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Invitation to Invite
We get it. Sometimes it’s hard to hang out with your mentee and feel good about it. Maybe you don’t have a ton in common. Even if you do have a ton in common, it can be hard to strike up a conversation with a kid.
So what do you do to build the relationship?
There is a temptation to always do the “cool” thing. Take them to the movies, putt-putt, a professional sports game… We get that. But that’s hard to pull off and doing it more than a few times a year will leave you broke.
So what do we do?
Here’s a trick. Invite them into your life. Whatever you are doing, just invite them along. Because our kids want our attention more than they want the “cool thing”.
When you:
Go to the grocery store
- Mow the yard
- Wash the car
- Run errands
The best mentors invite their mentee into their everyday life. They just do life adn invite their mentee to do it alongside them. That’s life on life. No extra effort needed. Just invite
That’s Jesus. Jesus invites. He says “Come…”
Invite your mentee to join your life. What’s the worst that happens? You get rejected by a kid. You can handle that.
Besides, You never know if they will say yes. And you never know what connection will happen if they say yes. Just keep inviting.
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