Dear Family,
Holidays
are fun. Ice skating with the youth
group is also fun. I enjoy helping
people learn new things and don’t mind holding hands as their balance is a bit
off. I felt we grew closer as a group. Most of the group started on the wall as
pictured but after about a half an hour most were getting around pretty
good. It was exhausting so several of us
quit early and that was OK.
Tuesday
night youth group brought out so much creativity. I enjoy hearing how some of our youth
think. During gutter ball one person
shouted, “I give you all my spicy powers!” to the person playing. I laughed at such odd ridiculousness and
said, “Not the spicy ones!” This was met
with, “Well, he doesn’t want our mild power.”
This was said so matter of fact I had to listen to their conversation
more. They had made up another system of
life again and were rating each other on levels of spiciness. (I almost wanted to ask about posh or scary
spice but knew they wouldn’t get the reference.) Anyway – an encouraging shout was, “Be the
chipotle!” I can’t make this stuff up
folks.
During
prayer time I was sitting next to the person who had my prayers. I asked if they needed help reading it
because I was right there. I was assured
that it was OK, they read 2-year old’s handwriting. I sarcastically thanked them for the
comparison 😉.
Later during prayer, they couldn’t read it and prayed thanks for my
happy dogs? No, it was days. I have happy days off.
During
the lesson Bobby was talking about God’s love and faithfulness. He mentioned that God’s love isn’t permissive
and talked about how Bobby used to steal things (but doesn’t anymore). A youth asked, “Did you steal my training
wheels because those have been gone a long time?” I had to mention, “It was the training wheel
fairy.”
Wednesday
also had fun interactions but I had taken a nap and felt groggy, so I didn’t
write anything down. The highlight was
when one person shared their testimony.
I enjoyed hearing what God has done in their lives and how youth group
has helped them grow spiritually.
Naps
truly are the best. Groggy is now a
content, happy feeling I can enjoy. I
also enjoy working at 4 AM. What an
interesting time. No traffic! Yay! Also,
Bobby being gone on a retreat means I can go to bed at 7PM. That has been nice.
I
am glad he is home safe now. Adriel and
Seth are also doing well. It’s always
nice to have everyone be OK. May you
also be glad when your family is safe and sound. May you feel peace as we enjoy the flowers
poking their heads out, reminding us that new life comes in it’s season and
Jesus rose from the grave! Yes!
Love and hugs, Cristy
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