Page 108 of the unfolding is the story of George O'Daro.

There's no place to go because nobody wants you.

Once you are a street kid, people know that you are dangerous.

So nobody wants to take you in.

So it's difficult to do anything as a street kid.

God's story has been unfolding.

Since the beginning of time.

He invites you to be a part of it.

Another page in the unfolding. Hey, this is Meredith Foster. To be invited, whether it's a classmates' birthday party,

admission to college, being offered the job, or just feeling welcomed at church,

we long to be on the inside. Jesus shared a parable of a man

who was throwing this big banquet, and he invited many people, but when it came time for the

banquet, everybody made excuses. So the guy got upset, and he says, okay, go into the streets and

alleys and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, the lame, bring them all

so that my house will be full. Jesus said, that is what the great banquet in God's kingdom is

going to be like. Growing up in the streets and slums of Kenya, George O'Darrow always seemed to be

on the outside looking in. He longed for the love and acceptance of God,

but he found people couldn't see past the dirt, poverty, the danger associated with being a

street kid. For a long time, George believed God was rejecting him too. Part of George's story

includes deadly encounters when he was living on the street, so you may

want to preview this before your kids listen. I was born in Kisumu, that's a small town in Kenya,

East Africa. My parents lived in the slum, and we were four siblings, my elder brother, my sister, then me, and the last sister.

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