In what is either a sure sign this youth & young adult minister has gone round the bend or is just really a believer in youth service trips, I just booked what will be the third trip for our youth ministry for the year.
We survived New Orleans (though my stress level was through the roof at points).
Guatemala is humming along and we're looking forward to that trip later in the summer.
But there were kids that were not ready to travel abroad, couldn't afford Guatemala, were busy during winter break, or just couldn't do one of the other two. Thus I thought we would try Young Neighbors in Action. I have heard great things about them from other youth ministers I respect. Given we do have two other trips, I am limiting us to one van load. On the upside, my parents are already planning on buying lunch and frozen custard for our group when we drive through the Milwaukee area on our way home. That could be a selling point for the kids! [For reasons of their own understanding, the teens think my mom is incredibly cool and they love when my parents come to visit and drop by youth ministry events like our Living Way of the Cross.]
So ready or not Green Bay, we are headed your way! It will be great for this Wisconsin native to head to her favorite state, do some good work, and introduce teens to frozen custard and cheese curds.
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