Youth Group

I think it is about time that I introduce you to the youth group here. If you don't know both youth groups meet on Wednesday night. "Quest" (the middle school youth group) meets from 4 to 5:30 and then "One-Way" (the high school youth group) meets from 6:30 to 8. However, the middle school students tend to stay late and the high school students tend to come early, so they both kind of blend together. Youth group is awesome! We have so much fun together and really get into the Word. Lately, we have been talking about the reality of heaven and hell. It has been really cool to see the students focused on what Nate shares and to see them ask good questions. I feel like the students are learning a lot and are being challenged a lot in their faith through youth group and the recent events. It is so cool to see students growing in the first month that I have been here.
One of the things that always happens at youth group is that I break a sweat. I don't think there has been one night where I haven't broken a sweat. We are always playing games, shooting fingerblasters, throwing balls, or just running around. I really really enjoy youth group and I love playing games, but I enjoy talking to the students and seeing them grow so much more. I have begun to build relationships with some of the students and hope to soon hang out with them outside of youth group. God is awesome and I am so blessed to be involved with these students lives.




So anyways, these pictures are from the last week of youth group. The first picture you see is a random one from youth group. Its just us being goofy. Mike, one of the staff guys who is really cool, is the one with the pizza hanging from his mouth. The other ones are from a recent event that we had for the middle school students. It was a "Fingerblaster and Dodgeball Night". We set up an American Gladiator arena that the kids had to run through without getting shot by a fingerblaster. It was a lot of fun doing that and we also had a lot of fun playing dodgeball in another gym.