A mother once came to me telling that she would like to see her son involved with the youth group, but, according to her son, the people in the youth group did not want him in the youth group. In speaking with some of our youth, they told me that this young man was a "burnout." I thought that I knew the meaning of this word, but I asked the youth to explain the meaning to me. They told me that he "drank and smoked and used drugs." I asked them if they had ever seen him do any of these things and they said "no!" But this was what others were saying about him -- it was his reputation.
