Every summer, Grover Wray, the Head of the Social Work Program, chooses 12 hand selects 12 students to go to Chicago. This program is called the Chicago Urban City Youth Program. The group flies to Chicago and meets with 15 troubled LDS youth. They stay in Chicago for 5 days and get to know these boys. They also do some site seeing, and attend therapy seminars. Then they fly to Yellowstone Park with the youth where they stay at a Boy Scout Camp for 10 days. Each counselor (Social Work student) teaches classes to the youth similiar to merit badge classes, but more directed towards behavior modification. Daniel heard about the program and really wanted to go, but there is a stipulation that you have to be officially in the Social Work program to go. Daniel went to Grover Wray expressing the desire to go, and Grover said he's never made an exception before, but he loves Daniel, and so he invited Daniel to go. So this summer he will be leaving me for 15 days. Daniel is really good with youth so I think he will do a great job. I'm so proud of him, but i'm going to miss him a ton. Since we've been married we haven't been apart for more than 2 days! i'mHAPPY & SAD!!!!!!!!!!
2 comments:
I had a friend that did that (but for the girls, not boys) and she loved it!!
come stay with me for 15 days!!!!!!
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