summertime.

This weekend was packed full of fun things. Saturday we had a car wash to raise money for youth camp which is in a few weeks and immediately afterwards, we had a Spirit Night at Chick-fil-A. I'm talking about a total of 6 hours of fundraising. It was ridiculous and very VERY hot outside, but a good time with some of the youth.

The youth group I'm working with is really small compared to Shades. We have around 15 kids on an average night. There are 3 High Schoolers who attend regularly so that leaves us with a LOT of middle schoolers. It's cool to get to put into practice what I learned working at camp last summer. I worked at an 8th and 9th grade summer camp last year which taught me a lot about being intentional and building relationships with Middle Schoolers.

Sunday nights is when we have youth group and we meet in a big group and David (the youth leader) goes over what we will be discussing and looking at for the night. We then break up into MS girls, HS girls, MS boys, HS boys and me, Landon (other intern), David and Jen (David's wife) each take a group. I have had the Middle School girls and have been blown away the past few weeks with the discussion we have had. Last week we talked about pride and envy and the story of Moses, Aaron and Miriam and this week we centered in on greed and gluttony in relation to the manna that God provided for the Israelites. God has been so near in those discussion times and they have been really sweet moments for me and the girls. I'm really looking forward to getting to know them more as the summer goes on.

Here are some prayer requests for the summer:
1. Pray for Life Community Church. We have two more weeks in our current building (an old school house) and after that we have to move to a new location. Pray for wisdom and discernment for Jay the pastor and for the sustenance of the church body as a whole.
2. Pray for Student Life (the youth group). Please pray that the Lord would touch and move in these student's hearts in a way that would leave them thirsty for more of Him. Pray that their hearts would be guarded from the distractions and sins that summertime can bring.
3. Pray for me as I pray through leading a separate bible study with the High School girls and as I seek fellowship with the women in the church. Also pray that my heart would be guarded against Satan's attacks at my joy in Christ and my pride.