the second story involves an individual named george washington motley, grandson of a founder john wesley motley. george washington motley remembers two things about visiting grandfather in early years as a little boy, that in the shotgun house on the plantation over the front door was a cross that he had developed with his own hands, just a simple wooden cross. a reminder that in his coming he was created by something much larger than himself, but other the back door was a picture of abraham lincoln that his great grandfather had extracted from a newspaper to remind him in his going that god uses individuals to bring about change and transformation in society. so my story, my story intersects with this very interesting place because in the 1960's a little girl was adopted by george and amy motley, one of 14 kids in the family, the mother discovers that she's dying of cancer, she asked the neighbor ifs they would consider one of 14 rand how you choose to select one of 14, i had the slightest idea but they chose her, she had prom -- promise and great potentiality and if perhaps nurtured she might

he was the grandson of of founder john wesley motley. he remembers two things about visiting his grandfather in those early years. in the shotgun house there was a simple wooden cross he had developed with his own hands. reminder that in his coming he was created by something much larger than himself. over the back door was a picture of abraham lincoln that his great-grandfather had extracted to remind him that god uses individuals to bring about change. my story intersects because in the 1960s a little girl was adopted by george amy motley. the mother discovered she is dying of cancer and asked the neighbors if she would consider adopting one of her children and how do you choose to select one of 14, i have the slightest idea but they chose her. she became barbara and molly. she was nine years old. she gave birth to a window of unformed possibility. that's me. she decided not only to embrace her all the more but to embrace this child. they had three great desires that this little child could realize he was no less. [inaudible] he had a

the second story involves individuals george washington motley the grandson of the founder john wesley he remembers two things about visiting his grandfather as a little boy the shotgun house on the plantation and over the front door a simple wooden cross a reminder that he was created by something much larger than himself but over the back door was a picture of abraham lincoln that his great-grandfather had extracted from the newspaper to remind him that god uses individuals to bring about changes in transformation in society. so my story intersects because in the 1960s a little girl was born in one of 14 kids the mother discovered she is dying of cancer she asked neighbors if they would consider adopting one of the 14 and how do you choose? i don't have the slightest idea but they chose her she promised great potential and they thought perhaps with nurture she may realize her own aspirations. so little barbara. became barbara motley and nine years old and it aged 18 she gave birth to a bundle of unformed possibility. that's me. [laughter] and she decided not to embrace her all the mo