Brooke Bronkowski
Brooke Bronkowski was a first year high school kid who was in love with Jesus.
When she went to high school, she started her own Bible Study. She did baby sitting jobs to earn extra money that she spent on Bibles to give away to her unsaved friends. She had 200 Bibles sitting at home ready to be passed on.
The year before, in her last year of Primary School, she wrote a short essay titled ‘Since I have My Life Before Me.’
‘I’ll live my life to the fullest. I’ll be happy. I’ll brighten up. I will be more joyful than I have been. I will be kind to others. I will loosen up. I will tell others about Christ. I will go on adventures and change the world. I will be bold and not change who I really am. I will have no troubles but instead help others with their troubles.
‘You see, I’ll be one of those people who live to be history makers at a young age. Oh, I’ll have moments, good and bad, but I’ll wipe away the bad and only remember the good. In fact, that’s all I remember, just good moments, nothing in between, just living my life to the fullest. I’ll be one of those people who go somewhere with a mission, an awesome plan, a world-changing plan, and nothing will hold me back. I’ll set an example for others, I will pray for direction.
‘I have my life before me. I will give others the joy I have and God will give me more joy. I will do everything God tells me to do. I will follow the footsteps of God. I will do my best!!!’
Brooke was tragically killed in a car accident in her second year of high school at the age of fourteen. Her funeral was attended by more than 1500 people. At the end of the funeral there was an altar call for those who had never become Christians to receive Christ and take Brooke’s place on the front line of the battle. Two hundred kids came forward.
She achieved more in her short life than most people achieve over a whole lifetime.
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