"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."
Several years ago i pegged that as my life verse, my chief ambition. My lifelong goal is to stand before my Saviour in Heaven and hear the words, "Well done, my good and FAITHFUL servant."
So, my trip to blue field West Virginia with 16 teenagers, was in fact life changing. In very small ways, but very cool.
I now have Fan girls LOL! and i love them dearly, a gaggle of jr high gigglers have claimed me as their own. They run up to me in church and hug me and say good morning and are really happpy to see me, they even went to the Sunday school director and suggested he "fix it" so Mrs Doenges is the Jr High teacher in the fall. Heeheehee so cute :)
I learned new ways to be a servant. I also liked that we took upon ourselves as a team to be the servants of the week. We were last in line to eat first in line to help, my little team was the fastest dinner crew of the week!
I learned that most of the time teenagers are LOUD for NO GOOD Reason, and can get on nerves almost as fast as toddlers, BUT, i also learned that if you keep listening through all the noise, they are VERY wise when plugged into God. The problem is, you have to be Humble enough to hear it. If you are truly a servant, then no matter who speaks the truth, even a gangly kid15 years younger than you, you will hear it, and recognize it as a memo from God, and take it to heart.
I still Love teenage boys, always have always will, LOL they are so fun, and goofy, and dorky, and they make me laugh! I had a van full of boys, most of whom i hadn't spoken a full sentence to in the past year, all in my van, as we drive the winding roads of West Virginia, they were all singing "Next time he cheats" by carrie underwood,.....word for word ..... I nearly wrecked the car laughing so hard.
I have eyes to see clearly now, with no bias, who is who, who is plugged into God, who is playing at religion, who needs help, and also, i have more compassion. Never been a huge mushy person, emotional YES, but mushy, naaw. I spent a week with 5 teen girls at my side *LOL* I spent a week in the trenches of poverty in america. Its so hard to imagine that this country can have such poverty, but i saw it, in the shadow of the beautiful smokey mountains. In places it looked much like Rutland, which made me shiver, and realize how much my hometown needs us.
I have been re-evaluating my friendships, and have made some interesting discoveries, I have implemented this new *compassion* of mine, and have slowly let an old friend back in knowing she "Isn't entirely stable" *lol* but, as long as we can talk and "don't get stubborn with each other" i think we will be okay.
i could go on and on and on, but my muffin is nearly gone, and my coffee IS :o oh nuu! I hope this wasnt too boring, i just needed to say some of it out loud, errm, type it out loud? heehee
if you wanna see pictures go to my myspace and check out my photo album.
----> CLICK HERE for my MySpace <----
(you have to be logged into myspace :) )
thanks for listening :)
So, my trip to blue field West Virginia with 16 teenagers, was in fact life changing. In very small ways, but very cool.
I now have Fan girls LOL! and i love them dearly, a gaggle of jr high gigglers have claimed me as their own. They run up to me in church and hug me and say good morning and are really happpy to see me, they even went to the Sunday school director and suggested he "fix it" so Mrs Doenges is the Jr High teacher in the fall. Heeheehee so cute :)
I learned new ways to be a servant. I also liked that we took upon ourselves as a team to be the servants of the week. We were last in line to eat first in line to help, my little team was the fastest dinner crew of the week!
I learned that most of the time teenagers are LOUD for NO GOOD Reason, and can get on nerves almost as fast as toddlers, BUT, i also learned that if you keep listening through all the noise, they are VERY wise when plugged into God. The problem is, you have to be Humble enough to hear it. If you are truly a servant, then no matter who speaks the truth, even a gangly kid15 years younger than you, you will hear it, and recognize it as a memo from God, and take it to heart.
I still Love teenage boys, always have always will, LOL they are so fun, and goofy, and dorky, and they make me laugh! I had a van full of boys, most of whom i hadn't spoken a full sentence to in the past year, all in my van, as we drive the winding roads of West Virginia, they were all singing "Next time he cheats" by carrie underwood,.....word for word ..... I nearly wrecked the car laughing so hard.
I have eyes to see clearly now, with no bias, who is who, who is plugged into God, who is playing at religion, who needs help, and also, i have more compassion. Never been a huge mushy person, emotional YES, but mushy, naaw. I spent a week with 5 teen girls at my side *LOL* I spent a week in the trenches of poverty in america. Its so hard to imagine that this country can have such poverty, but i saw it, in the shadow of the beautiful smokey mountains. In places it looked much like Rutland, which made me shiver, and realize how much my hometown needs us.
I have been re-evaluating my friendships, and have made some interesting discoveries, I have implemented this new *compassion* of mine, and have slowly let an old friend back in knowing she "Isn't entirely stable" *lol* but, as long as we can talk and "don't get stubborn with each other" i think we will be okay.
i could go on and on and on, but my muffin is nearly gone, and my coffee IS :o oh nuu! I hope this wasnt too boring, i just needed to say some of it out loud, errm, type it out loud? heehee
if you wanna see pictures go to my myspace and check out my photo album.
----> CLICK HERE for my MySpace <----
(you have to be logged into myspace :) )
thanks for listening :)
Geez, talk about odd.
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