You be You

Hi friends.
I have just returned from a good night of Rock Solid, our middle school youth group. We are rehearsing for our musical, Let's Rock! It has been a blast choreographing it and teaching the young people. They are ace actors, so fun to work with; their excitement is contagious. Tonight we learned the song called, 'You be You' which is all about being ourselves, not trying to be someone we are not because we think they are better than us. We are all made by God and special. It is so clear from being with these young people how true this is. They are all so unique and gifted in their own ways. We have one kids who is a wonderful singer and actor, dancer and performer. He is confident in his abilites and definitely shines on stage. Then we have a lad who is very amiable. He always does as he is told and is friends with everyone. There is a girl who has a great sense of humour and isn't afraid to be silly even with pressures at her age to be always cool. She enjoys life and laughter. All of the rest of them have their own uinqueness as well, but those are just a few. It is great to see them in a new atmosphere, doing singing and dancing, instead of what I have seen, sports. I love it and love seeing them grow in confidence on stage!

last conference :(

I have just returned from my last TFG conference. It was so lovely getting together with my friends once again, but extremely sad to say goodbye to them. Many of them I will see in October at our re-entry, but many of them I will not see again, some maybe not ever. We had the most beautiful service this morning, sharing in our tears, our hugs and in communion. I will miss each and every one of them dearly. I am so blessed to be a part of such a loving community.