Letters July 29, 1996 Issue

Dear Sentinel

From children and teenagers

with contributions from Betty Muñoz, Guy Daniel Hayward

Dear Sentinel,

When I was in the fourth grade, there was a girl that was in the fifth grade who said to me, "I'm going to beat you up." I felt scared, then I prayed. So the next day in school I asked her, "Why do you say 'I'm going to beat you up'?" She said nothing, so that night I prayed some more. A little while later, the girl said, "Can I tell you a secret?" I said "OK." She told me that she was actually younger than me, and then she said, "I trust you."

The first time when I prayed, I was pretty scared, and I asked God, "Why doesn't the girl talk to me?" It didn't feel like God answered me, so I prayed not to be afraid and to do the right thing. This time God told me to talk to this girl. When I'd prayed I felt a powerful feeling in me. I also felt much happier, and that I had a better understanding about God. So after a couple of weeks, I became friends with this girl.

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