Becoming a Woman of Influence
Chapter One
impacting lives like jesus did
During our first few years of marriage, my husband, Gene, and
I were youth directors in a church in Newaygo, Michigan.
During the day Gene taught English and journalism in a public
school, and I directed the alternative education program for pregnant
teenagers. As director, I individualized curriculum so my students
could stay in high school for the duration of their pregnancies.
During my last year in the program, I had sixty-eight pregnant,
unwed students. Seven of them were only fourteen years old.
I soon discovered something surprising. Teenage girls were
hanging out in my office before and after school, talking to me about
makeup, boys, babies, life, God, and their relationship struggles at
home. The same thing was happening before, during, and after
youth events at church. I was being asked all sorts of questions by ... read full excerpt from Becoming A Woman of Influence ebook
