The love in his eyes.

Love is a powerful thing. It can change one persons life. It can open up to a bigger world, bigger place. It can make someone feel like something. A lot of us take the word 'love' for granted. People say it without even putting a meaning behind it. In the world we live in today, love is more important than it was yesterday. We need to remember to love... and to put a meaning behind it.


I met some pretty cool people on Sunday. A few of us did this homeless outreach thing in Ocean Beach. At first there were about 10 people who lived on the streets and about 10 of us from Invisible Children. It was awesome, there was this one man who played guitar. So he would play and I would sing and dance along. His name was Bucky and he never took his smile off his face. He actually told me that his favorite thing to do was hug. So throughout the day, I think I got about 5 hugs. I literally saw the love in his eyes for life. He just looked sooo happy getting to talk and hang out.
A few hours later, I went for a walk and these two homeless kids about 17 years old... asked me for some money. I told them to follow me because we were putting on a barbeque in the park for the homeless. So they did and they also got a few more of their friends to come. As we were walking over there, the lifegaurd stopped us and told Beans (one of the kids that asked me for money) that he couldn't have his dog on the beach and park area until 6. So he said ok and we kept walking to the park. Since he couldn't come hang out with us because of his dog, he hung out right by the street. The lifegaurd then walked up to him and gave him a $300 ticket because his dog was sitting on the curb. There was sooo much I wanted to say to that lifegaurd but it really wasn't my place. I was so mad. I mean, honestly, how is a homeless kid going to pay for a $300 ticket? And it really wasn't his fault. Besides that whole deal, we had a pretty good time just all hanging out, eating hotdogs, and getting to hear all these kids stories. I can honestly say that I met some really rad people that day. I do feel for them because most of them had some serious drug problems. So I ask you (whoever happens to read this) to just pray for them. Pray that somehow, they get their lives back on track. Pray that they realize that their lives are way more important than any drug can ever be. Pray that they find that love that I found for Jesus Christ.