Dear Youth Workers,
Paul and I have so much to be thankful for that it's really hard to know where to begin. We are thankful for our wives, Connie and Marla, who have been tremendous encouragers as we trek through our youth ministry years. We are thankful for our children. Paul has two sons, Sam and Steven. I have one son Lee and his wife Selena and they have my two grandchildren Shealey and Nellie. I have one daughter Joy and her husband Jammie and they have a little one on the way.
We are so thankful that we have been blessed with good health and material blessings. We are thankful that we minister for a church who reaches out to people with all kinds of life's struggles. We are thankful that God has blessed us with a few spiritual gifts with which we try to use to serve Him.
We are thankful that we live in a country where we can worship without fear of being arrested and imprisoned for being a believer.
We are so thankful for Teen Life Ministries and for the many youth workers who have impacted our lives. Thank you so much for your dedication to His cause and for your willingness to reach teens when others give up. Thank you for the many sleepless hours you spend playing games, going on retreats, teaching Bible classes and just hanging out with a group of young people whom often feel as if they are in no-man's land.
We are thankful that we serve a God who is totally consumed with love for us and a Father who listens when we talk to Him. Everyday we "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever." Psalm 107:1. We are so thankful that we serve a God who was willing to give His Son to die on a cross so that we can live eternally with Him.
We could write page after page of the things we are thankful for and it would take us hours or even days to get it done. So, what can we do or say to God for all He has showered us with. I think a simple "thank you" is what He wants.
We love and appreciate each of you and pray for you daily.
Keep Praying,
Al and Paul
www.TeenLifeMinistries.com
www.TeenLifeMinistries.com
P.S. A remarkable phone call from a 12-yr old boy to Houston radio station KSBJ FM 89.3. So profound, the station has it posted on their website. Click below to listen to it. It's short.
