Never Forget

Its important to never forget why we do what we do. Check out these statistics:

• females aged 12 to 17 (9 percent) were almost as likely as their male peers (10 percent) to report past month illicit drug use
• Among youths aged 12 to 17 in 2000, the rate of current illicit drug use was similar for boys (9.8 percent) and girls (9.5 percent). While boys aged 12 to 17 had a slightly higher rate of marijuana use than girls in the same age category (7.7 percent compared to 6.6 percent), girls were somewhat more likely to use psychotherapeutics nonmedically than boys (3.3 percent compared to 2.7 percent). Between 1999 and 2000, there was no significant change in the rate of current illicit drug use for either males or females aged 12 to 17.

This is startling. It may be an understatement to say the need is great, but the NEED IS GREAT. Even these little statistics speak volumes - students (guys and girls alike) are hurting. They are hurting themselves, their families, their future. They have lost hope and purpose.

What is fascinating to me is these students are not teenagers living under bridges. These students are in high school - in the band, on the baseball team, attending church, they have brothers and sisters, parents, etc.

Pray for 3Dimensional Life. Pray for the guys at 3D - those in the program now, and those to who will be entering the program. Pray for the Girls 3D - pray for those girls who will be entering in the next couple of months. Pray.