Writer: Art Melli

Art has been serving with Youth for Christ International for 40 years. He has also been a youth pastor in three churches following graduation from seminary in 1979. He and his wife (Beckie) of 47 years are also trainers with Sonlife Ministries which focuses on disciple-making like Jesus. He is currently engaged in the support and ministry of Hume Lake Christian Camps. He has been blessed by God to be still ministering to students after fifty years. He and his wife will return to Germany this fall to continue ministering to third culture students at the Black Forest Academy as well as doing their on-going missionary care for YFC Int’l. His current life verse is Psalms 71:17-19.