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So Miah and I have been away for the last two weeks traveling to Swaziland and the coast to visit teams. It has been such a great experience to see these places and to meet with some incredible people. Along with visiting the teams that are working in churches in Richard’s Bay and Umhlanga, we have been meeting with youth pastors and youth fraternals to see what needs they have for their youth ministries. It was a great thing to get a chance to discuss with such a diverse group of pastors to see what God is doing and what kind of help they need. The crazy thing was the difference we saw in the youth each pastor was trying to reach out to. The youth in Umhlanga (very wealthy predominantly white and Indian) need a very different approach to ministry than the youth from the Bluff (more like the type of kids you would have in inner city Detroit).  It was a little overwhelming to see the needs of around 20 youth pastors who are either just stuck, losing vision, or are trying to reach out to youth who are just not responding.
I pray that God starts to refresh the vision of youth ministries throughout this country and that He brings a wave of young leaders into this generation that so desperately needs some kids with integrity to model what it means to follow Christ in the schools and situations youth face today.  Will you pray with me that God will give J-Life discernment on what the Holy Spirit is doing in the youth in this country and that we will be conduits of hope and life to youth ministries throughout South Africa and throughout the continent. It seems like such a lofty prayer because the needs of each region are so different, but I know that God is moving and that He has created this organization with the heart and vision to see youth being reached all over this world, and the beauty of the diversity of each group will be so powerful to this messed up world. So I have to hope in the vision He has given us and I have to believe that He will guide us and lead us to meet the specific needs of these people.