Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Young Life

so some of u guys may know what young life is.  for those of u who don’t, here’s a quick summary: “Young life is a non-profit organization dedicated to making an impact on kids’ lives and preparing them for the future.”  for us leaders, we call it relational youth ministry.  what that means is i’ll visit a local high school (in my case, Forest Hill Northern) to build friendships with freshman there.  through these friendships, i’ll mentor them, guide them, have fun with them, hang out with them, cry with them, whatever.  all this is in hopes that they may know Jesus Christ as Lord, and if they already do, then my purpose would be to help them on their walk of faith. 


so the technical description may not be thrilling, and that’s because words don’t do it justice.  young life ROCKS MY SOCKS OFF DUDE!  it’s the only place where i can break out all the slang i want, cuz that’s what we can do when we hang around younger kids.

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me:  “yo, wassup dawg!  how’s my homeboy doin’?”
young 9th grader i’ve never met before:  “hey!  i’m doing…”
me cutting in: “that’s SWEET bro!  yo, let’s go chillax sometime and pop some donuts.”
wide-eyed 9th grader:  “uh, when?”

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and the conversation goes on and on.  trust me, its fun.  amazing how much u can convey using slang and body language.  but u know what’s the hardest part?  remembering names.  so that’s why i take pics of the kids!  then i go home and study the pictures and put names to faces.

speaking of pictures…

From Young Life Club and
Leaders Game Night @ Phatty’s



mark (left) and another kid i met at YL club


fellow YL leaders, one in christmas lights


josh, a YL leader from nearby Cornerstone U.


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can anyone help me with the names of those two kids in the first picture?  i gotta get their names down, im afraid i forgot.  just leave it in the comments.

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