This Saturday night at our church, we will be watching the Lord of the Rings. We are planning on viewing the movie outside on the wall of the church building. We have given out over 300 flyers to this event both in the church and in the neighborhood. We really want it to be an event to build relationships with the young people of the neighborhood and also with those who come to church but are not involved in the youth ministry program. We are still working out some of the details, so please pray for this event.
Today I stayed home sick. I really just rested because I had a sore throat and headache the last two days. I think it’s from working a lot in the last few weeks. This week is no different. It will be a busy week. Please pray for us in the next few weeks.
This weekend, we drove 3 hours south of Mexico City to a town called Zacatepec to present a youth ministry conference to youth leaders from 6 different churches. It was a good conference, and I think they left with a better idea of how to organize a youth ministry in their church. The guy on the right of the picture is in charge of the youth for his region. At the end of every conference, each church group gets together to develop a rough “game plan” about what they think they could do in their church to lead the young people towards spiritual maturity. I feel that overall, this was a good conference. Unfortunately, now I’m a little sick. Please pray that I will get better soon. Thanks.
We’re back in Mexico after going to Orlando for the weekend. We attended the AYME Conference and saw our family. It was a great break from the “normal” life that we live. We had a great time catching up with our family, and the conference was good to go to as well. It was a good networking thing. I met a girl who is starting a youth ministry program in Puerto Rico as well as a professor from Eastern in Pennsylvania. Overall, it was a good trip. I’m glad we went.
I’ve calculated the final grades for Youth Ministry 110. The average grade was 86, with the highest being 99. The students did really well in the class, and they seem to be understanding how to put it into practice in their Christian service work.
