Neighbors Not Top 10

Thankfully, none of our current neighbors are NOT "not top 10" quality, but, such was not the case in 2008- 2010...


The house that JP and I lived in when we first got married was pretty much perfect!  (How many newlyweds can say that?!)  Perfect size, brand new kitchen, centrally located...  "pretty much" perfect.  Our house shared a wall with Kevin's family's house.  Kevin turned 15 when we moved in.  It was at his 15th birthday party (part of which was being held on our front porch when we came home at 11pm one night) that his dad gave him the car keys, and told him exactly which store to go to where they wouldn't ask for ID to buy more beer for everyone.   Not surprisingly, Kevin quit school after 9th grade.  Since he didn't have to go to school anymore, he stayed up late, but also got up early - we could tell because he had really really great sub-woofers on his stereo system.  You could feel those things from 6 am some days, and lots of time until well into the wee hours of the morning the next day.  After a particularly bad fight between Kevin and his dad in our back parking area, JP and I began to look for another house.  Then one day, they moved out.  And that was that.

Until today.

JP and I were walking home this evening, and who did we run into?  Kevin.  Apparently, he goes to the high school down the street from where currently live.  He is also working at a department store, and has plans to get an engineering degree from the state tech school.  The 10 minutes that we spent talking to Kevin was like talking to a different person.  Sure, he's 20 and just finishing high school, but he's going to get a high school diploma.  He has constructive plans for the future that don't include getting high and upgrading the sub-woofers.  (Well, maybe he still wants to upgrade those...)  JP and Kevin are going out to lunch soon.  We really hope that we can share more about Christ's love with him.  We really do care about him, even though it's so easy to list all the "not top 10" stunts he's pulled in the past.  And we know that God wants Kevin to be His child.  That's something we might just be able to help with!