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This is the story of a man whom shows all his compassion through Jesus. I lived in Memphis Tennessee my freshman year. I came from a town with a population of a little over 300 people. The school i came from was a preschool to 12th grade school all in one building and they had 950 students. Now keep in mind that prior to my move there was still crazy arguments between my parents, but I was still very excited to move to the high school in Memphis because I was thinking it would be better because of accessibility being that I’m in a wheelchair and all. The apartment we were living in you could hear gunshots at night and we had arguing neighbors. In my household everyone would argue. I would hide in my room to get away from the drama. I got to the point where I was so depressed I only went to school once or twice a week. I stopped turning in my homework because my teachers would lose it an then say I didn't turn it in. Moving to the city did not help anything regardless of the accessibility  Then I met Yogi, I was sitting in gym and the class before me was still in there. He came down in front of me and said "Hey, What's up?" The first thing I noticed was his amazing blue eyes and then I thought "Is he talking to me?" We grew really close really fast or at least I got really attached to him. He was the one person I still today can tell anything to and trust completely. Every time we talked in person he would make direct eye contact. Some days he wouldn't even say anything, but just the fact he listened and was sincere about it made me feel so much better. He is a very respectful man you can see it in his eyes He’s never once judged me out loud, just cared. He is probably the most caring person I know with a heart of gold. He is completely in devoted to with his love for Christ and he shows it in everything he does. The most important thing is he was sent to me by God, to care, when I had nobody. Before I met him I was a Christian but nowhere near the Jesus freak I am now. If I wouldn't have met him I wouldn't think that people that come into your life are a God send or that you are a God send to them, I would have saw it as just chance. I would have never based everything I do on my relationship with Christ. I would have just seen how other guys in my life treated women and thought it was wrong but ok at the same time because it made a woman stronger to go through that. I would think that I deserved it because it's what I've had my whole life. Meeting Yogi made me more loving because, I saw the love for Christ through him and how bringing Christ in my life, at first, because I wanted to impress the first person to really show me the love and compassion of Christ. It showed me that God really has grace because I was suppose to be born paralyzed from the neck down and have mental retardation. He makes me aware that I have it so much better than others and makes me motivated to change the world in a good way by spreading the word. Because I met Yogi I value myself enough not to sleep around. I would have slept with several men because; I would have thought that's what it takes to be in a relationship and to get attention. I wouldn't do all the charity work I do and I wouldn't care about others as much. More importantly if I wouldn't have met him I might have committed suicide because I had nothing to base my life on until he brought me closer to Christ and let him save me. Yogi did so much more in my life to change me and for that I want to say i love you so much dear friend and thank you. I can never thank you enough you're truly the best and I will never forget the way you changed my look on life. You are amazing don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise. I love you!

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Comment by AngelBear007 on November 20, 2013 at 4:42pm

he's read this, i had to submit it for a school yearbook thing and wanted him to proof read, he said it was the most wonderful thing he's ever read in his life, (this was a few years ago) unfortunately he's not in the kommunity, i havent talked to him in almost a year or so because he's married now with kids and is super busy working and such.


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Comment by Gumbo123 on November 20, 2013 at 4:38pm

I surely hope that Yogi is a member on this Kommunity and/or you have either told him this story or sent it via letter (forget that text junk) directly to him.  Never miss the opportunity to let another person know how much they mean to you and what type of influence they have had in your life.

And thanks for sharing your story with us as well.  God Bless!  (you know He does)

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