Life is precious
Life struggles brings many people to a place of hopelessness. The Gap, a cliff in Sydney, Australia has a reputation of a place where people have come to the end of themselves and known for multiple suicide attempts. However, in the midst of the dark clouds of hopelessness, shines a bright light of hope.
Donald Taylor "Don" Ritchie, lived between (9 June 1925 – 13 May 2012) he was an Australian who officially rescued 160 people from suicide as of 2009 over a 45-year period, although his family claims the number is closer to 500. Ritchie explained his intervention in suicide attempts saying, "You can't just sit there and watch them."
Becoming lighthouses in a dark world
The youths gathered around principles written in Luke 11:33 ministered by John Hoang, stating that "No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.
The youth were encouraged to be guides like Don Ritchie, like lighthouses leading ships to safety.
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
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