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You know I am amazed at how many of our young people can mess up their lives in such a

short period of time.

Hi, I am Dr. Gordon Blossom, President of New Horizons.

And people often think that youngsters get into trouble because of environmental factors.

And in some instances that is true.

But in far too many cases youngsters come from nice neighborhoods, good families, and

homes like these.

Pastor Gordon C. Blossom understood what it was like to be misunderstood.

His hands were permanently deformed from the beatings he had received at a juvenile

facility in Michigan where he had been sent as a teenager.

His time there had been lonely, but had been painful.

But Pastor Blossom acknowledged that the discipline and responsibility he had gained made it all

worthwhile.

When he got older, Pastor Gordon Blossom wanted to share that knowledge and experience

to correct the course of the current youth in decay.

So in 1971 he founded the New Horizons Youth Ministry in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

It was a Christian organization focused on child reform.

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