Hello all! It's Shayla, and as most of you know, our year on NET is coming close to an end. This week has been extremely crazy; from a crazy dodgeball lifenight to our last Glass Alabaster and Real Men, to us having like no office time because we're so busy.I'll start with the dodgeball Lifenight. Man was that ever fun! Well, it wasn't really a Lifenight, more of a hang out because our lifenights are only every two weeks. Either way we had a bunch of teens come out to hang out. We split off into two teams, and each team had to make a team name and a team cheer. My team was pretty simple...Team Shayla. The other team was Team Boogaloo. Now, us being the NET Team, we find it impossible to keep things just fun...we have to make it intense! So, we gave everybody glowsticks to put around their necks, and we played dodgeball in the dark (more like dimmed lights for safety). We played rounds with time limits, and basically at the end of the round, the team with the most players alive wins. We did half court games, full court games, swtiched teams, and just had a ball...literally! It was just so much fun. OH! I forgot to mention that my family gave me a surprise visit for my mom for Mother's Day. Everyone showed up except my oldest brother. I guess they made dodgeball feel like there was a lot of people because it added like ten more people.
The last Glass Alabaster and Real Men was lots of fun. We started by having our men's and women's sessions. Little did the women know, but the men spent their time decorating a room and baking snacks to honor the women. The women spent time talking and being romanced by Jesus. It was pretty powerful because in our women's session, the girls shared some of their testimonies from us being here, and how God worked in their lives this year. After this, the men and women came together for snacks and "back affirmations". This is when you put a piece of paper on your back and every one goes around writing affirmations on everyone else's papers. It was tons of fun.
This week, along
with the Lifenight, Glass and Real Men sessions, we've been busy with people visiting, going to the school for presentations, and things like letters and stats that we have to complete before leaving. We're also really excited for this weekend because our teens from the Edge crew are putting on a retreat for us! Actually, I think we're more like really, really, really, really excited...just to exaggerate. I know! It will be starting on Saturday evening and ending in the morning on the Sunday. Next week we also have a lot of cleaning to do in our office before we leave. Like getting rid of all the paper that randomly finds a purpose throughout the year even though it actually really serves no purpose. Not to mention all of our personal stuff that finds itself in purge in our office too. Yup, it's going to be CRAZY!
with the Lifenight, Glass and Real Men sessions, we've been busy with people visiting, going to the school for presentations, and things like letters and stats that we have to complete before leaving. We're also really excited for this weekend because our teens from the Edge crew are putting on a retreat for us! Actually, I think we're more like really, really, really, really excited...just to exaggerate. I know! It will be starting on Saturday evening and ending in the morning on the Sunday. Next week we also have a lot of cleaning to do in our office before we leave. Like getting rid of all the paper that randomly finds a purpose throughout the year even though it actually really serves no purpose. Not to mention all of our personal stuff that finds itself in purge in our office too. Yup, it's going to be CRAZY!Well, we are praying that you have a great week filled with showers upon showers of God's blessings.
God Bless,
Team Five-Alive
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