A Good Man

He wanted to thank John for the ministry of Youth Mentoring and the life changing effect it had on his life. He is currently enrolled in Culinary Institute and has a promising future. He is happy and well adjusted and has had a good life with many happy memories, which he credits to his Youth Mentoring match. He related that he has a brother who did not get matched with a Youth Mentoring volunteer and unfortunately, that brother has been in and out of trouble for years, is not happy and has no plan for a future.

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Whose Voice Do You Hear?

I think that if we sense a “tug on our conscience” to do something that God’s word or Jesus’ life agree with, then God may literally be telling us to do it. This distinction is very important. I believe that the reason many people get a “tug on their conscience” and then put the idea aside because of busyness, fear or finances is that they do not attribute the thought to a direction from God.

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A “Real” Best Friend

Shandra is a kid who stands out in a crowd of her peers and to them, it is as if she carries a sign that reads, “Pick on me.” She is sweet and talkative with a positive outlook on life, but she just doesn’t “fit in”. The subject of friends is conspicuously absent from the conversations between Beverly and Shandra. There is an aunt she loves, mom and grandma, but no friends to talk about. School is simply a lonely place for her. This is an at risk kid in the making.

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I Want to be a Clown…So I Can Smile All the Time

I pulled up to the front of *Bridget’s house. She was sitting outside on the stoop waiting for me to arrive. She turned and yelled through the door to her older sister, announcing that she was leaving. She was running to the car before I could even open my door. We were off to the circus. It wasn’t just any circus, it was the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and she was so excited!

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Unspoken

Thankfully, the Lord has called Sherry*, Layell’s pen pal mentor, to read her letters, to pray and plead her case before the Lord, to ask Him for the words and then respond to Layell in love in her next letter. This scene is played out over and over again on a weekly basis as the love of Christ extends into the state prison system to young men and women who may otherwise never have the opportunity to hear about Jesus.

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Misfit Missy

Sandy is a tough one. She just does not fit in any of our other programs. She does not fit in youth group or Sunday school. Believe me, we have tried. But she does not fit. We even cast her as Mary in last month’s play. At the first service, she forgot her line, got embarrassed and while running off, she pushed between the wise man and the speaker stand. The speaker came crashing down onto the communion table.

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So Alive

Eight-year-old Courtney* is the oldest of four girls in her family. As with most of our Youth Mentoring kids, Courtney and her three younger sisters are being raised by a single mother. Her parents divorced about two years ago and that was the beginning of Courtney’s challenges. As a result of her depression, anger, hurt and fear over the divorce, Courtney started down a road of overt defiance at home and at school, which caused her grades and peer relationships to dramatically shift in the wrong direction.

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The Miracle of a Buddy

Denzel had been referred twice, by two different agencies. The first was a nurse at a local hospital where he had been evaluated after saying for the second time that he wanted to kill himself. Can you imagine, I had no one to match him to. Months later, while still on the waiting list, he was referred again by a counselor who described Denzel as a bright, artistic child who likes to read out loud, loves math, and is desperate for one to one attention. I was told that his single mother of five is working and is understandably, overwhelmed. Denzel was also described as being ADHD, having no friends and getting in fights in school. Christian Mentors.

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How Many Dads Are We Able To Buy?

A Christian school was preparing to have Larry Raab, a leading member of our staff, as the chapel speaker. The school was working with the children to raise money for this ministry as a mission project. The young children were told that this is a ministry to the fatherless. One sensitive youngster understood the problem better than most and asked: “How many dads are we going to be able to buy?”

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I’d be Blind Not To See God’s Plan in My Life!

Little did anyone who was at that Warren Christie meeting dream that this would be the birth of Youth for Christ which has contributed to or birthed countless other ministries like Dr. Graham’s ministry and even Long Island Youth Mentoring. It was just one meeting. ‘Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the apples in a seed.’

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