Dear Homeschooled Teen (14-18) 

 “If you want to change the world, focus on leaders. If you want to change leaders, focus on them while they're young.” Alan Nelson, Founder, KidLead.

The Calling & Opportunity

This is an invitation for Christian teen leaders (14-18), particularly homeschooled young men, but also young ladies, to really develop their organizational leadership skills this summer by taking advantage of a very unique and effective leadership development program called LeadWell. We believe that young people, homeschoolers in particular, are very important and have a huge part to play in God’s plan for the future of Canada, the Church, and the Kingdom of God. In fact, you are the future, and a big part of the present too. This is about your future and the future of your children – you are the Joshua generation. We must equip you to rebuild Christian civilization in every sphere, in every area. We need Christian cultural leaders - entrepreneurs, artists, scientists, engineers, movie makers, writers, musicians, architects, dancers, lawyers, physicians, farmers, butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers who are not only Christian in these callings, but actually make these callings Christian!   So, let’s cut to the chase. I am writing to you young men and women to tell you that the world is in a mess and it’s your job to change it, beginning with your own family, friends, church, and local community. Young men! It is your job to lead your families, lead in the church, lead in the culture, and lead the nation!  Young ladies! It is your job to help your future husbands do this!  If you don’t do it, nobody will.    

The Offer

Now, just as some people are gifted and have aptitudes for athletics, or music, or art, some of you have been gifted in the area of organizational leadership.  While all Christians are commanded to lead personally, through Godly character, conduct, and speech, some Christians in particular have been gifted with and have an aptitude towards leading others in a group or team environment.  For our purposes, we define leadership as the process by which people accomplish together, what they could not as individuals. Organizational leaders are those who spur on this process.

If you believe you are one of those people with organizational leadership aptitude, able to influence and mobilize others, we invite you to consider whether you qualify for our summer day camp for teens called LeadWell, August 13-17, in Brantford, Ontario.  This is a pilot camp being run for the first time in Canada!  We are looking for enthusiastic young leaders, 14-18, who would like to build their leadership skills through an extensive leadership development program that is rooted in Biblical principles and modeled after corporate leadership training. This will not be a series of lectures on how to lead – it is experiential learning which gives you the opportunity to practice leading and getting immediate feedback from experienced, certified trainers and coaches.  LeadWell is not a teen program emphasizing leadership, but rather a leadership program targeting leaders when they are still moldable. Most leaders do not begin formal leadership training or gain experience until after college, between the ages of 25-35. Imagine what it would be like for you as a next gen leader, the Joshua Generation, to start your adult life with 10-20 years of leadership experience already.  

If you believe this might be a fit to you, I invite you to please email me at lvaivada@rogers.com for three attachments I can send to you via email: 1) the full invitation which outlines more details about the importance of leadership skills, the LeadWell program this August, and how to apply; 2) the attached LeadYoung brochure; 3) an article on LeadWell by Dr. Alan Nelson.

NOTE: I will be on vacation from June 18 to July 1 with limited access to email.  If you could during this period email instead Cynthia Bultje at cbultje@explornet.com requesting the attachments, she will do this on my behalf while I am away. 

Looking forward to hearing from you and hopefully seeing some of you at the camp. 

God bless

Mr. and Mrs. Vaivada
Newmarket, Ontario