Wade, December 2009 | this man was a character. he was intimidating at one point until i was able to sit down with him and just simply talk. i rummaged through my purse in search of a piece of paper to write with before we carried on. i got up, located a piece of cardboard and tore a piece off to record some things we spoke about. he was 33 in this photo. when he was 15, he was a part of a gang called "the polo crip posse." i laughed when he said that. he was serious. he witnessed an opposing gang member shoot at one of his friends. and at that point, he knew he needed to give his life to Jesus. "my sole purpose was to give back and to keep the youth out of harms way." what touched me the most was when he said after katrina hit, 25 family members moved in with him and all they had were 7 air mattresses. made me reevaluate some things. imagine that.