YouthFire Blog

Okay, we’re not really hiring, considering it isn’t a paid gig, but YouthFire.com is definitely in need of some help.

We need our own resident geek(it’s a GOOD thing…I’m a geek!) willing to join forces with YouthFire.com to help us upgrade our current site and add on new projects.

This geek will need to have knowledge of:

1. PHP
2. MySQL Database Management
3. phpBB2 Database Structure(this can be learned easily)
4. HTML/Javascript

or 5. Knowledge of Drupal(We are considering switching the whole site to it.)

If you are interested, contact me at beauh (at) youthfire.com

For those of you without these particular skills, please pray that we find the person we need. Without this person we can’t move forward with improving YouthFire.com and in many ways regular maintenance is hindered.

Thanks!

Lately I’ve been reflecting on the past year and how much has changed. I know I haven’t spent as much time around YouthFire as I used to. As much as I’ve missed it, I feel like I was exactly where God wanted me to be. I think my ministry direction changed to focus on the people directly around me.

About a year ago I met a guy named Tim when we watched a movie with a mutual friend. Whenever we saw each other on campus we would talk to see how the other was doing and what was going on. We started hanging out some, and I eventually invited him to go to Mexico for Spring Break with the campus ministry with which I am involved. I really didn’t think much of it at the time; I just thought it might be something he would enjoy.

This past week he spoke to our campus ministry group about how I “made” him go to Mexico and how much of an impact that had on him. I think it really got him thinking about things. A year ago (when I first met him), he was really into partying and underage drinking. Just a few weeks ago, he decided to give up alcohol until he was 21, which was a huuuuuge step for him.

I can’t take credit here. I see God working in his life, but I also feel like God used me as a vessel. I was thinking about Esther and her role to save the Jews since she was put into a position of power “for such a time as this.” I was also thinking about Jabez and how he prays, “enlarge my territory.”

This is the here and now. Pray that God will “enlarge your territory” and give you influence and opportunities to bring glory to Him. You may never know what relationships God has placed you in “for such a time as this.” Pray that God will use you.