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Changing A Generation

13/8/2015

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The value of investing into young people.

When I tell people about what I do, youth work & leadership development, their first response is usually quite positive. Then as the conversation continues and it is discovered that I'm a full-time volunteer doing this work the response begins to change dramatically. This is the point where I feel like it becomes more of an interrogation rather than a conversation: "You mean you don't get paid?"
"How long have you been doing this?" "When are you going to get a real job?"
My list goes on of questions I get asked, I actually don't mind the questions. 
In fact, I kind of like the questions because through those conversations I get to explain the "why" behind what I do.

I believe young people can and are shaping the world around us.

When I was a teenager I had dreams, passions, and desires that were burning inside of me, things that I never thought possible. I'm so thankful for the different influences I had in my life, whether that be my parents, teachers, friends, or other mentors. They believed in me, they gave input into my life to help me accomplish the things I wanted to do, and they still encourage and support me. 

I am investing my time, effort, and life to see change in this world. I'd like to see change in many of the heartbreaking issues we face today: suicide & depression, bullying & self-harm, child exploitation & abuse, poverty & lack of education. 

By training & equipping leaders to reach a generation change is possible.

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    I'm Kelcie, I like people, baking, summer weather, the ocean, and Jesus!

    Here's a bible verse that inspires me:  Mark 10:28-30 

    Peter said to him, "We have left everything to follow you!""I tell you the truth," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life.

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