Jimmy  felt alone. After spending time with him weekly, I began to figure out why. He was one of four kids being raised by a single mother who worked all the time. He was alone most of the time. So when summer came, I knew he had to come with us on our Adventure week trip.

Jimmy was always ready for adventure, but quiet when things got serious. One night at camp, he tripped over a rock and injured his leg. So early next morning, we broke camp and started to hike down the mountain. It soon became obvious that Jimmy wasn’t making it down hopping on one leg. With some ropes and creativity, Jimmy was soon strapped to one of our guide’s back and we were headed back down.

With nothing else to do but hike, we all started to talk. Jimmy began to open up and share about his life. I shared about how important my relationship with Christ had made in my own life. Then everyone began to share and this went on for the next three hours.

It turned out that his leg was broken. At the end of our week, Jimmy shared that he had committed his life to Christ because of our conversations hiking down the mountain. It is amazing the way the Lord works in all circumstances. From something broken, God made something whole.

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