Conversations with CYIA-ers

            This week I had a wonderful conversation with one of my Christian Youth in Action friends, who is looking forward to her second year of training. This young lady can’t wait to learn how to teach a Bible lesson, although she has taught a couple in a Good News Club already—and quite well, I might add! She’ll also be joining the teens and adults for Good News Across America in the future, to “blitz” cities with 5-day clubs. She said she’s never done anything like that before, going away from her family for such a long missions trip! 

         Another of the CYIA teens I talked to recently is thinking of attending TCE (Teaching Children Effectively) class this year. 

She has had to make a lot of hard decisions lately, some about CEF and some very personal. But this year she also said that CYIA helped her grow in her relationship with Christ. This young woman had some wonderful testimonies of what God did through her teaching at 5-day club, like this one:

I almost gave up on a child, because she wasn’t answering the questions about being saved very well. However, I decided to work on it more with her. She got to the point where she could accept Christ, and she did!

        My sister also participated in Christian Youth in Action last year, and was such a good teacher, people kept asking why she hadn’t done it sooner! The truth is, she had finally felt God’s call to the ministry, and was quick to respond. My sister said that last summer taught her to take things to God in prayer, and that “He can bring children to Him in weird ways!”

        I love hearing the stories and seeing the teenagers rely on God’s word. If I could convince teenagers in Wisconsin of anything, it would be to participate in Christian Youth in Action, because through this ministry, God has changed the lives of teenagers and children all over the world. I can’t wait to see whose lives will be changed this summer!