So how is your spring going? Good I hope. We're doing well here at Compass, we've been going on trips and conferences, planning fundraisers, putting together a new curriculum for a new branch of our ministry. It's been an eventful past month or so.
I wanted to write a few things on here to share with you an exciting addition to our ministry. I, as many of you may know, have a strong passion for youth who have found themselves in trouble in some way or another, or could easily head down that path, kids I like to refer to as "fence" kids, as they seem to be on the fence and could make some good decisions and lead successful, fulfilling lives, or make bad decisions, and fall into a self-destructive pattern of behavior. I love them. I want to, as my wife has referred to her experience teaching junior high, push them off the fence and out onto the road of success.
I know that my life has been altered in times that I have spent in the wilderness, there is something so unique and special there. The activities we do with students on Compass trips encourage them to draw from pro social modes of thought and action, they are encouraged to communicate in productive ways, to encourage one another, to share in burdens and joys, to confront their fears. It is such an effective, beautiful tool.
I am so excited as we begin reaching out to students on the fence, good ones, students who are afraid, students who don't practice good communication, who don't practice good decision making. Right now we've got a few trips booked with this kind of a group, and will be working toward ministering to more and more of them in the future.
It is with this in mind that I plead the case that now, more than ever, it is vital that we have like-minded supporters enabling our ministry to reach our community, our world. I would love for you to be a part of this support team,and certainly appreciate anything you can do to help. There is a link on our website, www.compasswilderness.com, that you can click on to make a donation, or you can contribute by mailing a check to:
Compass Wilderness
PO Box 1441
Bedford, TX 76095
Steven
Steven
