How do you move poeple from:
• Anxious to Committed?
•Fearful to Courageous?
•Lonely to Connected?
•Needy to Fruitful?
•Confused to Focused?
•Protective to Productive?

Things i'm looking and reading about. In thinking about this I'm thinking about the boys I mentor. I have an understanding with them. I'm their friend but at the same time I'm their mentor and they know this. They know that if I get on their case about something is part of me helping them move forward and be productive. Little things such as not littering or getting their tasks done like doing their homework finishing their book report. They know what i'm doing is not for myself but for their own benefit. I don't experience the things they do nor they experience the things I do. But just like them I come from the same background and have an understanding of what their family life is like. Their situation at school, their relationship with each other and their families.

This is very different than having a deciple. Becuase they are not going to take over what I do once I leave. Although I try to spend a high quantity and high quality time with them as if they were going to. But I try to live my life as close to them as possible. Taking them with me every where I go. Shopping, church, work, public speaking, near by inner city work, and even receartional time with my friends.

Just things i'm thinking about.