you're killin' me smalls!
14 July 2004

as much as i work with kids in youth ministry, they still manage to baffle the crud out of me every now and then. it's like i try to tell them something, but everybody is just totally tuned out to another galaxy for the evening. that's what i get for exhausting them with capture the flag for an hour though.

i'm talking about something else besides the tuning out thing. i have pumped this road trip at the end of july for 2 months now. i have baited them at every opportunity, enticed them with little quasi-hints, and taunted them with the promise that it will be unforgettable. for the majority of them, it has succeeded and they are caught hook, line, and sinker.

then there's the geode.
"i'm not going. i don't feel like it."
what!?
"i just don't feel like it. july is going to be a boring month for me."

i begged. i pleaded. i actually pondered giving him money for a millisecond. i want this kid to go. bad. but he just has it in his mind that he doesn't want to go. there has gotta be something i can do, but i don't know what, other than just keep up the harassment. he will regret not going, for sure. this is his trip, not mine. i'm praying hard on this one.

now for the moment everyone has been waiting for...

clue #2: who am i going there with?

867-530 ni-ee-ine!

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