Tonight we are using our handy dandy Angel cards. Each one holds a word that can describe us. Were gonna talk about how these word affect us, our relationships, how people see us, or how they change our relationship with God.
We learned a lot about about people and how they affect us. We drew words like Openess, Joy, Brotherhood, Faith, Creativity, Spontaneity, creativity, Trust, peace, and light. Brian made an amazing point with his word, openness, he said that openness can hurt us. By being open about our faith we are stereotyped. It makes life harder then needed. Today Debbi's group was really joyful (we believe we left the door closed a bit to much). Our joyfulness spread throughout the group and helped everyone getting through the day.
The people we met have tremendous Faith. They don's necessarily know what tomorrow will bring. But their faith helps them get through it. These people also have amazing creativity. Their creativity isn't something you would see just by looking at them. it something you find by complete accident. When you talk to these people, you find out who they are and how AMAZINGLY talented they are.
We also discovered something new today. SLY as a group, is very much like a family. We feel super close and are all friends. We noticed that the people at the transitional home, they were just like us. These people created their own support system because they didn't have one.
I feel super blessed that I got to meet these people and that i get to work with them.
P.S Laurel learned everything she knows about Mormons from SOUTH PARK
Many people write these blog postings. All of us belong to a group called SLY (St. Luke Youth) and we are on a mission. Our mission took us to the city in the middle of the desert where there are a lot of homeless people. Our group is going to try and make their lives a little bit better. We think that our friends, family and other people out there should hear the stories of these people, and how they have changed our lives forever. Here is our story.
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ReplyDeleteYou are witnessing one of the oldest and best ways of witnessing, preaching with your lives. As the saying goes: preach the gospel, and when necessary, use words. They, as the song goes, are seeing Jesus in you just as you are seeing him in each other.
ReplyDeleteA Treasured Trip indeed.