Author: Abigail Aguilar

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Abigail is a student at the Lighthouse Christian Academy in Santa Monica. She is learning how to write articles. She is bilingual.

By Abigail Aguilar- Willy Gonzalez bagged groceries at the local supermarket for tips in the Dominican Republic. When he got to 300 pesos (about $5), he would stop bagging groceries and go get drugs. One day, somebody witnessed to him while he smoked: Don’t you realize you’re killing yourself? Have they never spoken to you about Jesus? Seek him. He died on the cross for you. Turn your life over to him. With piercing eyes of compassion, the man looked at Willy. “My body went limp. I was burdened and heavy ladened by sin,” Willy remembers. “I left crying and…

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By Abigail Aguilar – In 2021, I started 8th grade. Coming back from Covid not seeing anyone or knowing anyone barely, I made some new friends but also lost friends during quarantine. In the middle of September they introduced me to smoking. I thought they were my best friends and this was the time where I was not shy or scared of anything. I was so outgoing and hyper. I would yell back at teachers disrespecting them. I would always be called into the office and I would introduce the 6th graders who were innocent to bad things.In 2022 my…

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By Abigail Aguilar – Criterion racks in the bucks designing layouts for hospitals and their equipment. But INSTEAD of lavishing up her lifestyle, owner Suzanne Kowarsch plows the profits into saving victims of human trafficking. “As the sole shareholder of the company it’s easy for me to not answer to anybody but the Big Man upstairs,” Suzanne says. “I choose lower profits and to spread the money around.” Yearly, the company sponsors trips around the world to assemble refurbished playgrounds for groups on the frontlines of rescuing children from the clutches of the evil profiteers who exploit them for some…

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By Abigail Aguilar – Taylor Reigh walked away from 1M subs on YouTube because God told her to. “I was told to let go of my old channel,” she says on her new channel. “I was praying to God in the shower and asked him what he wanted me to do. The answer was: I want you to give up your YouTube channel. “I did not like that answer.” The reason why it’s hard to walk away from a popular YouTube channel is you’re getting paid by YouTube and you’re getting deals from sponsors who want to advertise. You’re walking…

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