#120 - The Student Leadership Collective: Avalon Reimer on the Grade 10 Students Across Canada Sharing Jesus in Their High Schools

Before we talk more about the Student Leadership Collective, I think for any parents that are listening, I, I want them to [laughs] hear a little bit about your journey.

So a couple of, um, amazing high points.

One, like, youth group involvement was, was part of your life.

A, uh, a student youth mission school, additional opportunities for discipleship during your youth, your youth years.

Then you did a discipleship training school, a DTS, overseas, and then you came back and worked at a Christian camp, so another opportunity to develop your leadership.

And now you're working with a global organization, um, the Canadian division, Alpha Canada.

I ju- so I just want parents, as they're listening to this, you know, there's a temptation as parents to wanna put ourselves, put our kids into a lot of sports and all these other things, but I think it's important to recognize in, in, in your growth and development- Stepping into meaningful experiences to grow in your discipleship to Jesus, uh, is so, so significant and so, so important.

I'm assuming, I'm assuming you would agree with that.

Percent.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So anyways, I just, I just wanna stop and say, praise God [laughs] that you've had these amazing experiences along the way, and encourage those that are listening who have youth in their life, parents, hey, see, take advantage, research, find these opportunities for, for your kids, for kids you may know of, to get involved in, in intensive discipleship training schools.

And, and youth will soak it up.

Sometimes I think we, we wonder, will they like it? And you're going, "No, I loved it." You k- you kept going with it.

Which then leads us to what you're doing now, which, knowing a bit more now of your backstory, and knowing what you're doing now, just seems like an incredible fit.

So please tell us what the Student Leadership Collective as part of Alpha Canada is, 'cause I think our listeners are gonna be so encouraged, as I am, by what, by what's going on.

Before we talk more about the Student Leadership Collective, I think for any parents that are listening, I, I want them to [laughs] hear a little bit about your journey.

So a couple of, um, amazing high points.

One, like, youth group involvement was, was part of your life.

A, uh, a student youth mission school, additional opportunities for discipleship during your youth, your youth years.

Then you did a discipleship training school, a DTS, overseas, and then you came back and worked at a Christian camp, so another opportunity to develop your leadership.

And now you're working with a global organization, um, the Canadian division, Alpha Canada.

I ju- so I just want parents, as they're listening to this, you know, there's a temptation as parents to wanna put ourselves, put our kids into a lot of sports and all these other things, but I think it's important to recognize in, in, in your growth and development- Stepping into meaningful experiences to grow in your discipleship to Jesus, uh, is so, so significant and so, so important.

I'm assuming, I'm assuming you would agree with that.

Percent.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So anyways, I just, I just wanna stop and say, praise God [laughs] that you've had these amazing experiences along the way, and encourage those that are listening who have youth in their life, parents, hey, see, take advantage, research, find these opportunities for, for your kids, for kids you may know of, to get involved in, in intensive discipleship training schools.

And, and youth will soak it up.

Sometimes I think we, we wonder, will they like it? And you're going, "No, I loved it." You k- you kept going with it.

Which then leads us to what you're doing now, which, knowing a bit more now of your backstory, and knowing what you're doing now, just seems like an incredible fit.

So please tell us what the Student Leadership Collective as part of Alpha Canada is, 'cause I think our listeners are gonna be so encouraged, as I am, by what, by what's going on.