The Boy With a New Guitar

Joseph is a good kid. Oh, he got off the path for a while after his dad left the family, left the church and took a second wife. He was pretty angry. But his mom is a very strong lady, a strong Christian, and a strong prayer warrier. It helped when a few people kept believing in him, even when he was doing unwise things, running with people who were not good influences.

From the time he found out that someone wanted to pay his way to Nazarene Youth Congress this year, he cleaned up his act, started coming back to church, and even started treating his mom with more respect.

At NYC, he made a new commitment to Jesus. He's continued to show signs of maturing as a Christian, and as a responsible young man. After dropping out of school for a year, he's back in school this year.

He got really excited when the new pastor at their church offered to teach him to play the guitar, and told him that he could play in church. Even using a borrowed guitar, he really wanted to do that. When Judy heard the story, she couldn't help herself, and went right out and bought him a guitar.

Now, guitars here are not expensive, so it wasn't a big sacrifice on our part. They're also not very good, but Joseph will get a few years use out of this. The look on his face tells you what he thought of it!

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