Just got home from Club! We had a blast.
We had a late start waiting for one car to arrive, but it was no big deal. We got right to playing a game involving baby bottles, Sprite, adult-sized diapers, and sitting on laps! Tyler and Zach reluctantly donned pairs of adult-sized diapers and light-up Santa hats, then were fed “baby formula” (Sprite) via baby bottles while sitting on the laps of Brittany and Tiffany. Finally, the boys had to finish their “formula” and burp as loud as they could.
Then we played another round of doing cell phone “pranks” and broadcasting the call with an amplifier. First Britanny sang along with her friend to “Jingle Bells” (even though she forgot all the words!) and then Nikki tried to convince her friend to go on a blind date with Zach. Even though I think she cheated a bit, we still awarded her a prize.
We went inside to talk a bit about our Thanksgivings. It’s amazing how much comes out about kids’ families when you just ask them about the holidays. You really find out the kind of tense family situations that kids have, when one kid says her mom and aunt don’t get along so one ended up not coming to dinner, or about celebrating a first holiday after a loved one passed away. It was just supposed to be light chat that turned pretty deep very fast. I think our group is still awkward and still trying to get used to one another, but I hope that we are being trustworthy leaders to these students.
Our talk was on Jesus’ ministry of healing in Mark 5, where one of the religious leaders of the day, Jairus, pleads with Jesus to heal his daughter. While en route to Jairus’ estate, a woman with an issue of blood touches Jesus’ clothes. We see here that Jesus paid no mind to status, but addressed each of these two people as individuals in their own problems. Jairus was a well-established man and a leader in his community, while the woman with the issue of blood was not even given a name in the Bible. Yet both of them find a miracle of healing from Jesus.
Afterward, we spent time over at McDonalds grabbing some ice cream, as has suddenly become our tradition! We played around a bit in the play area–I didn’t realize how small those tubes seem when you get to be as old as I am! Besides some of the crude jokes some of the kids were telling, it was fun just hanging out and hearing them interact.
We plan on going out to a restaurant next Club to grab a Young Life Christmas Dinner as a group. It should be fun!
