Wednesday

Wednesday is a day many of us look forward to because we get a day to spend with our youth group kids. This the day we get off and can go check out the city we are serving. It’s a relaxing day and a day for us to be together and have fun. All the groups went to the Inner Harbor for the day and did various things in that area. Our group went to the National Aquarium and it was a blast! This place was huge, and we got to see a rescued sea turtle that tipped the scales at 500 lbs! We were picked by the trainers at the dolphin show to be a part of an interactive social experiment with the dolphins. this was a lot of fun and we got wet. Our birthday girl, Elizabeth Cochran, was told happy birthday by everyone in the aquarium audience. The other two groups got a chance to experience true Baltimore style food, while one of the groups went to Pizzeria UNO, and I won’t say what group that was…(maybe The Jersey group).
We all came back around 430 to get ready for VBS that night. These teens have been working so well together, that The VBS has been a running like a fine tuned machine. The most important part is the kids from the community are connecting with the teens from our groups and lives are being impacted. One story comes to mind of a little girl who has having difficulty with the craft and was crying. So one of our teens from Staten Island, took her aside and comforted her. The little girl began to tell her how she didn’t feel loved at home and thought that nobody loved her. The teen shared with her how God loves her and that loved her and she continued to share with her about Gods love. This little girls demeanor changed and it all started with three little words….I love you….simple but powerful words to some of these kids on this community.


~ Eric Couch