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A few years ago I didn’t think that

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poor people deserved to be helped.

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I thought that they were lazy people

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and they aren't doing what

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they are supposed to be doing.

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You know my family is working hard

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to provide us a good life.

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But things started to change

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like I said a few years ago

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when a missionary couple

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came to our city and they

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helped us with the youth group.

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They started telling us that

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we should go out in the city

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and be involved in our community.

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And I was kind of skeptical

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in the beginning

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but then also at the same time

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when they were encouraging us to

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be involved with poor people

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I started reading the gospels

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and I saw so much compassion

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in Jesus' life. So much compassion for the

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needy - for the poor people.

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So I went to the city hall and

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I asked for a list of poor families.

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In the beginning

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when we started to serve actually

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we didn’t really know what to do.

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So my small group and I

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started trying certain things

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and we got to go to the

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juvenile detention center

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and we started serving this poor family.

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And then also there are a lot of

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street people here in Arad.

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So we saw them on the trams

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and we saw them in the train station.

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And we thought: “Man

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we could do something for them.”

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So one day my small group and I we went

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and we bought some stuff

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for sandwiches

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And we came to the train station

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and we brought them sandwiches.

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And at first we were like

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here is our sandwich

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and we didn't like

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touch them or anything

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and we were so scared of their germs

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and then some minutes went by

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and we started to talk to them

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and I was like

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you know what lets go and shake hands

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with them when we give them

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the sandwiches. So we did it.

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And they were so surprised

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and actually we were so surprised too

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that we did it.

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And actually one time when we spent time

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together with them at the end

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we hugged them and kissed them.

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And it was probably the highlight of their

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day or month or maybe year.

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And I remember this girl kissed me

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and she had paint from

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her lips were blue from some drugs she did

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and like my cheeks got blue

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from that, but

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it was like as if I got kissed by an angel.

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Serving in our community has done

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certain things to my heart.

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One of them was that I became more grateful

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and more content with the

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things that I have.

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Another important thing was

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I understand more of God's love for me.

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Because I see I want to help these people

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the street people even if they deserve it or not.

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And this is what God has done for me.

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He loved me and He saved me

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although I didn't deserve it.

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Service did not just change our lives

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but it deeply impacted and touched

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the people in our community.

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For example the couple - this poor family

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have lived together for 13 or 14 years

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and had 3 kids but they were never married.

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So last May they decided to get married

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so it was very cool to see that

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change in their lives.