A human being can’t persuade Junior High kids to attend something they don’t want to attend. I saw a brochure announcing a Christian retreat weekend for youth. I almost didn’t bother - but on Sunday I decided to mention it to the kids in our class.
Monday night my daughter asked me who was going on the retreat. I said, “Nobody.” She said four girls wanted to go, and could she go, too? This coming from my child? The one who will not even discuss church camp?
“Sure,” I choked.
When she got off the phone I called the parents to see if this was for real. Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Five, counting my daughter.
Later, I had to find a student willing to be a greeter at church Sunday. The first one I called said, “No, because that’s the weekend of the retreat.”
“Oh? You’re going too?”
I called around to rearrange some dates for the greeters and uncovered five more who were planning to go.
Eleven! And by Thursday there were fourteen! I called the person in charge of the retreat. “We really hadn’t planned on such a large response,” she said. “Could your church send an adult to help out?”
“Sure.”
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