I went with Reid and 7 students to the Boston Rescue Mission Kingston House, which is a halfway house for people coming out of detox or prison. We immersed ourselves into the lives of the residents; sharing living quarters, joining them for meals, going to Bible study and AA meetings with them – it was an amazing experience! It was good for all of us to learn how to relate to people who circumstantially are so different from us (rape, abuse, heroin, stealing, prison, etc), but yet their base need for a Savior is just the same as ours. We also were humbled by their honesty in needing help – we all are in desperate need of saving from our sin, but for those in rehab the sin is obvious and external; for myself and most of the students on the team our need for saving is internal and in our pride we like to keep it that way.
Here’s a picture of all of us with the residents at Kingston:
I’m also thankful for the opportunity to spend 8 days with a key group of younger students in the ministry and the chance to study the Bible together, live in rehab together, and laugh a ton. On the drive back we stopped at Niagara Falls (which was deserted and freezing this time of year) just long enough to take a group shot and jump back in the van. Here we are:
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