Last night I had the opportunity to fill in at our Jr. High small groups. I decided not to start over with a new group this year, first off all because of having Hannah, and second of all, I just couldn’t commit to a new group of girls after connecting so closely with my first small group of girls here in Minnesota. The past 2 years I loved being a Journey leader co-teaching with an amazing lady and having the best girls ever in my group. We had a great 2 years together, and this year I started helping out on Sunday nights so I could see them throughout the year and get to know the other youth group kids. I have gotten to know a few other girls in our youth group over the last year and they are so sweet. A handful of them came out for our Women’s ministry ornament exchange party too, which was a blast!

So…yesterday Tim called me from the church asking if I’d be willing to fill in for a Journey group and help teach one of the 8th grade girl’s groups. At first I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do it because I didn’t even know who all was in the group, and I hadn’t had the chance to get to know them over the years. But once I got my old Journey journal out and read through the lesson and over my answers I filled in a couple years ago I really started getting excited. Tim brought home the teacher’s manual for the lesson, and I gathered my supplies for the night.

I knew 2 of the girls in the small group pretty good, and 2 others I had seen around the church, and 1 I met for the first time. They were all such sweet girls and I had so much fun being with them for the night. I really miss getting to teach and learn along side a group of girls. I really need to get on the ball and set up the weekly girls only study that some of the girls have asked me to do. It’ll be on Thursday nights at my house, but I need a co-teacher and I need to go through the book and see how many weeks the study will be. Now I have a lot of motivation to do this! If you’re interested in helping lead a girl’s study with me let me know! We’ll be using “Lady in Waiting” by Jackie Kendall, a study on the book of Ruth.