YANA News
Youth Arise festival...streaming video // Aug 12, 2005
The Youth Arise International Festival is currently being held in Essen, Germany. There are 11 participants and 4 staff members from YANA '05 in attendance, as well as many other YANA alums, and hundreds of other young people from all over the world. If you would like to watch streaming video of this event...check out this website. Our very own, Tam Le, is the MC for the opening session. Not bad. Please pray for our pilgrims.
--Ryan O'Hara
Beginning to begin // Aug 01, 2005
Here now we stand at the base of a great mountain- just moments away from beginning the steep climp up the monument that is the '05 Class. Starting today, a small army of young adults from all over the country will begin to venture their way onto our doorsteps, one by one to embark upon a climb worthy of even that one guy that got trapped and had to saw his arm off. In one short week we shall depart for Germany- home to BMW and brauts, to meet with Pope Benedict XVI and an estimated 800,000 other young pilgrims. Pray for us.
-- Tam Le
A claim to fame // Jul 18, 2005
Hereís the deal. We do not desire to be the sort of people that would be labeled as ìbraggartsî or the kind of self-promoting-pat-yourself-on-the-back type of folk that are loathed both here and in most of Europe. So we beg for a slight portion of understanding and perhaps even some excitement-for I have found a small horn and am compelled to toot it. Our very own Ike Ndolo (Class of 2001) can be seen in not 1 but 2(!) streaming videos on www.lifeteen.com. The first is ìDealing with the Junk in Your Heartî. But then a real treat is ìStump the Canadianî and that one is with a fellow named Matt Maher. Joyous indeed.
--Tam Le
More biting // Jun 29, 2005
A scant two weeks has passed. It has taken time to process, meditate, ingest, and wrap our brains around the tornado of radical ideas that ravaged our Alabama-trailer-park-brains. For one week, 14 of us travelled to Flagstaff and huddled into a large white house; to wrestle not with muscle and might, but with ideas and principles that drive modern leaders and apostles. Light bulbs were lit, hearts were stirred, and souls were edified. And we ate some hamburgers.
-- Tam Le
Tricycles and tunes // Jun 09, 2005
A scant week or so ago was the second annual Hoodstock, a block party that would shame all others. A celebration of Memorial Day involving cotton candy, hot dogs, side-walk painting, a parade of small children riding their finely decorated tricycles, and a healthy dose of live music. A joyous time was had by all- many came to see an epic battle between Ike and myself (two beloved grads of the renowned '01 class). Coming to our senses, we didn't want to strike fear into hearts of the small children, so we sang some songs instead. We even asked our friend Matt to join us, and he was pretty good.
Here's a fuzzy picture.
-- Tam Le