December is here! WOW!

Well tonight was, once again, a huge blessing! I just can't believe how incredible our students are, and the leaders that surround Sprague Young Life. If you prayed for the dream team of Young Life leaders and God answered, well, you'd get this team! I am SO thankful for all they do and all they sacrifice to tell people about Jesus, it's just amazing! Young Life was great tonight! We had nearly 50 students in the room, and the energy was just incredible! I think we've finally really created a culture of students that love to sing and yell and laugh and interact with everything going on. It has taken what we do on Monday nights from a show we put on to a party, and it's the best feeling in the world! Tonight, while singing "Only Exception" by Paramore, students we're singing so loudly and so well, that I didn't even need to lead! What a great blessing to be a part of this incredible ministry! Caitlin Marshall gave the talk tonight and told our students about the hope that the resurrection brings. She told us how even though sometimes it seems like God isn't there, when we feel like the early disciples after Good Friday, before Easter, well, we can still know that Easter is coming. That Jesus did rise and because He isn't in the ground some where we can put all of our hope in Him. She did a masterful job and reminded me that I definitely don't have to speak every week! With leaders as talented as this, it would be insane to not get them upfront more! Special thanks to the Gillette's for hosting us for dinner! And of course, to Mark and Rebecca Butler for hosting us and our rambunctious crew for Young Life once again! We couldn't do it without those named, and so many of you unnamed prayer warriors and financial donors. Thank you all SOOOO much for ALL that you do! I thank you from the bottom of my heart! Also, if you are reading this and thinking, "Gee, I'd love to get involved in meals or in financial support" please feel free to let me know!! Thanks again! -Mat