God IS Moving in South County YL!!

Hey Everyone,

It's been an amazing summer and I have so much to tell about what God has been doing in South County!

This summer we took about 80 people to camp. We had 4 different camps and all of them were great! We took students to Woodleaf, Lost Canyon, & Oakbridge.

Area Prayer is going amazing! Each week we have people come and join Megan and I in prayer for the area. It has been so rad to witness God showing up and truly moving in our area and answering prayers! If you would like to come it happens every Monday morning at 9am. Please come and join us!

This summer I had one week in particular that 2 different youth pastors from Laguna Beach contacted me. After meeting with both of them we are establishing joint efforts in reaching the students of Laguna Beach. Young Life used to be in LB numerous years ago. It is exciting to God moving again in Laguna and that YL has a chance to be apart of it.

In the beginning of the month we had our 1st Area Leadership Meeting with over 50 people there. We had a time of worship which was a rad time to prepare our hearts for the beginning of the year. We spent the first part of our meeting sharing a meal together (which is something we will do every meeting, if you would like to help with that please let me know). After that we had a bit of business to go over, split into our club teams, and then spent 45 minutes just worshipping God. The area will be having leadership meeting every 1st Sunday of the month.

This month also saw the launching of a region wide Student Staff training. This training is specifically for our part-time staff, key leaders, and anyone who just wants to learn more. The course will definitely be stretching and a great learning experience for those attending. They will be challenged to not only grow in their leadership but also their spiritual walk. We have 12 people represented from our area going. We have a handful of people who are from local churches within our area and then several part time staff going.

We currently have 2 girls raising money to join staff. One will be running High Rollers (our younger Capernaum club). The other is going to be leading the Dana Hills Club.

We also want to be starting club at El Toro High School. We have a teacher there who has requested YL to be there. He is willing to lead a team of leaders and love on the students of El Toro HS. If you know anyone who would be interested in being a leader at El Toro High School please let me know ASAP.

There is some other exciting stuff happening that I will be letting you know soon. Please continue to pray for the area and what God is doing. Please also join us in praising his name for what he is already doing and done in the area.

We are also in need of more leaders for each club. We currently have 4 clubs in our area with multiple on the horizon. We have 1 typical high school club, 1 middle school club, and 2 Capernaum (special needs) clubs. We can use people who are young and old. Please contact me if you are interested or have any questions.

Thanks,
Dave