Today should be a fun day. This morning I'm working on research for my dissertation, and then this afternoon I'll be spending time with five LAMP kids. We were hoping to go snow tubing, but I just found out that the place we were planning to go is not open for the season yet. I'm sure we'll still find something fun to do together, though.
It's important for people who work with at-risk youth to prepare themselves by being up to date on the latest strategies and youth development models. Most people probably won't prepare themselves by doing a doctorate degree, but it's still important to look at the research that is out, read lots of books and articles, and discuss those findings with colleagues.
Then, go spend time with kids to work those ideas out in context. By the way, the most important thing we can all do to equip ourselves to reach at-risk youth is spend time in the Bible and connecting with God in the best ways that we know to do that. Knowledge is just knowledge if we don't apply it to life, and reading the Bible to learn more about God is just a bunch of knowledge about God if we don't work that knowledge out in our lives.
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