A sense of Hope in the community - An Edenvale Story

I have taken to watching the omnibus of Extreme Makeover Home edition (why is probably your question), well the focus of the show is to reach out to families who have nothing yet go out of the way doing selfless deeds for others. I guess you can call it giving back to those that help you when they are in need and I was touched by the one family this afternoon where they helped out a pastor and his family who purposely moved to a dodgy neighbourhood filled with gangs and drug dealers and set out to change and turn that community around by ministering to these very people whilst putting their lives at risk. I look at my neighbourhood and I see possiblities, through sports facilities (a Soccer Club, a Rugby Club, a gymnastics club that i didnt join up with because they dont offer artistic yet its 2 blocks away from me so I settled on a club that I'm happy with in the neighbouring community), Churches, schools, the list is endless and everybody knows everybody but yet if you drive up the main road of Edenvale you have clubs that are a drug haven, pool bars so people can get drunk and some say where is the hope for Edenvale. If you look in the surface what people dont see are schools, churches, sports clubs and selfless neighbours making a difference like this pastor guy that I mentioned earlier on to bring about and produce a community like no other. My challenge to you is look more in depth into your community and ask how can I make a difference and show the light of Jesus in the darkness that is evident in our surrounding areas. A ministry friend and his brother started an organisation called Inspired 2 Become focused on sport development among the youth and I thought what about bringing gymnastics awareness into that organisation, it will grow the development of the sport whilst keeping kids off the street by entering in a passion due to poor role models would not have been exposed to.