Story number 3 for 13 Jun 2003

(USA)–An organization reaching the youth of the United States and around the world has reached an exciting milestone. Young Life’s Terry Swenson. “Young Life has been on a pretty wonderful growth mode for the last five years. And for the first time in our history, we estimate that Young Life leaders, staff and volunteers have been involved with more than one-million kids just within this last school year.” Swenson says world events and life’s experiences may be responsible for the milestone. “Now, probably more than ever, kids are searching and they are eager to respond well to people who are in their lives as a caring adult who meet them where they are in a non-judgmental way and who show a genuine friendship and model a life style that I think kids really yearn for.”