During the famine and Methodist swag week, I set up prayer stations in the chapel. I was excited about them. But I wasn't sure if my youth were quite as excited. One morning, one of my youth was really upset. I sent her to the chapel to do the prayer stations and to just be alone with God. I knew she was not wanting to go, but she went anyway. Later, I found lut that while she was in there, she asked God for something-which was something she hadn't done in a very long time. She had kind of given up on God answering her so she had stopped asking. But, that morning she asked God for a hug amnd assurance that everything would be ok. Not even 5 minutes later, one of the youth walked in, gave her a hug, and told her everything would be ok and then walked out. It took her a few minutes to realize it, but she did. God had just answered her prayer.
Another youth is pretty new to the grojp. She is really smart and one who is struggling to know which path she wants to take. By the end of the week, she shared that what impacted her the most was the way she thought and looked at herself. She now realizes she has value and needs to respect herself.
Each night, we would close with questions-where did you see God today, what impacted you today, and random other questions. Each day the answers got easier as they got more comfortable sharing their faith. After questions, we would have candle time-our prayer concerns and joys. The youth I just mentioned prayed each night for my husband and me because she knew that he was sick. She has a lot of things going on in her life, but she chose instead to pray for my family-humbling.
So, where was God this week? He answered prayers in very visable ways to let my youth know he was there.
Blessings, Jennifer
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