What’s good. My name is Toro and to tell the truth I am really just a Metro Kid at heart. I’m 21 years old and from Atlanta, Georgia. Though my parents and extended family are from Nigeria, I was born here. I was raised by my Mom and Grandmother. My family went back to Nigeria shortly after I was born and I was raised there for about seven years. When I came back to Atlanta everything was new to me. I wasn’t used to all the buildings, all the different types of people, and a whole new culture, but as I grew up I started blending in all too well. I fell into the world of gangs, drugs, and violence as a teen. Thankfully, in my late teen years I accepted God into my life as a result of people I met that genuinely cared about me and pointed me to Christ.
My walk with Christ has been very hard but I don’t think it is meant to be easy. I grow in my faith daily, and my relationship with God continues to build. I know that God is using me for his will and will use me for more things to come. Working with these kids has been the greatest experience of my life. Sometimes it almost feels like I’m having a second childhood because I get to just hang out with them so much, but as I hangout, God also uses me to minister through their lives and the lives of their family and friends. Just as I was trapped in the things of this world, these kids are in danger of becoming entrapped as well. The only difference is that the stakes are getting higher with each day that passes. There are so many things that are fighting for their attention and influencing them negatively each and every day, and I believe that we need to be right there with them to fight against those things and influence them toward God. We have to be there for them on a constant and consistent basis.
Like they say, it takes a village to raise a child, so it’s going to take many of us getting involved in these kids lives to change the course they are on. Through donations, time spent, resources offered, prayer, and anything else, we need you all. Life is not worth living just for yourself. Our lives are for God and to be used by God to reach out to other people. Please support and be a part of Atlanta Metro Kidz Ministry!
