But you, O Lord, are a shield about me
I dropped Ramiro, a sophomore at Dominquez High School in Compton off at school this morning. We had just spent the last hour and a half in the bible wrestling with God's truth in assurance of salvation.

Ramiro has always been a 'thinker', he has always asked the deep spiritual questions from his time growing up in his S.A.Y. Yes! Center in Compton. Recently, he has really 'focused' (as he puts it) on his relationship with God more. His heart for trying to understand God's ways is truly inspiring to me.

It was when he closed the car door behind him and begun walking into the school parking lot when I heard the news on the radio about the drive-by shooting at Taft High School, in the middle class Los Angeles suburb of Woodland Hills. Three students had been shot and taken to the hospital. And there goes Ramiro, a live example of undeniable trust in the Lord, into an even worse war-zone at his school.

Then as I came into the office, I read in Psalm 3, "But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, My glory, and the One who lifts me head... (v. 3) I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me (v. 6).

Here in the city we have some many examples of God's people with unbelievable faith and trust in who Jesus says He is. Ramiro was that model for me today and each day, as he lives out his life here.

Please pray with us as we face some ministry obstacles here in the next few weeks;

- We were just notified from our main food source that there is no food available for our annual “Boxes of Love” program at Thanksgiving. This affects us in LA as well as the 5000 boxes we are to send to seven other HLIC cities.

Thank you for your prayers!