From the outside it is dormitories, administration buildings, chapel, cafeteria, Ruth house, a football field, basketball courts, on campus bed and breakfast and horse arena and barns. Sounds pretty normal, huh? Now nestle all of that on 150 acres of beautiful countryside overlooking Seneca Lake and surround it with God’s angels. It paints quite a picture, doesn’t it? God couldn’t have picked a better setting to do His work.
And the sounds of Freedom Village are in perfect sync. Birds singing in the morning, kids chattering during mealtime, prayer during morning chapel, staff members sharing stories, voices of the choir practicing in the afternoon, lawn mowers, basketballs bouncing, kids playing on the playground and horses making themselves known. All of these make up the “spiritual music” that is Freedom Village USA.And God’s wisdom didn’t stop when He chose the people to work at Freedom Village… Mr. Siegfried leading morning chapel, Mr. Fisher meeting with deans, all of the deans who help the teens by sharing their past experiences, Ms. Ginger juggling a million things at once, Ms. Danny tuning up all the new voices in the choir and at the head of it all… Pastor Brothers, the man with a vision as big as his heart, shouting “Good Morning”. The family of God working together towards one goal… spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ and redeeming these broken lives through the only hope there is.
Put all of those components together and it adds up to one miracle after another. It’s the atmosphere and attitude… the Spirit that is in and amongst all these things. The knowledge that when you come here, you don’t have a history, just a future. Your disabilities are invisible and your abilities appreciated. There are no races, creeds and colors, just a collection of hearts and souls. And above all, the opportunity to take broken souls and make them whole.
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