Hopefully you’ve been able to see how and why we are doing this. We want to help you get there but not do it for you. Think of it this way, you are looking at a cliff and you can’t get there alone. There is someone there who can either stand on the cliff and pull you up, or could tell you where to grab on and support you on your journey.  The adults are trying to have that second role.  They could to the work for you and pull you up but it’s so much better to help you get there. 

• Good thing/ Bad thing
• How did your challenge go?

    Failure. It’s a word that no one likes to hear... especially if it’s about us. Is failure valuable? I wanted to take some time to address failure because it will happen. This is most likely a new concept still and there are some kinks to get worked out. What happens when things go wrong? What do you do when you are planning a project or reaching out to a group of peers at school and it all goes downhill? One of the hardest things to do has been to watch teens fail. Could I, or your mentor, step in and do everything so you don’t fail? Of course! But that wouldn’t allow you to learn from how to take ownership in your own faith. It’s easy for an adult to make sure none of the teens ever fail. They just have to do everything for them! I think failure if crucial. Let me come back to this after I talk about empowerment.