Getting to know ... Ben, team leader at Fletcher High School

I was born on February 29, 1980 in Lexington KY...that makes me kind of 28 years old, but with only 7 birthdays. This is my 5th year as team leader of Fletcher High YoungLife. I was doing some outreach with the Beaches Vineyard Church and had taken some kids to Southwind as I became very good friends with Herb W. He, in many ways, introduced me to the ministry of YoungLife. The Fletcher Club at the time was meeting in Vineyard facilities and was about to lose their team leader. I was approached by the Beaches YoungLife Area Director and we decided that I would take over as team leader and that YoungLife and WyldLife would be the vehicle for outreach for me and the leaders that were with me at the Vineyard.

My first time at a YoungLife club, I was the team leader and giving the talk. The learning curve has been steep, but there is nothing more that I would rather do.

I am a Mechanical Engineering grad student at the University of Florida and we win a lot of national championships.

I get a haircut every two years and give my hair to locks of love.

I have a beard in the winter and it comes in quite red.

I have a mustache for cinco de mayo, as should everyone that truly appreciates Mexican holidays.

Growing hair and sweating are some of my more noticeable gifts.

I have given Jesus my life...and now I am trying to discover what it means to give Him my heart.