Bill Hebner

As we head into the summer mayhem once again, it is my prayer that we all will have the ability to slow down, to embrace the natural beauty that God created all around us, to be still and know that He is God, and by doing so have the time to cut the jungle of business from our line of site long enough to re acquaint ourselves with our first love, and then the dreams He has for us. Christianity is not the absence of sin, but the fullness of life... Can you see what it is that God is calling you to? We are here to provide that sort of clarity over and over again in life after young life. Getting kids to camp is always an important step as we encourage everyone to stand back and get perspective. Hand me the spiritual chain saw. There is lots of work to be done this summer. These pictures show the new opening cut into the tree line to expose a beautiful man made 400 year old pond to be used for this summer’s Powis camp. Once these trees hit the water, it became apparent that this is ...

Week long camps are a luxury for many volunteer led groups as time off from work is difficult, but a weekend camp can also have the same significant effect on the lives of young people. Over 400 young people along with 200 leaders and volunteers will be part of SPREE Wales this year in Llanelli South Wales. Most of the same toys are transported to the event so the youth have the best weekend of their lives inside of a Welsh context. The 3 venues are geared towards the needs of specific youth allow leaders to ‘flex’ in their approach with the youth they bring to camp. Recently I was challenged that youth ministry is a great deal like sushi. It is only relevant on the day cut a specific way in a specific context. If you leave it too long, or mass produce it, it stinks. This year I will be running 4 young life style clubs July 1 to 3 to present the gospel in such a way as to allow leaders to youth process the message with their teens. Please pray that I keep the messages ‘fresh’. Invest...

After recently visiting the 20 youth from Cardiff that attended the April YMP trip 2011 for a BBQ and baptism service. I have now discovered that over 35 youth have already signed up for next year’s trip and another 15 are interested in coming along. Teaching youth to help others, and demonstrating that a life with Christ does not have to be boring can have a snowballing effect. I would covet your prayers for wisdom as we try to discern, how many and who should be on next year’s Africa trip. The event helps the poor; however it is also designed to build the lives of participants... Youth want to reach out and make a difference in their world, and we want them to know that Jesus Christ had the same agenda with eternal differences..

I always stand amazed at the privilege it is to do the things that I do... April 11 to 27 was no exception, having 83 young people and adults travel to Johannesburg SA to; • Feed the poor • Build relief housing • Attend Super 15 Rugby in Loftus Park • Play the Blue Bull’s from Pretoria • AND here the good news of Jesus Christ. (see video & photo galleries) Jesus said that He came that we might have life, and have it abundantly. This April was a season of abundance for all those who attended. And NO, it was not easy, it was hard. Sleeping in camping facilities with cold showers, sometimes in the rain, mixing concrete by hand, filling in a 250m long trench and putting in 12 hour days... But the group LOVED it.. why.. They were building memories, living life and doing so much more than existing. Jim Rayburn used to say. “It is a sin to bore a kid with the gospel”. Often I believe that we have taken this saying out of context, focusing on creating ‘fun’. I believe it is n...

YES. Thanks to the donations from partners in Canada and the USA, we will have a chance after 4 years to finally move over the hill and set the camp in Middle Park. The property will not be ‘finished’ like most of my friends would understand a YL property to be like. But it will be functional. It will not be ‘polished’, but it will be presentable, it won’t be elaborate, but it will set a standard for excellence in camping under canvas. AND it won’t be expensive, but be remarkably easy to attend as are many of the youth we work with are from middle to lower middle class families. Younglife is about presenting the gospel to youth in their world... Wales is not England, it is a rural hard working culture that needs Jesus incarnationally..

In the past 4 years the scope and the depth of the YL work in Wales continues to grow.   Thank you for making this work possible by freeing up resources to allow full time staff supervision, mission trips, camp development and time to be with kids.   2010 saw $32,000.00 of support come from Canada and the USA.   These resources have been distributed to start new works and provide infrastructure for the growing work... I can not say thank you enough for the difference you are making in this world..       In Canada Make cheques payable to: Trinity Foundation - 1905 Springfield Rd, Kelowna BC, V1Y 7V7 Please note account on cheque: YL27 Online: Canada helps - KELOWNA TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH LEGACY FOUNDATION http://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=s92672 Please note account on note field: YL27

Some days I feel like a duck. Life is not about the apparent calm on the surface, but is often more about my feet travelling at 5000 rpm under the surface. For years I have found ministry in February/March like this. There are solid relationships established between the volunteers & youth, ‘programs’ are running down as the spring sun beckons kids to the outdoors along with the pressure of school work as exams approach and they become a little more focused on studying. This creates an artificial ‘calm’ bringing with it a chance to organize the overseas mission and summer camps. Some of the most needed creative ideas occur during this season. This year as we prepare to use the middle park facility for the first time, on top of a new camp layout, water, sewer and electrical issues, we must also grapple with including; an inflatable blob tower and waterslide, a kart track over existing trails, all to allow the same quality of camp experiences received by Canadian and American youth...