We do things a little different out here in Graham, Washington.  Not only is cow tipping a regular part of Campus Life, but we also have the privilege and freedom to boldly and openly discuss walking with Jesus with the students we minister to out here in Frontier Jr. High!  I guess all of the farm smells and lack of some good ol’ city polluted oxygen has gone to my head, I’m sorry.  There is no cow tipping; at least not related to Campus Life.  But there is plenty of Jesus!  The curriculum given to us by Youth For Christ is meant to reach a very broad audience, one that is primarily non-Christian and that is in a setting typically non-conducive and in fact very much against in some cases, the teaching of the gospel.  But we however, representing YFC in Graham, have the opportunity to teach just that on campus!  Due to this exciting chance we all have been blessed with, we have decided to take a more direct approach toward teaching the gospel on a week by week basis through using curriculum available at IAmSecond.com.  This website uses video formatted testimonies of Christian celebrities and every-day people to spark discussion on different aspects of who God is and who Jesus can be to us in an applicable and meaningful way geared towards non-Christians.  On a typical week we will play games with the students, watch a video, have discussion about the video after breaking up into groups (each one with a Campus Life leader), and if time allows: more games.  This format has allowed us to have deeper discussion with these non-Christians about Jesus than we have had with students in some youth group settings at church!  A great example was November the 23^rd when we showed the video of John Meador and his struggle with being 75% deaf through life and now as a pastor and how God has been first in that struggle.  In my group of students I was able to relate to them my struggle with arthrogryposis as a Christian and how I’ve had to be ok with God telling me He won’t heal me; how hard it’s been to make God number one in my life at times but how detrimental it has been to my walk through life and why it has been such.  We read Exodus 20:2-5 and the first thing the students noticed was that God seems to be selfish.  This was so awesome!  They were asking questions and being honest about their perceptions of who God is to them!  Another kid kept mentioning heresies he had taken as fact from his uncle about God such as the perception that we are living in hell right now.  We were all able to work through these questions and perceptions in a very calm and controlled manor.  The Christian kids were even being bold and defending Jesus in a calm and collected way to their friends they had never had the boldness to approach with the gospel.  By the time we were done all of the students were very encouraged and excited about the discussion we’d had.  Truly an amazing experience this YFC ride has been and plenty more to come from Frontier Jr. High in Graham, Washington!

Nick Fultz