During
our time here we were able to attend a few churches and one of those was
International Christian Assembly.
I was incredibly excited to be able to go to an Assembly church since
those are the ones I typically go to at home! I really thanked God for it because I know that He is slowly
reintroducing to home back in the states and getting me ready for reentering
the US.
Also
just being in church was awesome in itself. A lot of times when we are doing ministry our team does not
get to just go to a service and relax and be filled. We are generally helping put on a service so it was really
nice to just sit back and enjoy.
While
I was sitting in one of the services I heard the pastor announce the first
meeting of the youth program that they are starting! I was thrilled and showed up to the first youth meeting the
following week. I was able to meet
with the young couples that were heading it up and pray for them and help them
out with one of the meetings. For
one meeting I planned an activity that would help them begin to share about
their relationship with God with their new family. I used a bunch of photos from an outreach tool that Campus
Crusade for Christ uses called Soularium.
There are several pictures and I had everyone point out the one that
they felt described their relationship with God and share with the group. It was cool because they all had
different insight no matter which photo they picked. This youth group got me excited; they are a phenomenal bunch
of young adults who are going to impact the world!!
Working
with them made me a 100 times more excited about coming home and working with
our youth group at Eaton Rapids Assembly of God!! I am excited to come work
with you all!! (Miss you guys!)
