Our first full day has been a great success. We were thrown a few curve balls with our schedule, but the attitudes and flexibility of our kids and leaders were superb.
We began our day discussing 1 John 2:15-16- what it means to love things of the world and what it means to the love the world the way God does. Zach Layton prefaced the passage during breakfast, the students had some personal devotional time, and we also had some small group time.
Late morning to early afternoon we deep cleaned the gym we are staying at- The Grizzlie. They also cleaned up a lot of trash around the gym. One student, Meghan Kendall was so excited when she found a small Santa statue. We were so impressed and encouraged by the work ethic and positive attitudes of all the students.
After we finished working we were able to play in the Grizzlie gym with their students for the rest of the afternoon. We had not originally planned on staying at this same gym all day, but the Lord was so good to still provide us with great opportunities even when there are schedule changes.
The Memphis students we were around today were mostly 6-9th graders. This is not the usual age group we focus on, and it can be more intimidating, but our students were still so wonderful to jump in and initiate conversations. Tomorrow we plan to meet the elementary students at the other 2 gyms we're serving with.
After the Memphis students left, we headed to Central BBQ and had a delicious dinner. Some of the MAM staff and their students even joined us.
It was a day full of hard work and play. The kids should definitely sleep well tonight.
Janie Nolen
Mosaic Students
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