Slumber Party!

Hey y'all, Kelly here.

Last night, Mrs. Glo and I held a slumber party for the Acteens girls. Mrs. Gloria Falknor (our pastor's mother) and I teach a Wednesday evening class called Acteens for jr. high to high school aged girls. We teach the girls about missionaries, what they do, and pray for them. They usually have a retreat at the beginning of the year and this was my first one.

We had 12 girls come and boy, was it crazy! We got our discussion about our upcoming projects out of the way and then they had the rest of the night to have fun. They all brought snacks over and we had soda, so they were pretty hopped up on sugar and caffeine. First we played charades, fun stuff. They were all so goofy they could barely act anything out. I think they got hit with laughing gas or something.

After our discussion and charades, it was already getting pretty late. Six or seven of the girls went to one of the bedrooms to giggle and yell and scream like 14 and 15 year old girls do. Some of the girls stayed in the living room with Mrs. Glo and me. We got into some deep discussions. A few of the girls are already very advanced in their theology and surprise me with their wisdom sometimes. We started talking about abortion. They were already pro-life but they brought up some arguments that their pro-choice family memebers and friends give them. I, gaining all of my wisdom from those scholars at Wretched TV & Radio, pretty much gave them all of the examples I know that they could use to retort/defend their position.

Who would think; you'd get into such a deep discussion at a slumber party with 15 year old girls? They really impress me sometimes. We got into some other very weighty discussions as well. It makes me nervous knowing that these girls are soaking in what I tell them. It seems that they hold me in very high esteem and learn from what I say. I've already taught some of them the Ten Commandments! I just pray that I teach them rightly and lead them closer to what God would like them to be for His purpose.