A word from “Salt” Wall Founder/Current Board Member of HLIC Denver
For the past 14 years I have lived and worked in Denver’s Inner City. Initially our work was focused on High School students. Many of the teens we were working with were gang members, drug dealers, thieves, sex addicts and 90% of them were fatherless. Within a few months of working in the “hood “ we realized that we needed to reach kids at a younger age before they got all caught up in such destructive lifestyles. We also realized that we needed to work alongside the church to reach out to entire families.
Over the years I have heard so many youth share with me their dreams for the future. The hard reality is that without God, supportive relationships and a serious commitment to these young people they are just dreams. Many times I get asked “how do we work in an environment that is so challenging and overwhelming”. I think back to my own past and remember that someone thought I was worth investing in. I know I have changed and have already seen so many others in the city change as well.
There are so many kids facing tough situations in our city. But the exciting thing is that God is there also. He is using Here’s Life Inner City and people like YOU to make a difference one life, one family at a time. There is hope for Denver’s inner city.
Salt, January 2010
