Young people making a BIG impact

I have always believed that young people are capable of doing the most extraordinary things. This weekend again confirmed that in my mind.

On Sunday I travelled to one of the country churches in my division. I attended the church in the morning, participating with the worship band. I then shared lunch with the people from the church before returning to the officers house for a while in the afternoon, before returning to the church to share with the junior soldiers and speak at their youth service in the evening.

While I was at the officers house their 8 year old son asked if I wanted to see his worm farm. Apparently he had nagged his parents for some time for this worm farm, and was very excited about having it. For those like me who are unfamiliar with the concept of a worm farm, the basic idea is that you get the worm farm equipment and upwards of 1000 worms, and then you put food and garden scraps into the farm for the worms to eat and then cover everything with newspaper and keep everything moist by adding a small amount of water to the newspaper. The result of this is that the worms eat the scraps and produce worm castings which are apparently very good for your garden. Another by-product of the worm farm is that the water which is added to the newspaper, and some of the other moisture generated from the farms processes drains to the bottom of the farm and out of a tap where it is collected in a bucket in a substance referred to as worm juice. Apparently this worm juice is a fairly valuable commodity at garden centres and is quite beneficial to the garden also.

This 8 year old boy, on his own initiative, decided to sell this 'worm juice' to people at his church for $1.00 a litre, is now nearing the $100.00 mark of funds raised. That in itself is fairly impressive, but his next idea blew me away. Instead of using the money he earned for buying a bike or a video game, this 8 year old boy is giving everything that he earns from this venture to The Salvation Army's Self Denial Appeal!!!!

Here is an 8 year old boy who through his own initiative is making a difference in peoples lives on the other side of the world!!! If that doesn't blow your mind, I'm not sure what will.

I praise God for his work in this boy's life, and pray that we will see more young people stepping up to make a difference in the lives of those around them and even those on the other side of the world.

Never let anyone tell you that you're too young to make a difference, if an 8 year old boy can do it, so can you!!!