Welcome to Teens for Real Love!
Letter From the Facilitator
Hi,
I'm AnnaMarie, I am sixteen years old and I love to get to know new people. I was inspired to change the world and I knew that the best way to reach people is to love them and get to know them, and that is my goal.
When how to change the world was revealed to me it was like I was a nail and this idea was a hammer. So many teens are out there having sex, they get pregnant, they get stds, they are left alone with a hole left in their hearts.
I want to inform these teens, and other teens of the crummy facts about sex. I also, as I said before, want to show my love for this generation! I am one of you!! I have the hole, I know the depression, the hurt, the desire.
And so became Teens for REAL love. :]
Love Always,
AnnaMarie
Letter From the President
Hello,
I would just like to welcome everybody to TRL's page! We at High Voltage are very ecstatic to have them as part of our ministry! TRL has done so much, it's simply amazing. If you are hurting or need to talk to someone, I'd like to ask you to go to the "Mentors" page and contact one of the Mentors! They are here to listen and help; whatever you need.
I would also like to thanks those mentors for doing what they do. Without the TRL Mentor's, so many teens and even adults would have went the wrong way already and wouldn't have had the chance to talk to someone. Thank you so much you guys!
In Christ,
Adam Hinz
President
High Voltage Youth Ministries
Some Statistics
- About 47% of teens have had sex
- About one fifth of teenagers reported having unprotected sex
- Four out of Ten girls in the U.S. get pregnant at least once by age 20.
- Teens 15 and older who use drugs are 5 times more likely to have sex than teens who don't use drugs.
- Teens who've used marijuana are 4 times more likely to have been pregnant or to have gotten someone pregnant than teens who have never smoked pot.
- 63% of teens under 18 who've had sex say they wish they'd waited longer.
- About 42.66% of teenagers have used illicit drugs.
- About 43.3% of high school students have had alcohol in the past month.
- About 25.5% of high school students have binge drank in the past month.
- Each year, about 1,600 deaths are caused by suicide.
