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...dreams with Averbuch," says Beth. "One started at a game, but then I was standing in the hallway when he had his attack. It was like I was glued." She pauses. "He used to tell me, 'I'll find you scholarships, I'll get you in a school you'll love. Don't worry, I'll take care...
Tonight, they lose. Heartbreakingly. Silly errors leave them down 5-4 in the last inning, with one out. Beth singles, and steals her way to third. Then, on a sacrifice fly, she streaks for home--trying too hard. Tagged out, she lies in the dirt, face down, for at least 10 seconds...
...then she rises. The field clears, and the two teams line up to shake hands. Beth is at the head of the line...
Most students, teachers and Webster High parents support Young Life. "It's incredibly cool," enthuses Beth Perez, a Campaigners member. "It just shows kids, at a very early age, why they are here and what God has planned for them and how great their lives can be." Her mother Susan Perez, a lapsed Catholic, speaks for many parents who, if they fail to match their children's fervor, are extremely grateful for the program's fruits. "If your teenager is going to be tied to some sort of group; if she comes out of it saying I don't drink...
Still, not everybody is enthused. Some students who have not been to Club deride it as a cult. Mary Beth Carosello, a former student-body president who is studying at the University of Missouri, attended both Club and Camp but became disenchanted. "When you're a freshman, you see older kids who are so into Young Life and so into Terri and Herm, and you think, Wouldn't it be fun to be friends with them? And then you get in there, and they're really Christian [meaning Evangelical]. I came to feel, why do we need this hard-core...