friday night, around 2am, holly and i heard 5-6 gunshots outside our apartment. after hearing the frantic voices of our neighbors outside, holly and i ran out to find 27 year old Able, the brother of one of our neighbors, lying on the sidewalk outside our building. he had been shot three times in a drive by shooting. we did our best to locate the bullet holes and stop the bleeding until the police and ambulance came.

he died saturday around 9pm of internal bleeding. we still can't figure out why he was shot, he had never been in gangs, and was the most mellow of all his brothers. holly and i are doing our best to be a comfort for the family. we've been praying for this family for around a year, asking God to open a door of opportunity to share about Christ to them in a real and powerful way. God has given us this opportunity. Pray for us. Pray that the power of God would fall on this family and use this to transform their lives. Pray for God to use this to draw them close to himself, rather than pushing them into bitterness and revenge.

posted by Chaddo 11/10/2002 10:24:00 PM