Some tough stuff

We had our girl talk at FUSION (youth group) on Wednesday night. It went really well. We had one of our adult leaders give a testimony and from there, the girls had a million questions (ok, so maybe not a million, but there were a lot of questions).

Some girls felt comfortable enough to share some stuff with us. One girl took me aside to tell me some issues she has dealt with in her life. All of these issues I have never dealt with (THANK YOU GOD), but my heart breaks for this girl. She can't afford professional help, and I might need to go out and buy her a pregnancy test. For the sake of confidentiality, I won't go into all the details, but I do just ask you to pray for this girl. She would benefit GREATLY from Christian counseling. I wish I knew where I could direct her, because she really does not have the money to pay for services like that.

These girls are so young, and already have been used, hurt, mislead and are so confused about what they know from their home life and what we talk about at church. They get two different messages, and I just don't know how seriously they take God's word.

What I would like to do is put on a purity retreat - SOON. We have a lot of unresolved topics to go over, and I know they're interested in hearing more. Please pray for me, and the other youth leaders that God will direct us and show us how to handle some of these really fragile and extreme situations.

THANK YOU!