High Adventure

Recently I have been kind of disappointed because I feel like I haven’t been able to really connect with anyone we have met. I have been praying that I would find someone that I could build a relationship with…even if only briefly.

On Sunday at church I got to meet a couple of really neat kids. For some reason we hit it off right away. These two boys are in high school and are almost like I was at their age (back in the red hair, chain wallet, Nirvana phase). Although we are interested in very different things (they love skating, computer games, high adventure home videos), we all share a love fore adventure and a movie: “Napoleon Dynamite”. We laughed and quoted the movie for much longer that we should have.

It broke the ice, one of them shared with me how much he doesn’t like the private school he attends, the other shared how he sleeps through all of his classes. They told me stories of their friends, and their families. They shared a lot about themselves in 20 minutes. It was fun to listen.

One of the boys had to leave early, but he made sure to give me a hug before he left. I was shocked. I had met him only 20 minutes before…and he was a high school boy. I am thankful for the strange “bond” Napoleon Dynamite created between me and two high school boys.

They have the website address and I pray that through Latreia they will learn a little about the God we trust and love. I hope that they can see the adventure that comes in the call of Jesus to “lay down our nets and follow”. And what an adventure it is to trust that God will provide. Tonight at supper a man told us “you can tell when an idea is from God, because it scares you half to death”. These boys are looking for adventure, I found one, it is called being a Christian. Have you found the thrill?

Laura