WEEK EIGHT
I was in florida all week for Christian Nationals...so I don't have anything for this week. I will be making it up after I talk to Professor Gunsalus about it! Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving :)

WEEK SEVEN

This blog is a little late because I'm a bit behind schedule with leaving for Florida. However, this past week of youth group was again, great! On Wednesday night, we didn't have our regular meeting with Matthew, I instead had the second small group with my five high school girls. It was awesome. Bethany and I decided not to have a lot planned but just to ask them who they thought God was and why. Each of the girls believed that there is a God while a few said that they felt He was strict and uncaring. This did not surprise me very much and it was cool to see them open up even though they know what Bethany and I believe. During our talk, I can't lie, I got pretty passionate about Christ and what I feel His love means to me :) I think the girls followed and saw a new side of me that is a little interesting. Bethany and I fed well off of each other and I think were at least able to start them thinking about the whole God thing. For our second small group, we were both happy with how it went.

Youth group was fun this week, we had the annual turkey bowl. This is when the kids throw a turkey down a piece of plastic that is covered in oil and have to try and knock over the bowling pins. It was fun to see all of the kids participate and have a good time. The speaker was a guest this week, but I did not stay due to leaving for Florida and having a lot of things to take care of. Nonetheless, this week was beneficial and I'm excited to finish out the semester!

WEEK SIX

This week was amazing. Wednesday night, we did not have our meeting with Matthew like normal, but I did have my first small group with the girls. Only three of them were there, but it was incredible. They were extremely receptive considering the fact that I don't think any of them know what it really means to have a relationship with Christ. My roomate and I began by asking them what they wanted to get out of the group and they surprised us with answers like, "we want to know how to be 'good all around' if you know what we mean" and "we want to meet once every week, we like that you are younger but older than us." It was awesome to hear those answers coming from teenage girls that don't really know us that well yet. After this conversation, we gave our testimonies. Both of us are pastor's daughters, so I was a little anxious to see how'd they would recieve that, but of course, the Lord used it for His benefit. None of them seemed turned off or bored and asked us questions afterwards. This coming week, we are going to begin telling them about having a relationship with Christ and what that actually means...so these next few weeks could be the most important in their lives. I can't wait to see what the Lord does :)

Youth group was pretty normal. We sang and Matthew talked about what road we are traveling. However, one of the girls in my small group told me she was suicidal, so Matthew and I had to sit down with her and discuss that issue. It was a very good learning experience for me though, just to see how a youth pastor handles red flat situations like that.