Some Praises and Prayer requests:

• I and some other adults have seen some undeniable spiritual growth and maturity in some of our youth over the past few months. God is with us!
• Our little group is growing! We have a "core group" of 8 students, and as many as 12 have come on a single youth night. Numbers aren't everything, but they are encouraging.
• Pray for God to move in the hearts of the church and bring revival to this area!! This is the biggest thing on my heart right now. We need people who will volunteer to drive the bus to pick kids up, to meet with and mentor youth on their own time, to be a regualr help on sunday evenings and special events.
• Pray for our missions week, which is less than a month away! Finding help for this week is my #1 stressor right now. I'm afriad we won't have enough adults. Pray pray pray for this to be a success! I believe (because I have experienced it) that mission trips can and do change lives. This week has tremendous potential but it will all flop if we don't have workers who want to spend their time with the youth.
• For myself personally, please pray against discouragement. I can easily let myself start to feel overwhelmed, when the truth is I just need to be patient and rest.