah Knip and Durwin Blabey:
Today we went back to the Dream Centre to participate in the program Adopt-a-Block. This is a program where Dream Centre goes to the projects and go door to door and pretty much become servant for the people that live there. It could be taking out the trash to watering their grass or even doing their dishes for them. We strated out by going to the Dream Centre and took part in a service type thing and it was basically just a big party. It was so sweet. There was loud music playing and everyone was dancing and everyone was just comfortbale with each other. We then left and went the area where we were working. We got split up into 2 groups and got given different sections of the projects. We started going door to door. It was kinda sketchy at first because there were gangster looking people everywhere but after the first few houses things became more easy and got more comfortable. We ended up watering a mans lawn and taking another mans trash out to the dumpster. Most of the time people wouldn't answer their doors so we would just leave the fliers we received in their doors.Its so crazy to see the amount of poverty there is in such a famous city like LA. As kids in Canada we grow up scared of drugs, alcohol and crimes but kids here in LA are born into it. They dont think it's weird or strange because that's what is normal to them. Adopt-a-Block is such an amazing program that is building relationships with the people of LA and sharing Jesus with them and making a difference in the world and peoples lives. Most people would look down on these poverty striken people who may be caught up with drugs or alcohol but the people of Dream Center just love on these and shared that love with us which we transfered to the people of the projects. The saddest thing is that all these little children are born into this and are in a battle for their whole lives trying to get out of it. When we were done going door to door we met up with the rest of the group in a park and there was a basketball hoop and some boys playing. We asked if we could join in and they let us and we had a pretty competative game. It was a lot of fun. Adopt-a-Block gives the projects of LA hope and is truly making difference in the world.
