A Night of Story – Young Life Update – 10.06.08

Friends,

Last night was one of the most encouraging nights at Young Life I have ever had.  We had such a wonderful night with kids as usual but it all started off with an old Club kid, who is graduated, stopping by our leaders room to say hello.  Paul Duran is his name.  Paul asked me if I could talk with him for a minute out in the hall.  Paul basically just wanted to stop by and tell me that Young Life had a huge impact on him while he was in high school.  Paul told me that he only came 2 or 3 times to Club while he was in high school, but every time he came he sensed something really different.  Paul didn’t grow up in a family that went to church but is walking with Christ today because of a few stops at Young Life during high school. Amazing! 

We had a great Club after my talk with Paul.  The night was filled with kids doing a skit to Wayne’s World the movie.  They reinacted the scene at the end where Wayne and Garth lip sang Queens Boehiemin Rap’s Song. It was great. We then played a game where 3 girls made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with their feet and 3 guys had to eat them.  Don’t you wish you were in high school again?

My talk last night was on Trusting Jesus with your life.  I talked to kids about my first swimming lesson as a kid.  I remember being so scared to jump off the diving board, I clung to it like a cat that was about to be thrown into water.  In short I was so scared and didn’t trust that the person waiting for me in the water would catch me.  I told kids about how Jesus invited Peter to step out on the water and trust him.  I talked a while about how in life we stop trusting for so many reasons.  Maybe we’ve been hurt by someone who we thought would never hurt us.  Maybe we trusted someone we thought would take care of our hearts but it only turned out to be a lot of pain and heartache.  I told kids that they could trust Jesus.  He will never fail us.  He created us and knows us better than we know ourselves.  We can trust Christ.  I asked kids if they have trusted Christ yet or if they are just giving him lip service?

After club we went to Sonic to hangout and as I pulled into the parking lot I found out that there had almost been a fight just before I got there.  One of the kids who had been at Club almost got into it with another kid who was at Sonic.  The kid who was in Club pulled me aside and asked me what he should do and oh course I gave him some wise advice.  He then opened up and was telling me all about how he has had so much trouble with his temper in the past and how trouble seems to follow him a lot.  He admitted to me that He wanted to change and better himself.  I then began to share the good news with (we’ll call him John) John, that Jesus has a life specifically created for him.  God desires to know him and be in relationship with him.  I shared with John the full gospel.  John told me that he wanted to meet up with me again this week to talk about it some more but that he wants what I am talking about. Amazing!

Thank You so much for being apart of changing kids lives in Boerne! Kids are seeing Jesus because of your prayers and your gifts!

Thanks a bunch!

Jason