Malcolm McCarn, Trustee, Maximum Impact Love

Little did Drew know that a chance sighting of a young teenage girl about the same age as his own daughters, alone and bewildered on the streets of southwest Atlanta would have such an impact on his life over the next few years. Today Drew Sewell serves as the guiding light for a ministry that has enriched the lives of more than 50,000 people over the first six years.

It all started on a bright summer day as he exited the interstate to come to the office. He was taking an exit that he had rarely used over the past seven years, but the circumstances of his job responsibilities had put him in that place on that day. There was a brief moment in time when he encountered a young female appearing to be in her early teens. She seemed fresh, innocent, and definitely out of place; she was a “working girl” in society’s oldest profession, prostitution.

Drew went on his way toward the office to start another day of managing the day-to-day operations of two large manufacturing plants. There were people waiting to meet with him, problems to solve, and decisions to make that needed his immediate attention. He didn’t have the luxury of having time to talk to this young teenager or take care of her - or did he? Drew, being a strong believer in the power of the Holy Spirit, had witnessed what God could do in his life if he allowed God to use him; this time, the power of God was overwhelming as he searched his heart with that question that has confronted all believers at one time or another in their lives: