Y'all-- as in; "Y'all can go to Sonic for a smoothie during free time if you bring an adult leader and at least one other participant with you."
Fixin-- as in; "I'm eight, fixin on nine" (this example is taken from a girl at VBS today) or "I'm fixin on eatin me some craw fish."
Warsh-- as in "Go throw your clothes in the warsh." or "Go get warshed up for supper."
MY favorite YouthWorks pastimes:
Licking gummy bears, sticking them to the ceiling fan, and then turning it on and seeing how far they fly. (Don't worry, I clean up after myself).
Playing "Hey Cow!" on our way to and back from Mt. Magazine and Fort Smith (For those who don't know this game, when passing a field of cows, you roll down your window and yell, "HEY COWWWWWW!!!!!" as loud as you can repeatedly in an effort to see how many cows you can get to look at you).
Throwing lake weeds on Kevin's back at Cove lake and seeing how many I can get on him throughout the evening without him noticing.
Smoothies at Sonic. Sonic is a beautiful thing.
Favorite YouthWorks moments:
Adult leaders who ask to pray for me.
Washing others feet and praying over them.
When youth come up to me and ask, "can I talk to you for a minute?" and share their pains struggles, hopes and dreams, and then having the opportunity to pray with them.
peaking into my "Happy Fun Note bag", and reading the encouraging notes.
Putting notes into others "Happy Fun Note" bags.
Asking Youth about their goals and dreams.
Playing Ultimate frisbee in the pouring rain. Wonderful.
Leading talks every evening. I love it! This could never grow old for me.
When a group buys me a Sonic smoothie. delicious.
Listening to the sniffles of the snotty noses and the sobs of teens who are broken before God as their feet are washed by their adult leaders and they begin to understand what it meant for their Creator to wash the feet of sinful men. I have never witnessed anything so beautiful.
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