30 HOUR FAMINE
About 20 of our students and leaders from the combined Cornerstone Covenant/Turlock Covenant churches youth group did the World Vision 30 Hour Famine this weekend. Last night they served dinner at the Modesto Gospel Mission (which they do once a month anyway). Then they slept outside the mission -- not far from the train tracks (I hear trains went by three times during the night). They got up to serve a 6:30 a.m. breakfast. They went back to Cornerstone for a few hours then headed to the Food Bank in San Franciso where they sorted food for the afternoon. Did I mention that they didn't eat anything the whole time, having gone into famine mode at 1 p.m. Friday afternoon. Then at 7 p.m. this evening they had a spagetti dinner.

And they did it all with a great spirit of servanthood. I am more optimistic about this group of teens than any group I've worked with over the last 25 years. Once this generation grabs the mantle of leadership we'll be moving.