Mooooooooooooore Questions?

Middle school kids want to be honest and want to be known… ask authentic questions and you’ll get authentic answers... they are old enough to process the truth... so give it to them… ask away… please YOU be ready to be answer the questions authentically as well!

·        Where were you born?

·        If you could have anything, what would you wish for?

·        When, Lord willing, you are a Mom/Dad what will you do different than what your mom is going now?  Be more, what?  Do more, what?

·        What would your dream vacation be?  Why?

·        What is the most sick or injured you have ever been? 

·        Tell me a story about one of your scars?

·        If you had $50 how would you spend it?

·        What has been the happiest moment of your life?

·        What has been the scariest moment?

·        Do you think God is real?

·        If you could be REALLY good at one thing- what would it be?

·        What percentage of the time do you think you tell the truth?  Why do you sometimes lie?

·        Do you know any stories in the Bible?  What do you think is a cool story?

·        What qualities do you look for in a friend?

·        What in life brings you the most joy?

·        Do you have a favorite song?

·        Are your grandparents living?  How do they show you they love you?

·        Why do you think people get married- do you know anyone that's married- what do you think about it?  Will you get married you think?

·        If you could change one thing about the way you look what would you change?

·        Do you like a boy/girl?  What is his/her name?  Why do you like him/her? 

Why Wait Well? and How?

Possible New Year’s resolutions for the GLORY of God….

Commit to pray for your mentee EVERY day

Take a look in the back of your mentor handbook and choose one thing each quarter to do NEW with your mentee

Share the gospel

Make a point to meet with your mentor coordinator to brainstorm

Create your own New Year's resolution...

Take your mentee’s guardian out to lunch or sit in the house for an extended period of time to get to know him/her better

Be at the mentor training Jan 14. “It takes a Village” – with the guardian - 9am to noon

Read a book off the Mercy Street recommended reading list

Visit your mentee’s school for lunch or to meet teachers

Surrender your plan for your mentee's life for His plan...  

Garrett and Jill would like to say THANK YOU for....

• challenging us in our personal walks with Christ!
• taking time to value the comradery with the staff at Mercy Street
• loving the whole family of your mentee
• seeing your mentorship as not "just another volunteer opportunity", but an important part of your life to which you give your full devotion
• your consistency week after week
• being willing to step up to take the challenge to mentor
• a "whatever it takes" attitude to help
• your generosity with your own money to help Mercy Street
• being creative and thinking diligently on ways you can love, serve, and challenge your mentee
• the ways you include your mentee in your other personal relationships
• the way you invite others to be a part of what God is doing in West Dallas
• your determination to have lasted this long... to weather the storms you have faced
• being flexible
• the ways you are available to help in any way at Mercy Street
• the times we have showed up to an event in the community and you are already there supporting a cheering on your mentee
• volunteering to help lead bible study each week
• collaborating with others at mentor trainings
• spreading the word about Mercy Street
• the seriousness you take to live a life that screams to your mentee... follow me as I follow Christ...
• surrendering your own plan for your mentee's life... for HIS plan!

Connecting the dots... choices I make today (good & bad) affect my personal and career future!

At the beginning of October, many middle schoolers along with their mentors gathered at Mercy Street to hear from eight loving and passionate adults to learn about different career options.  It was incredible to watch how engaged the students were in listening to the adults share their testimony of what they do on a daily basis in their job, the course of schooling they took to be successful in their career, and what they intentionally denied their flesh with the things of this world, in order to achieve their dreams in their occupation.

Euraiya and Staci in front of Mercy Street



Garrett giving a charge to think beyond today



John brought his fireman uniform for others to try on

Peter, current teacher in West Dallas, discussing with some possible future teachers



Ex pro football player, Derrick (on right), who graduated from Edison Middle School, with Ike and mentee Keith



Interactive Job Fair THIS Saturday, Oct 8th

Our next middle school only event is right around the corner ... please RSVP on the Evite below…Every young person needs to have dreams of their future?And every young person needs help connecting the choices they make today to that future.

We have designed a morning for you to help your mentee make that connection.  We are calling it, an “interactive career fair,” which means on October 8th from 9am-Noon we will host men and women of different occupations in different rooms of the Mercy Street campus. You and your mentee are invited to come and learn from each professional, during sets of 15 minute interactive presentations.

We believe this event can be a time God uses to spark conversation about your mentee’s future. The overall hope is to help kids see that their choices today (both bad & good) affect the opportunities they will have tomorrow, yet also helping them see the amazing potential they have!

If you are interested in attending please click here to sign up via Evite or shoot Garrett or Jill an email and reserve a complimentary lunch of delicious authentic Mexican food included for you and your student.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Our side is krunker than krunker than your side!

We had a blast at Outback Pine Cove in the beginning of August!  We took about fifty middle school kids near Columbus, Texas to enjoy some fun adventures... horse back riding, basketball, archery, BB guns, blobbing, paintball, kayaking, zip line, climbing wall, and the all important P-O-O-L!

Click Here to check out MANY MORE pictures posted on Pine Cove's page: Outback - Week 11