This post is by Eli and Amaya, youth members of San Rafael First UMC:
Eli’s Story
I had lots of trouble when I moved from San Rafael to Auburn last year. I argued with my parents a lot and I still wish we hadn’t gone. It was hard to be away from anyone I knew, and far away from so many people. When I first got there I was really upset but I was able to make the best of it. I tried to have fun in whatever we were doing. I got a new perspective on life, and can appreciate it more, I took a step back.
Being away helped me appreciate all that I have here. I’m now grateful for my friends in my neighborhood, my school, and have been able to reach out and make even more new friends.
Amaya’s Story
Putting up with peer pressure or feeling left out of an act of illegal doings in teen years can be hard. Knowing everyone is out and about being ‘bad’, or as we call it, ‘having unsupervised fun’, and making the decision to sit out and watch from the side lines can be difficult. But being able to have the strength to step back and become aware of consequences that do not apply to me because of my street smarts make me thankful for my ability to make conscious decisions and create water in a place that may have been dry (or not as fun before).
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