Help send a Tech student to Young Life camp

We are gearing up for Young Life Camp! This year we are headed to Timberwolf Lake in Michigan, June 8-13. We have over 42 students and 5 leaders signed up. It's going to be EPIC!

We are currently trying to raise money for camp scholarships. The cost for one students to attend camp is $400. Over 75% of our students will need a partial or full scholarship.

Our students are working their way to camp by doing community service. If you need any work done,$200 will get you 2 hours of work from a college leader and a group of students from Tech. They can rake leaves, clean a garage, mulch a garden, cut grass, clear brush, clean windows, paint a fence, paint a garage, move furniture, stack wood, wash cars, plant flowers, and MORE!

If you're interested in hiring a kid or donating to the scholarship fund, please contact Sara Trombley, sara.trombley@gmail.com

THANKS!

End of the Year Cookout

We had an awesome turnout at our cookout last week. Over 40 students and several families joined us a Brookside Park for hotdogs, basketball, music, and friends. This has been an AWESOME year! God is working at Tech High School and we love all of our students. Looking forward to camp!

BOWLING with YL!

Last week, we took 20 kids bowling. It was a super fun time. :)

"Camping" with YL girls

Last weekend, Kelsey and I took some of our YL girls to Brown County for the weekend. God blessed us with the PERFECT weather! We stayed in a super cute cabin that was surrounded by beautiful woods and had a great rope swing! We stayed up late playing cards, giving each other facials, making bracelets, making smore's, and hanging out. On Saturday we went to the state park and did a 2 mile "rugged" hike. It was awesome! It was great to fellowship with these girls.

Jersey Club 3/9/11

Today we had jersey club at Tech! It was awwwwesooooooome! Over 60 kids came by. We divided up into 4 teams and competed in many challenges. The winner was the orange team and they got to eat pizza first! Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day...

CLUB 2/23

We had our first club of the new semester yesterday. 77 kids signed in! It was so awesome to reconnect with everyone. We're starting to see regular club kids, which is super exciting! The theme was Game Show. We had Family Fued...can you name the 5 most popular rappers, according to a survey of 100 Tech students? Vanna White was there raffling off prizes. And we learned many new dance moves during a mixer.

Sara gave the talk. The main point was that God KNOWS and LOVES us. Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you." We're looking forward to telling God's amazing love story during clubs this semester.

Meet Tanner Halbig

Hometown: Evansville, IN

College and Major: Butler University
Major: Business

How did you get involved in Young Life? I got involved with Young Life when I came to Butler, although I had heard about Young Life many times before this but just never participated. I found out about the YL Bible Study at Butler, which I went to for the first few weeks. I also met some people like Doug Barnack who then explained to me about the process of becoming a Young Life leader. Initially, I was not sure if I would be able to handle the commitment but decided to give it try anyway. The free meals at Jack and Linda's house were also a positive.

What about Tech excites you the most? Something that excites me most about Tech is the dynamic it offers. Butler definitely feels like it has a "bubble" around it, so it is extremely easy to forget about the world outside of our campus. While most people at Butler probably come from middle to upper class families, I feel like Tech will definitely offer perspective on the people that are not as blessed financially as my family. While reading Tony Dungy's book Uncommon, I learned that Indianapolis has one of the worst graduation rates in the nation at around 30%. This is a huge challenge that I believe falls to people like Young Life leaders who can go make a significant impact on the lives of these high schoolers.

What would people be surprised to know about you? I think most people would be surprised to know that I became an uncle in the fourth grade and have three nieces and two nephews who mean a lot to me.

Hobbies: One of my favorite hobbies is definitely reading. I also enjoy watching movies and having meaningful conversations with people in my life.

What are you listening to on your I-Pod? I listen to a wide variety of music, which ranges from hardcore to rap. Recently, I have really enjoyed Mumford and Sons. My favorite Christian band is The Glorious Unseen, and if I was forced to give my favorite rapper, I would say Wiz Khalifa (though I do not recommend using his lyrics as your life philosophy).