Bill Wilson's Testimony

"My mother and I were walking down the street on the block where we lived in Pinellas Park, Florida--just north of St. Petersburg. It was near the Welcome Inn on Park Boulevard, where she worked as a barmaid.

We stopped and sat down on a concrete culvert that was built over a little drainage ditch. She was very quiet that day. After a few minutes she stood up and said, "I can't do this anymore. You wait here."

I did exactly what my mom said. I sat there waiting for her to return. The sun went down, and she still wasn't back.

For three days I sat in the Florida sun on that concrete culvert. I didn't know where to turn. If I had known how to pray, I would have done it, but religion had no place in our home.

All I could do was try to be brave and choke back the tears that would fill up my eyes.

Mom never came back . . .

That’s the beginning of my story, and it’s the same one we hear in the inner city over and over again. It’s about thousands of kids who have been abandoned by society. That’s why we’ve been working in the city for so long. They need more. They need to be safe and well fed. They need a family. And they need something more . . . they need God."

Bill Wilson knows from personal experience and a lifetime of devotion to children -- it takes time to build a generation. But with a commitment to work with committed people all across the globe, this living American legend is working to change the world . . .One Child At A Time.

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