Born into extreme poverty in Liberia in West Africa, Gabriel Abraham Singbeh was sent away from his beloved family at age 9 to live with extended family in the city, relatives who ended up abusing and eventually abandoning him to the streets at age 13. Clinging to faith in God, which his mother had instilled in him at an early age, Gabriel survived abuse, lack of regular schooling, hunger, and homelessness while serving faithfully in his church and leading home Bible studies for other teens in his neighborhood.