Hey! We Are Finished

”My friend, I wish I could agree with you, but the symptoms you were describing are just the symptoms of HIV/AIDS. Those are called ‘opportunistic infections’, and they are the things that kill people who are infected with HIV.” Adeola explained.

“Hey! We are finished. HIV will kill us all!” Jumoke wailed. “There is no hope, no escape; AIDS is everywhere and in everything.”

”No, I don’t agree with that either,” Adeola quietly contributed. “We are not a hopeless generation. The thing is......
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How Far Can You Go? Straight Talk About Sexual Purity

Contributor Jason Perry Email Address: livingoaks@att.net This is where the real, daily decisions must be made. We focus so greatly on the issue of abstinence that we seem to forget that there are lots of steps leading up to sexual intercourse. If these were thought about and dealt with properly, we would have fewer problems handling the final step of sexual relations. Figure 3 illustrates how physical sexual contact progresses and culminates in sexual intercourse... View Document  Johanne, Janet and Susan

Contributor Ayo Ipinmoye Janet subsequently paid visits to Mr. Blow’s apartments, and little by little began to fall in love with him. She did not tell her Pastor or any of her Christian friends. “I’m not doing anything wrong,” she tells herself. And when a classmate told her that Mr. Blow is a playboy she retorted, “He can’t do anything to me. I am a spirit-filled Christian. I don’t have time for such things. I can’t ever commit the sin of fornication. I am too strong a Christian for that.”... View Document  No Way To Escape

Contributor Ayo Ipinmoye “I don’t know how you are going to escape me,” Dr. Tom Blow said, spewing smoke through hairy but neatly trimmed nostrils. A long brown cigarette bobbled between his lips. “You are just too proud. I will make sure you don’t graduate for the next three years.” He removed and wiped his gold frame glasses, displaying well-manicured fingernails. “Please sir,” Tola pleaded, kneeling. “I am sorry sir, but I cannot do what you want. I have told you that I am a Christian.” She looked up and...... View Document  THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTROLLING YOUR PASSIONS

Contributor Dr. Harold Davis Email Address: talksmentoring@yahoo.com I was called by a friend to give his elderly father a ride one day. After I picked his father up, it soon became apparent to me that the old man wanted to talk. He proceeded to expound on issues of life that he felt needed to be addressed. At one point he said something that I distinctly remember. He said, "There are three things that will kill you: women, money, and alcohol." I later thought about what he said, and although I feel that it is true, I would like to state that it is an...... View Document  Wisdom From The Elders (From the book "Talks My Father Never Had With Me Volume II" )

Contributor Dr. Harold Davis Email Address: talksmentoring@yahoo.com Directions: Read a quote and explain it to the young men. Read and discuss each question. After reading all of the quotes, have the young men memorize at least two of these quotes. Finally, as a group compose a quote that relates to the chapter... View Document