Everyone is Thirsty for something, some for money, popularity, security and all the other candy coated things the world offers.
30 days ago, my team and our community church we partner with, set out on a mission to life up our youth group in prayer for the up and coming disciple now (spiritual students weekend)....
We came across, sickness, dismissals and even forgetfulness. We didn't even have enough people to cover the hourly spots we had for prayer. Through out the weeks we had students sign-up that we thought would never do such a thing, we had students rush to sign-up and others cringe. God is so amazing and wonderful he softened the hearts of many students and gave parents zeal to nicely push there stiff students to the weekend.
I need to laugh because the group of girls I was given were 8-9th grade girls. I only new two students the others were fairly new to the ministry or had not turned up for youth group in quite sometime. My feeling for the weekend was exciting . I really didn't know what to think or feel about the D-now due to the fact the team and I had a really crazy week volunteering in the school.
I was overwhelmed with the openness of our students. I know that many of us believe that a missionary is someone in Africa or deep jungles of India somewhere and I often imagined that very thing but I firmly believe and know that being a missionary in America is needed, that we are able to impact the youth of a powerful nation to impact the world. There is true brokenness in America in our girls students. So many of our girls within the group spoke of the perfect look of a family from the outside but many come from broken homes or even just broken relationship within the family home. It was a heartfelt plea for help. I heard girl after girl confess the feeling of being unloved, inadequacy , unforgiveness and so much more. These girls are going through divorce, depression, stress and all the other things that teens have to battle with in this day and age and they have no hope. Many confessed to not understanding Gods love and grace, some are happy to go blindly along and many are so filled with mix messages that they barely see or get the Truth of Gods kindness that they are thoroughly confused.
God totally showed his kindness and love for his children over the weekend with great discussion, revelation even students ministering to other students of there understanding of God forgiveness and what truth its brought to there own lives. God not only showed up but also stamp His seal on many hearts and if one students genuinely gave there lives to follow christ then the lack of sleep, the girl fights was worth it.
Two of my girls gave there lives to christ and I am so Happy to have even witnessed such a great step, God hope and plan for there futures are so much greater then we can Imagine.
I am so very, very excited to go for it serving and impacting the area with our students and what's great about our weekend is we really push forward in promoting a cause we all want to peruse as a youth group H20 project (14 days only water, save the money and build a water well)...Not only did the students get to experience God and develop a relationship with Him but also take this experience and sow it into another community that needs help and make a impact that they couldn't have on there own, really give them a chance to serve and love on people in thirst.
Everyone students some for relationships, security, peace love and I know that God is the only one that can truly quench the thirst and I believe know and am so very overjoyed that God is not done with our students with our community with our the church.
Our students were thirsty this weekend and the drank from Him who satisfies. My prayer is that they will not hide or run from what God is now calling them to do, serve, worship there creator.....
Please continue to pray for our youth, for me and the mission we are heading towards together.
Peace and Grace
