Please don’t correct my spelling or try to fix my grammar in the next couple of sentences. I am just sharing a couple of text messages I got recently from a former MYC student who now lives in Chicago. If you’d like, I can provide a translation for you, but I think you’ll be able to figure it out.
“Hey what book in the bible talk bout jesus dyin on tha cross iz it matthew luke or john”
“Iz it ok to haue a Jehovah friend wil it take u into their religion or what I don’t understand”
I’m always honored when I get questions like this, or when I get questions about other choices one of our kids is making. And, about the time that wears off, I’m saddened. I went to my dad with questions like that. Or, in one or two cases, I went to the youth pastor at my church. I do consider myself a youth pastor, but I really wish these kids had a parent they trusted with questions like this. (Some of them do, I need to admit. Many of them, however, do not.)
So how would you answer these questions? I briefly answered that she needed to be careful, but she could be friends with a Jehovah’s Witness, and then asked her to call me. She still hasn’t. I guess I need to do some follow-up.
Have a good day, and please pray for us.
PS – Mission March is October 17th, and then we’ll dedicate the new Retreat Center at Camp on October 18th at 2:00 PM.
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