raleigh youth.
Entry that never made it in yesterday.
Today was cool.
This morning we visited a new bilingual church and Jesus spoke to me. I listened for the first time in a little while, and I caught some important stuff. It’s looking like our relationship is gonna be threading back together.
This afternoon I spent in Acuña with kids from Raleigh, North Carolina. They were all richer than what’s good for any family. Talking about their $13,000 used car their parents got them… stuff like that. However, as long as a kid will hold a conversation with me, I will hang out with any of them.
I spent most of the day with a scene kid named Bren and a girl named Julie. Bren reminded me so much of Fat Alex because of his feminine touch and clothing style, it was insane. Minus Alex’s attitude, though. This guy was pie to me and everyone, so I guess that’s why I hung out with him. Julie was cool because she listened to all the same music I do. Dashboard, Further Seems Forever, UnderOATH, all them. We walked around singing all our favorites all afternoon.
But, typically, and as I like to do, I left them all without any contact… completely anonymous. It was like reading a book about another town and other kids all afternoon. But it made it wish I either lived in Raleigh or they lived here, or some way that would make their youth group be an option, because I don’t have a youth group any more.
So I got back to Del Rio in time for work and they let me go after two hours when I was supposed to work until close last night.
So I spent last night riding in the back of a truck down a country road with my younger brothers and sisters and my little cousin Caden, and watching Glory Road with Hannah.
posted by Noah Pippen @ 8:46 AM
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i must warn you to be careful of over-analyzation. this was not meant to undermine the worth of any person or to praise another. however, i must apologize for my inclarity. as "youth group" is a two-word noun, you may be able to take two meanings out of what i said. obviously, i know which one you took.
i am not without the "youth", i am without the "group". there's a true hole there.
It was just a flood of new kids... and they were all like upper high-school level, so i was really jazzed that i was hanging out with a lot of kids my age. I also really felt like that group had direction to it--inside and outside. the kids were sheerly amazing, that's all. i guess i fed on a selfish moment, wishing i was somewhere where i am not and with people who i can't be near. someone i respect dearly said to me, "people who constantly complain about living in Del Rio and who can't live with themselves here have generally one of two problems. either 1) they are struggling with guilt, or 2) they are bitter at God. This is one of my friends who has taught me that we have to deal with whatever is dished out, it's the hand of cards we'll play with.
i said all that to say that perhaps i WAS being unthankful, and i wished those kids lived here. but in reality, i would never switch them out for the kids here. i have way too many memories and ties, and our friendships have many good years on them. i'm wouldn't trade in.
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