Dear Friend,   Welcome to October!  Young Life and WyldLife clubs have started and are going strong (about 50 teens total each week are coming).  Leaders are entering into new relationships and deepening older ones. Coffees, Sonic shakes, lunches, are being had as leaders try to 'win the right to be heard'. Student leaders are really stepping up to the challenge in club. Campaigners are going strong on Thursday's for high school teens. All good stuff!   Recently I sat across the table from some middle school guys at lunch as another middle school guy talked about WyldLife club. "We do really fun stuff like throw tennis balls around the gym (yes, it was safe) and then have a 30 minute bible study," (really it was all of 8 minutes *grin*), to which another boy replied "My family is not very religious." His statement has stuck with me. I think because it says a lot about his understanding of Jesus, and I would venture to say most teens would have responded the same way.  They think of religion when they hear God, Jesus, and the bible. They have a skewed perspective or picture of Christ. The idea of Jesus being relational, personal, and involved has never entered their minds.  So please pray. Pray for the gospel to be proclaimed. Pray for the Spirit's power to open minds and hearts. Pray for the adults who are 'building bridges of friendship' with lost teens.

Please also pray for these items: WyldLife -  Our faithful middle school teens to bring friends Continued openness on the campus for us to be there leaders to develop new relationships through contact work kids to sign up for winter camp (Dec 5-7) and the money to be able to go  Young Life - more adult leaders who want to invest their lives in teens (we are in need)!! perseverance for leaders teens to invite friends to come to club depth in campaigners hearts to be transformed by the gospel signups for Wolf weekend (Dec 5-7) Committee - encouragement for donors that God would meet our own needs & brokenness for more adults to join in the 'work' of committee who's goal is to provide the resources for this ministry and to encourage those who give to it. Praise for His provision in all areas over the last year!

Help Needed:   WyldLife Winter Camp (Dec 5-7) @ Frontier Ranch - We need 3 more suburban-like vehicles and drivers.   Wolf Weekend Camp (Dec 5-7) - we need 9 vehicles and drivers (2 trucks and 7 suburban-like vehicles). Drivers will also be on work crew, serving in DH and helping out.