Wanting to struggle....

The past couple of weeks I have met with a variety of  people who are have moved to crime ridden inner-city Atlantan  communities to become part of the neighborhood. Not because it was easy or glamorous but because they saw a need and potential to build relationships and provide hope. They also have a light at the end of the tunnel of turning these neighborhoods from a place that is filled with vacant lots and forgotten problems to a place of community and beauty. It has been an interesting journey to talk to various people that have similar dreams but fulfill them in different ways. I am very intrigued and hope to find a place in this. I long to get out of the comfortable suburbs and move to a place that I have to struggle with issues like poverty, crime, prostitution, etc. Not because I think I have the answers but because it will get me out of the comfortable that we strive for. It will cause me to be uncomfortable and struggle with these issues in a different way then if i were to volunteer in a soup kitchen 20 minutes from my apartment once a month. I am not sure what that will look like but I hope I am on my way to my next step. It has been a long journey to get me to this point.