Kelly Chadwick has been serving as the program coordinator for our Real Life program for over a year now; previously, she went on the World Race in October 2008, during which she rose up as squad leader in January 2009. Prior to participating on the World Race, Kelly served as a youth director at a church in Colorado. She wrote the following post about moving the collegiate generation of believers into followers of Christ.
The proper way to start a blog is with a catchy sentence or unbelievable fact that will get your attention and cause you to become so sucked in that you can’t help but read the whole thing. I’m usually pretty good at that. Or at the very least, I’ll usually have a catchy title that might grab your attention.
So I probably should have started this by telling you that there are 143 million orphans in the world right now. Or that 385 million people live on less than $1 per day. And that 27 million people are slaves today.
But the problem with those “catchy statistics” is that we’ve heard them before. Or if we haven’t heard those exact ones, we’ve heard another one just as staggering and overwhelming. Sure there are still some who are remain blissfully unaware, but for most of you that follow my blog, these are not new ideas.
I recently heard someone say that this generation of college students/young adults is so over-aware that it’s almost become paralyzing. They could rattle off these statistics at the drop of a hat. They’ve grown up following Invisible Children and seeing Compassion International children staring back from their television screens.
They’re incredibly cause-driven and pretty socially aware. They’re not impressed with another unbelievable fact placed to get their attention.
But what they are desperate for is someone to tell them what they can do; for someone to give them the chance to move from Aware to Active; to see the realities of this world with their own eyes; to actually get their own hands dirty; to put their money where their mouth is and go. do. something.
So we’ve launched the …this is real life campaign. To change these statistics into people and to turn awareness into action. Check out these stories below and see how college students can change the world. At least for Esther. Or Lee. Or Peter.
We’re still accepting applications for our Real Life spring semester trips, which begin in January 2011. Through the end of November, the application fee is waived. Click here for more information and to apply.
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