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Annette和儿子Lloyd都是有先天残障的人，他们因此时常遭人歧视。他们参加RCM主日崇拜，又在那里的食品分发站、活动中心、和二手店工作，长达三十年之久。

Annette入住养老院后，Lloyd尝试在母亲不在身边的情况下独立生活。出于一片真诚款待别人的心，Lloyd接受了几个来历不明的男子入住他继承的祖屋，为他们提供了栖身之所。然而过了不久，这几个人把房子据为己有；当Lloyd质问他们为何如此时，他们竟然把他打死了。

在《马太福音》十八章，耶稣教导我们，小孩子有信靠和倚赖的信心；又说，祂欢迎小孩子进入神的国。祂又警诫我们，不可做任何伤害“这些小子”的事。在希腊文中，mikron这个字的意思是“不重要的或个子小的”——它可以指小孩子，也可以用来形容其他我们认为卑微或无关紧要的人。然而，在神的国中，每一个人都同样被祂看重。

一群RCM会友，包括前任牧师、牧师的妻子和其他朋友，围绕在Annette身边来安慰她。因为Annette不能离开养老院，我们把躺在医疗病床上的Annette推到一个会议室，在会议室里，我们一同缅怀Lloyd的一生并感谢神复活的应许。教会会友Steve唱了这首歌：“耶稣爱我我知道！因有《圣经》告诉我。凡小孩子主牧养，我虽软弱主强壮。”

Both Annette and her son, Lloyd, were born with disabilities and were often ignored by others. They worshiped at Roseland Christian Ministries and worked in the food pantry, drop-in center, and thrift store for 30 years.

When Annette moved into a nursing home, Lloyd tried to manage without his mother. In an act of innocent hospitality, Lloyd allowed some shady men to move into their family home for shelter. Soon the men took over the house, and when Lloyd confronted them, they beat him to death.

In Matthew 18, Jesus teaches about having the trusting, dependent faith of little children, and of welcoming them into God's kingdom. He also warns against doing any harm to "these little ones." The Greek word for this term, mikron, means "small in significance or size"—and while it could refer to children, it can also describe other people that we might consider little or insignificant. In the kingdom of God, however, everyone is significant.

A group of RCM members, including the former pastor and his wife and other friends, gathered around Annette. Unable to leave the nursing home, Annette was rolled in her medical bed into a community room where we celebrated Lloyd's life and the promises of God. A church member, Steve, sang, "Jesus loves me! This I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong; they are weak, but he is strong."