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Youth for Christ
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Youth for Christ
515-264-0400
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Jason Wicks
515-360-8994
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Job Changes
It is a boy!
On Valentines Day our second son was born. Andrew George
came into the world weighing 8 pounds and 8 ounces, and 21.5
inches long. We are all adjusting to being a family of four.
Caleb has been a good big brother so far, liking to touch
Andrew’s hair, read books with him, help burp him, and share
his toys with him. He has already rolled over twice, and is
growing into a big boy. We are thankful he doesn’t fight sleep,
but a little longer at night would be great. Caleb will be two in
May, and Andrew is almost 6 weeks. Hard to believe how fast
the time goes.
Save the Date!
Golf Tournament
Summer
Four person
scramble at Beaver
Creak in Grimes,
IA
Peaches
Summer
Come buy some
great Colorado
peaches and
support our
ministry.
Camp
August 1-5
Middle school
camp at Sunsteam
camp ground in
Boone, IA.
Adding a second child isn’t the
only change we are going through
as a family. Kristi is now a stay at
home mom, and learning how to
take care of two kids. It will take
some time to get in the groove of
what it looks like to run and keep
our house going, but the
adjustment is going well and
starting to develop a little rhythm
to our week. She is starting to get
together with other moms and
venture to stores with both kids. I
have now started full time with
YFC, and am learning how to use
an extra 24 hours a week to focus
on YFC work. It has been great to
get to spend more time with
students, get a prayer e-mail
started, and learning how to do
ministry better. We are thankful
that Kristi is able to stay at home,
and are excited to see how the
ministry will grow.
City Life High School
We have been having some really good
discussions at our high school club. We are going
through a student leader curriculum, which YFC
produced, with the boys and they have really
responded to the topics. Some topics discussed so
far are accountability and having others around
you to be open and honest with how life is going,
and multiplying your life – sharing the gospel with
friends and people around you.
One student, while we were talking about our
need to let others into our lives, asked me about
something I struggle with. After I shared about
my life, he responded that he would be praying for
me, and his brother shared a story from the Bible
that related to what I experience. It was an
encouraging, but humbling experience to be
ministered to by our students.
For as well as things are going with the boys we are
struggling with the girls in the ministry. We haven’t had
any girls come to club the last couple weeks. We have 4
girls that would faithfully come, two sets of two friends.
Recently we learned that something happened between
one set of friends so that they don’t talk to each other any
more. The other set have a strong pull to live a normal
urban teen life, and have been living and seeking that life
as of late. It is real disappointing when we see their
Facebook posts about the anger, drama, and frustrations
with their lives and friends, but they don’t have a way to
change things, be willing to talk about it, or have interest
in the Lord.
We went to Chuck -e- Cheese for a fun event after
Andrew was born. Most of our kids hadn’t been there
before and had a great time playing basketball against
each other and turning in their tickets for candy. It also
gives the adults a chance to have fun, building memories
and better relationships with the kids.
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Soccer, Pancakes, and Comedy Cafe
We made it through another indoor soccer
season. We found a home this year at Moulton
Elementary School, about two blocks from our
house in the middle of our neighborhood. The
gym worked out better then expected because it
had bench seating above the gym to keep all the
kids corralled while they weren’t playing. We
ended the year with about 80 kids coming on a
Friday. While kids weren’t playing they were
playing Uno or other games with our
volunteers, I never knew how fun Uno could
be. We are thankful for so many kids coming
and we see that we are meeting a need for kids.
In the 2.5 hours we are in the gym, they only
play soccer for about 25 min. but they still come
and have a great time. So it is more than soccer
that keeps them coming.
We took a break from Sunday morning pancakes
when Andrew was born. I was encouraged the first
time our family made it to church and we saw many
of our pancake kids at church. The kids still wanted
to go and we had people that could give them a
ride. I was thankful for our volunteers going to get
them. We have started back up now, and we are
back making a ton of pancakes, playing and
cheating at Uno, and having a good time Sunday
mornings.
Our 4th Comedy Café fundraiser happened on Feb.
28th. Daren Streblow was our comedian and had us
all laughing with his awkward stories of his life.
We were so thankful for the chance to share what
the Lord is doing and where we are going as a
ministry with about 300 people. We are thankful
for so many people who helped make the event a
success and for the sacrificial giving of so many
people.
Praises and Prayers
- Andrew born healthy and
safely
- Working through a
discipleship book with
Angel and his reading of
the Bible
- High School boys desire
for the Lord
- Good indoor soccer
season
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- Wisdom and finances for a
building in the neighborhood
- Wisdom for the summer
ministry plans
- Kids would want to come to
YFCamp in Aug.
- Our family as we adjust to
new jobs and a growing family
- Our students would have soft
hearts to the gospel and a love
for God.