I Believe in People

Call me naive, but I believe in the good in people. I consider myself an optimist and I believe that people can (and should) do awesome things for others. For example: my church had a missions dinner on Saturday trying to simply raise money for all the missions projects of the church, including giving to places like Rare Breed and Victory Mission and our missionaries in Mozambique, Mongolia, and other places. The money also goes towards mission trips sponsored by the church, like the middle school trip I went on this summer. The goal was $15,000. Now I'll admit, when I heard this I was a little shocked. That's a LOT of money! I hoped that we would raise the money, but honestly I wasn't entirely sure. I went to the dinner and donated money for my meal, and watched the live auction which had a lot of great things in it, like a vacation to Atlanta with concert and event tickets, vacation homes in North Carolina and Colorado, and other things like a Dessert of the Month membership and BBQ meal for 20 people. These things all went for quite a bit of money (more than I could afford!) and I was so proud of my church for exceeding the goal and actually raising over $26,00!!!!! That's amazing when I think about it! Imagine what we could do with that and all the lives we could change!! I admit, I don't do nearly as much as I should, but I'm working on it!

Another story from my hometown can be found at http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/1452971.html and here's the video. I think it's pretty special that these kids who are only freshman in high school and their coaches got together to do something great and make a difference in Matt's life.

I believe in God, love, faith, and the good in people and gosh darn-it, I don't ever want to change that!