Middle School Kids are AWESOME!

Did you just say middle school and awesome in the same sentence. Why yes, yes I did!

So one of the questions tonight at youth group was. "What is the best superhero power?" I am very proud to say this is what my 8th grade girls said. "Flying because, you can poop on birds instead of them pooping on you, or poop on people that would be cool too."

I look forward to the ROCK ever Wednesday because, I get to hang out with middle school kids! Ya some smell, some say some weird stuff, but some love Jesus!

This is my 3rd year being a leader. I have had the same youth group girls since they were 6th graders. It's cool, because they are in finishing 8th grade, and I am finishing my senior year, so we kinda "graduate" at the same time. Just thinking about this school year being over is scary only because, they are going to be freshmen next year! They have matured so much, ya sometimes they act like they have not, but that's why I love them.

Tonight at youth group we talked about Mark 12:28-30. We really focused in on verse 30, Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.
We talked about how you can't just kinda know God, and kinda make him your life. You gotta make God your life, to have people be like, man hes different, or man shes different. Not in a bad way, in a I LOVE JESUS way!

Duey (our awesome youth pastor) gave the kids (and us leaders to) 3 steps to do this
Create Space- Say NO to something so you can say YES to time with him
Get to Know Him- You LOVE someone as you GET TO KNOW them & INTERACT with them
Experience Him- Don't just know ABOUT God.... EXPERIENCE Him this week.

We got these note cards, with ways to accomplish these 3 things. I had my youth group girls first think where they needed work on, then they picked a thing they wanted to do to help, either Create Space, Get to Know Him, or Experience Him better.
A couple they picked are, Turn off phone for and hour, get ready for bed 15 min earlier and do a devotional, read one chapter of Psalms each day this week, hang verses around bedroom, listen to some Christian music.

So why are middle school kids AWESOME, because they are on fire for Jesus!! They want to know who he is, they want to get to know him, they want to experience him, and it is so totally awesome to see!

I love all the dumb stuff they say and do! I well truly miss all of them next year, and I hope they know that they are awesome and,
that they have made an impact on my life!

We like to take pictures.............A LOT!
-Sammi G!