This week we got back from the first Middle School Mission Trip. This was so exciting and there is so much to share but I decided that I would just talk about one or two things that stood out to me this week.
The first one was how amazing our teenagers did when it came to talking with complete strangers about life. If I'm honest the first day scared me and I did not know what we were going to do because all the kids were in shock after the first day. It was almost like the forgot how to talk to people but, as they did it more and more it became more natural. By the second day transformation had taken place. They were talking to people at the Chiliwagon all by themselves and were getting to know more about their stories and what life was like for them. It was amazing for me as a youth pastor to see all of these things that we have been talking about actually happen. It seems like everything that we have been talking about in Transit was starting to take place. These kids were starting to live out the very words of Christ right before my eyes.
That led me to the next thing that I learned. I learned that these kids are hungry for more. They want to know more about Christ and they want to live out what he says and I have to help them to see that. These students were hit with a lot of hard issues but I think that they walked away being more hopeful of what they can do instead of bogged down with what they can't do. One student said it best when she said, "We could have done nothing and could have steered away from these conversations but I'm glad that we didn't and now I know and now I have to do something about it." This is some of the incredible things that these kids have learned this past week.
I'm excited for what is next. What God has in store for these kids but, I'm leaving it up to God to show me that at the proper time instead of trying to do it myself. So, my prayer to God is that he will break all of our hearts for the things that break his.
Peace,
Scott
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