First Young Life!!!

SO, Monday night was set to be our first event. We (My leaders and I) were going to take a group of Sprague High and Trinity kids to North Salem High's club. I checked with their leaders that week to make sure that would be okay and I was given the go ahead. In my time at Sprague so far I've gotten to know about 15 kids (meager, I know, but I know that if I'm faithful to them God will give me more to be faithful with) and I've gotten them all into a mailing list via Facebook and so I have been sending out invite/reminders for the past week or so and of course been telling them in person as well. On top of that I told all my Trinity kids I wanted to come, but only if they brought a friend that didn't go to Trinity with them, otherwise, I told them I'd send them home. I told them this because, as Christian kids already pursuing a life with Christ Young Life is not for them, it is merely a tool for them to use to create dialogue with their friends.
So, with all of this preparation I was hoping for 10-12 kids. I thought that would be a stretch with all that young people have going on nowadays, but I was hopeful. However, to be quite honest, part of me was worried that no one would show up. Anyway, Monday rolled around and 22 kids showed up!!! And I had never met probably 5 of them! I was amazed! It was so great, so we piled into the all of our cars (I drove the Church's 12 passenger van) loaded up with 9 kids and myself. And we caravanned to the Ike Box (Concert Hall and host of North Salem Young Life's Club)! When we got there we all piled into the club room, doubling the number of kids and probably increasing the energy level by 8, and got ready for club. Well, turns out, there was a miscommunication with the North Salem leaders and they weren't doing a normal club that night. They were doing a scavenger hunt around downtown Salem. We made a few changes so that our scavenger hunt ended at Trinity and we went for it. It was a blast, so so so much energy, I wish you could have been there to see it. The excitement fogged the windows of the cars and when we arrived at Trinity we quickly diverted that energy into a happening game of dodgeball, and then had a quick debrief of what we were just a part of.
All I have to say is kids are pumped. I think it's safe to say we will never have an event that small again. God has laid some serious ground work at Sprague already and the harvest is ripe. It's go time. I'm encouraged. And I'm humbled. God keeps reminding me to dream big, raise the bar, and expect miracles. So far, that is exactly what I'm seeing. More to come!!