Happy Belated Birthday!

This is a birthday greeting the youth have for Ate - it's a bit late but as they say, better late than never!  

I just noticed ... it used my picture as the thumbnail, that was random!  I didn't do that, just fyi.

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Summer Summer Time Singstar

Found these two videos from the summer with the youth jammin' out to Singstar ... hope you enjoy!

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Age Ain't Nothing but a Number

As I was writing the last entry, it got me thinking about this topic and I wanted to start writing about it now instead of waiting till later.  We all know how that works right ... we read or do something then we tell ourselves, or make a mental note to "reply later" or something similar.  Then a few hours go by, a day, a week and then months and we're still telling ourselves that we will do it later ... so I'm doing it now.

Here I am a 29 year old, who's working and volunteering with this church/youth group.  A lot of the "kids" are just getting into college, so they are 18-20 years old.  It's usually a weekly basis that I see these kids and usually we hang out a lot.  Go to the movies, get some Korean BBQ, play some Rockband2, watch movies at my house or whatever it is ...

Sometimes I wonder to myself when I am with them is if they feel that I'm one of their friends, or if I'm just a chaperone.  Someone who is the driver and isn't really part of the "group."  I can't help but wonder that sometimes just because of the age gap, but I already know that I am part of them and the age isn't an issue. Well at least I hope I'm right about that.

I mean how many people do you know hang out, like really hang out on a regular basis with people who are 10 years younger.  Well you know at least one, and that's me.  It's funny how I can relate and how I can sort of see them at the same age level ... that's one thing I really like about myself, is that I don't ever want to fully grow up! 

I want that childlike feeling of being open to do anything and everything, of being innocent and not being afraid of getting hurt, and seeing what the immediate world around you has to offer.  I like the kid in me that never is afraid to come out.

So as the hang outs continue and we all grow older, I'll probably start to wonder if they don't mind hanging out with a 40 year old when they are all 30.  But then again, it doesn't matter to me because I'll always be a child at heart. 

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Youth Infomercial

Here is something that we have been working on as a presentation for Ultreya.  Gotta love their acting skills!

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