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Tonight was the Connect Christmas Party. Connect is a city wide youth group led by NEXT ministries. This semester I have helped lead a small group for Japanese speaking girls. Normally they are high schoolers. It’s neat to get a chance to get to know these girls and their hearts. Personally our daughter has also really enjoyed going to this area wide youth group.