metal heart

you know how some people are just real-life heroes?

for example, my sister chelsea. she's only 21 but she's already lived in italy and costa rica, visted korea, hung out in ecuador, nicagrauga, panama and spain. chelsea can talk to you about Jesus in english or spanish, which ever you prefer.

it's her goal to traipse all over the world, taking care of people in the name of Jesus.

chelsea is my real-life hero.

or drew and alie.

i don't even know where to start.

drew and alie love God. they've been to thailand and sudan and the end of the world because of His love.

even when they're just in plain ol' columbus, their love shines.

(plus they're amazing photographers).

sometimes when i think about how much i love drew and alie, i can't stand it.

drew and alie are my real-life heroes.

i have a new real-life hero. let's call her "ms.k."
every morning, ms.k wakes up in her bed on the bad side of town. she drinks some tea. she spends some time with Jesus. then she goes to one of the worst elementary schools in the city and teaches all day long.

art class.

ms.k has the audacity to teach beauty to kids who only know pain. to create in the midst of destruction. when ms.k tells me about the things that have become her reality, i cry.
ms.k, i know you're going to change those kid's lives. you and Jesus.

ms.k, you're my real-life hero.

only someone with a metal heart could be brave enough to love love love in a world with so much pain.