First Club of the Year!

Tonight we had our first real Young Life of the year! After a noodle war two weeks ago and the banquet last week we finally got the opportunity to really have some Young Life fun! I honestly didn't count how many students came tonight, If i were to guess I would say between 40-50. The whole night was a whirlwind! We started off the evening a few leaders down and so much of the night was spent scrambling from thing to thing. But God was incredibly faithful and the whole club went smoothly! Caitlin Marshall was our saving grace tonight from leading a great mixer to being the driver for some of our new leaders stuck without cars at Corban University. John Marshall and Macklin Kelly (Two sophomore boys at Sprague did a hilarious "run-on" skit and introduced their characters, Rick and Dick, AKA the Richard Brothers. The Richard Brothers are professional, world famous De-motivational speakers. And they did GREAT! Tonight I shared from Genesis 1:1-31 about the creation of the world. I said that regardless of where you stand on creation/evolution/7 day/etc what we know for sure from Genesis 1 is first that in the beginning God created, and secondly, that when people were created everything went from good to VERY good. I made the claim that God sees us as beautifully as we see a sunset, or a mountain summit, that we are more beautiful than creation in His eyes. I asked the students that came to consider what that meant to them and to consider coming back this semester to explore the rest of the story. All in all it was a great night! Thank you all for your support and prayers! Thank you to the Butler's for hosting Young Life every week! One closing prayer request: We need leaders, Young/Old/Male/Female! Please be in prayer that they will be provided and maybe ask yourself the question, "Is this something God is calling me to?" And once again, thanks! -Mat

The Noodle War!

Well, Tonight was the first Young Life of the school year, and we decided to start off with a bang... NOODLE WAR! 336 packets of Top Ramen, which comes out to being around 150 pounds of cooked noodles, and what did we do with it? All out food fight! 50 high schoolers showed up and the fun and excitement lasted about an hour. We played a few games to get warmed up, and then, WAR. I could keep trying to explain, but instead I'll just urge you to watch the video! Thank you everyone for your prayers and support that make this ministry happen! Thank you to the Chin's for letting us trash their back yard with Noodles tonight! And thank you to the Marshall's for hosting the team for dinner! As usual, if you want to join in this ministry through dinner, or prayers, or leading, or financial support please don't hesitate to email me! SO thankful to be a part of this ministry with so many incredible people from the adults to the leaders to the high schoolers! What a great night!