Dewayne Brown-Courage
It means a lot to be a father. My children mean the
world to me and I only want the best for them. I feel
the first word that comes to me with a father is cour-
age, because you always have to have it.
the importance of a father’s LOVE. I am now a father
of a handsome little boy and refuse to let my son grow
up without the LOVE of both parents. I feel in our
communities we don’t express our love to one another
enough, so I make it my #1 priority to tell him every
day, “I LOVE YOU!”
Jonathan Little and son
Shawn Reed and daughter
Shawn Reed-Responsibility
To be a father in the neighborhood is a big respon-
sibility because the neighborhood I come from does
not have many resources to help us for fatherhood.
Being a father means a lot, because my mother raised
me and eight other siblings alone. I never had a father
figure, so once I had my daughter, I had to teach my-
self how to be the best father.
John Jones and daughter
John Jones-Role Model
Being a father means spending time to love and
guide my daughter to be independent. Fatherhood
means bonding and growing close to my daughter and
having as much fun as possible with her.
Jonathan Little-LOVE
LOVE is the foundation of who I am as a father. I
grew up without a father in my life and never knew
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than structures, which often tend to confine and
limit our vision.
I hope that over the next months we will have the
opportunity through one-on-one messages, conver-
sations, and personal encounters, to begin breaking
down the barriers that may separate us and to start
building that “new creation.” As we share our own sto-
ries and experiences, my prayer is that we all begin to
consider ourselves “missionaries without borders.”
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