By Sharon T. Markey
September 27, 2024

Family Retreat 2024 Group Photo

“Who believes in God?” he interrupted me, standing up in the middle of class and looking around the room at the group of 3-to-12-year-old kids. His name was Bohdan. He was young, but he exuded confidence and defiance, an 8-year-old going on 18. The rest of the kids hesitantly raised their hands or murmured that they believed in God.

“Well, I don’t!” He was cocky and locked eyes with me.

“OK,” I said, shrugging and smiling gently. Inwardly, I was panicking, wondering how I was going to manage this boy for the next three days. We still had six more sessions to get through together! I began to pray that God would touch Bohdan’s heart.

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