Real People, Real Impact Our Bottom Line

I should just kill her. I shuddered in bed, half-terrified of the thoughts that whirled through my mind. Could I really do it? Could I really kill the woman who had caused me so much grief my wife? *** Any opposed? The hearing chairman anticipated a flood of opposition from the wall-to-wall crowd jammed into Jersey City s council chambers. My mind raced while my heart stopped. This is it Lord, I prayed. Tonight it stops here or we go forward. I prayed and waited. The decision to shut down the Hope Center, our multi-million dollar already-completed dream facility, our vital and creative community dance and art outreach in the heart of the city, rested on the council s shoulders. *** My husband pulled out a chair for me and, sitting across the table, cradled his steaming coffee mug in shaking hands. I was very worried about you last night, I said slowly. You didn t come home when you said you would. Elsa. I m sorry. I...I have something to tell you. I did something really bad. What do you mean? I have been unfaithful to you. I went numb. His words sounded far away. I have been having an affair with a married woman. *** Inside the covers of Real People, Real Impact are seven stories of people seared by the fiery trials of life, some of their own doing, some because of the cruelty or misguided choices of others. In each case, God intervenes to reverse their destructive paths by using his people and the refuge of his places churches. Since 1950, Church Extension Plan has financially partnered with churches to provide resources that bring wholeness and positive purpose into lives. It s CEP s bottom line.