Dear Family,
A couple of weeks ago at CELEBRATION! a young man walked in accompanied by his mother. Now to many, a teen showing up to youth group with a parent may not seem unusual, but in Chester it is. I walked over and introduced myself and answered a fairly typical round of questions: What is this? What time is this done? What do you do? How many kids come? Upon answering, mom was happy and entrusted her child to my care. My interests were beyond peeked; I wanted to interrogate him as to how his mom heard about CELEBRATION! teen program. But I did not have to. All I had to do was ask, “Why did you decide to come?” and out came the story. “My mom was worried because I was getting involved in a gang, and I was in trouble with the cops, so she told me I had to come.” Now, luckily for me, he knew a few of our regular guys from school and settled in for game night.
This young man could have denied his mother’s request, although I think he may have taken his life into his own hands if he had, but he did not. He made the best out of the situation he was semi-forced into (I am not sure what his options were, but I assume CELEBRATION! was on the softer side of things). I often feel forced into situations that I have no control over or have any desire to be in. There is one thing I can do in these instances; I can have a good attitude. I can choose to do my best at aiding relationships, solving conflict, loving others and a myriad of other people-related occurrences. The Lord has truly increased my learning curve, and CELEBRATION! has been my school. The teens who enter into Frederick Douglass
Christian School on Monday nights have taught me to show love in all events.
Please pray that the Lord will continue to teach me about life and that He will bring teens to CELEBRATION! who would not usually choose to be there. Thanks for the love and prayers. They are always needed.
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