After church on Sunday I was talking to one of my teens as he was walking away from me. He didn't respond, so I said, "did you hear me?"
He whipped around and said, "Did you just say 'will you marry me?'"
To which Lucas (a 13 year old teen) replied, "I want to marry you! Why didn't you ask me to marry you?"
I laughed.
He continued.
All afternoon.
"Diandra, will you marry me?"
"No Lucas"
Now let me just take a minute and say that I think it is important for my teens to know that I love them. I tell them that all the time. And it's actually pretty cool because some of these kids never hear that from anyone. And some of those kids that were super uncomfortable the first time I told them I loved them are now very comfortable with that fact. It is not out of the ordinary for one of our kids to tell us they love us. So on Sunday afternoon....
Lucas: I love you Diandra
Diandra: I love you too!
Lucas: Then will you marry me?
Diandra: No Lucas.
PS... the kids have taken to mocking my cheesy smile.
Welcome to my Blog!
I'm a youth pastor in Southern California at a Nazarene church. I've been serving here for about 4 years. We have a large youth group of around 100 teens from all different cultures and backgrounds.
We merged with a Spanish church in January of 07 and our youth groups are now ONE! As of a little more than a year ago, I am working with a co-youth pastor named Javier. If you want to know more about me, you can read my very first blog post here.
I started this blog as a way to remember the amazing things that happen in my everyday life in ministry... the hilarious things that my teens say and do, the joys and victories, and the life stories of the amazing teenagers that are the future of our church, and our world. But I am also glad when it brings encouragement and joy to others. Feel free to leave your comments and let me know you're reading!
I am so blessed to be here, I love my teens... they are my heart!
And by the way...
at our church...
we speak 5 languages!!!
English, Spanish, Korean, Chinese and Gypsy! :)
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