![]() Genesta, like many in her family before her, made some poor choices in her youth and had surrounded herself with some bad characters. Benny’s bad behavior earned him the nickname “the pillowcase bandit” and several years in prison. They would grab a couple pillowcases and then fill them with whatever valuables they could find. While the rich folks were downstairs throwing their big, fancy parties, Benny and his brother would climb through a second-floor window. Benny had been busted for robbing homes in an upper-class part of town. She was only sixteen when he was born and his father, Benny, was in prison. Alvest was born in government housing in the lower ninth ward of New Orleans to a young girl named Genesta. The Israelites are not the only ones to know hardship, and difficulty, and moving from place to place. What will Joshua do? What will the people do? Do they even dare dream of better days and try to possess the land? Trouble in our World With Moses now dead, Joshua had been chosen to fill his shoes. However, on their way they began to grumble. They then began their trek to the Promised Land. In due time, God sent Moses, who, under the mighty hand of God brought them out of slavery. While in captivity, their Egyptian taskmasters abused them and made their work hard for them and so, they cried out to God for help but help seemed long in coming. Eventually, the Egyptians became afraid of them as they grew in numbers and so they enslaved them. In time, Abraham’s grandson, Jacob, and his family went to Egypt during a famine. What would they do?Ĥ00 years earlier, God had made a promise to their ancestor Abraham that his descendants would receive this land as an inheritance, as a homeland. If that wasn’t bad enough, based upon previous scouting reports, the land ahead was full of mighty warriors and fortified cities. Standing between them and their long hoped for future was a wall of water that was about a mile wide, the mighty Jordan River. ![]() Moses, their experienced wilderness guide, had just passed away. Having meandered from placed to place for years the Israelites were now finally standing at the edge of the Promised Land. Yet, there they were, wandering in the desert. Not knowing where your next meal is going to come from, where you’re going to find your next pair of shoes, where you’re going to lay your head down at night. The wilderness is a harsh and difficult place. Yet, there they were, wandering from place to place. The Israelites had been wandering in the wilderness for years. Can one person make a difference? Can one person change the direction of an entire family tree? Can one person stand up in the face of fear, hardship, and peer pressure, and lead a people into a whole new way of life? We are not the only ones to wrestle with such questions. ![]()
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