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Pepperdine talk on the poor




This morning I was blessed to be able to share only a small part of my heart about extending compassion to the "poor" with about 50 students from Pepperdine University. From what I've been told Pepperdine is one of the top 10 schools in the USA. I'm sure most (if not all) of these kids are much smarter then me. They are in Germany on a student study abroad program. I really love being given the opportunity to try to shape their values and opinions. I only got 15 minutes, and I did not want to boar them. I felt it went well. They are a great group of young people. I imagine most of them will do amazing things in the future. I hope this will include giving their time and money to others! The staff already try to incorporate projects that help other.

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