An armed gunman walked into a Youth With A Mission student dorm in Colorado and opened fire, killing two and wounding two. As a former YWAMer myself, this hits really close to home. It could just as easily have been myself or Eva or Kate or Suzanne, or anyone else I was on staff with at the Los Angeles YWAM training base. My heart goes out to those poor students and staff, and their families. All they wanted was to dedicate their lives to sharing God's love and mercy with the world, and they paid the ultimate price. They are true martyrs - not taking others' lives, but laying down their own. We live in a hurting world with hurting people, who sometimes lash out at the innocent. To me, this is just all the more reason why groups like YWAM are needed to help make the world a better place.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
12/9/07 - YWAM Shooting
An armed gunman walked into a Youth With A Mission student dorm in Colorado and opened fire, killing two and wounding two. As a former YWAMer myself, this hits really close to home. It could just as easily have been myself or Eva or Kate or Suzanne, or anyone else I was on staff with at the Los Angeles YWAM training base. My heart goes out to those poor students and staff, and their families. All they wanted was to dedicate their lives to sharing God's love and mercy with the world, and they paid the ultimate price. They are true martyrs - not taking others' lives, but laying down their own. We live in a hurting world with hurting people, who sometimes lash out at the innocent. To me, this is just all the more reason why groups like YWAM are needed to help make the world a better place.
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