A stupid thing I did once
When I was a youth pastor I did a lot of stupid things. One that really sticks out was in my very early years. I was young, my students didn't have a clue they were guinea pigs. I was on a mission trip in another country (Yes, we flew on a plane to another South American country with 24 students and just 3 adults). What were we thinking. Anyway, the legal drinking age was 15 in this country and they didn't even enforce that well. You can guess where I'm going...
A naive young youth pastor, I didn't think any good Christian kids got drunk. I was wrong. I had one that got totally plastered on tequila. He made a huge public display. The mission org we were working with found out and told me I had to send him home. I already figured that out. So, I called his parents on the mainland, and made plans to send him home. I didn't actually get a hold of his parents. I didn't actually have any way to get him to the airport. So, I left mom a message and put him in a taxi for the airport in a foreign country miles away by himself.
He got to the airport and landed -- NO parents there to pick him up. He got home safe and he is still alive as far as I know it, but mom and dad were surprised when he was in the living room when they got home that day. Needless to say, good communication with parents would be good advice for any young or old youth minister. They didn’t attend that church any more, and later on I got fired (much later and that was a different story for another blog).
Try not to get fired this week and don't do anything stupid.
A naive young youth pastor, I didn't think any good Christian kids got drunk. I was wrong. I had one that got totally plastered on tequila. He made a huge public display. The mission org we were working with found out and told me I had to send him home. I already figured that out. So, I called his parents on the mainland, and made plans to send him home. I didn't actually get a hold of his parents. I didn't actually have any way to get him to the airport. So, I left mom a message and put him in a taxi for the airport in a foreign country miles away by himself.
He got to the airport and landed -- NO parents there to pick him up. He got home safe and he is still alive as far as I know it, but mom and dad were surprised when he was in the living room when they got home that day. Needless to say, good communication with parents would be good advice for any young or old youth minister. They didn’t attend that church any more, and later on I got fired (much later and that was a different story for another blog).
Try not to get fired this week and don't do anything stupid.
posted by David at 5:02 AM
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