Reaching out…

End of a great week.

We got home two days ago, after a week of going full speed with a bunch of High Schoolers we needed a couple of days to re-settle with our family.

Young Life ALWAYS puts on a great camp. It is really solid from the speaking to the entertainment. Everything that Young Life does is top-shelf. This approach goes back to 1941 when Jim Rayburn founded Young Life. Young Life is the organization that led my wife back to Jesus and the organization that we have been a part of for the last 14 years.

It is always amazing to me what can happen in the lives of teenagers when adults engage and show interest.

There was a moment that I will remember forever. There was a student there that I so enjoyed getting to know. We spent a lot of time together, skating, hanging out, drinking coffee. After one of the life signs, the students wanted to go for a walk. We ended up walking to the bridge where the student said, with tears in his eyes that he wanted change in his life. So there we were on the bridge, the bridge that seperates the camp from the location where students symbolically leave their old life behind. So there we were on the bridge and I heard some of the sweetest words uttered by a high school student as he prayed for change in his life. At that moment, I, at twice his age, I felt so lucky to be there in that moment experiencing life with this student.

Every year there are a lot of kids who meet Christ at Young Life camp and we had our share. I am always cautious to release the number as I believe that God is active regardless of how many kids come to an eternal relationship with their creator. With that said, please pray for these new fragile relationships as they venture into a new life.

Thanks.