May 2013 - Jr. High Youth Group

So I have youth group once a month with LOTS of other Jr. High kids. Like 40. Each month we do something different. To help people, just have fun, and play games. This month my mom and dad did it. Well, with help from Mr. D and Mrs. T. It was SO much fun!

Some of the older boys sat around and made bracelets INSTEAD of playing games. But others played. OH! I didn’t even tell you WHAT our youth group was about!

FRIENDSHIP

So we play outside with Indonesians/Papuans just about every day. SO we invited the Indonesians/Papuans to come play with “banyak teman-teman” (lots of friends). And then we told the normal Youth Group kids to come play games with us and the Indonesian/Papuans. We would play soccer and some other games.

The kids were supposed to come and we would exchange names, play games, and ‘hang-out’. It was pretty cool. It was not just ‘pretty cool’ it was AWESOME!! HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF WHAT WE DID!!

BUT FIRST, I’m going to tell a little story about what happened just a little before Youth Group started (like, an hour before)

SO the night before my Korean friend, Sue, spent the night. She is in 6^th grade and is TOTALLY FUNNY! The next day was a barang sale at the International school here (‘barang’ means ‘stuff’:) SO we went there and then near the end, when we were about to leave, Sue said, “Can we bring Ruth?” Ruth is another Korean 6^th grader. My mom said yes and Ruth’s mom said yes so she came home with us. Which was PERFECT! BECAUSE…

…I had this idea TO do Water Balloons. Who doesn’t like Water Balloons? Maybe someone. So at 2:25 pm, Ruth, Sue, and I started filling them and tying them. Sue was the only one of us that could TIE balloons so she got stuck with that job while Ruth and I filled. THEN, Mr. D, Mrs. T, and their load (they brought everyone who lived down their road) arrived. Sue, Ruth and I decided to trust Chaia, the only girl on the bus. SHE COULD TIE BALLOONS! Sue was SOOO happy. Then Alex arrived and she helped. Ok, we got REALLY WET. Especially Ruth. BUT IT WAS AWESOME!

Ruth and I filling water balloons

Fun picture of all of us- Sue, Ruth, me

Mrs. T explaining the name exchange game

Same thing

Girls starting their bracelets

Messin' around

'Hangin' out

The Indonesian girls (and boy) doing bracelets

Doing our 'pas-the-water-balloon-to-your-partner'
This was what we did with the water balloons, BTW, every expat with an Indonesian/Papuan

Whoops!

"GET ANOTHER ONE!"

Getting another water balloon

Trying to keep the balloons from dropping

People waiting to get a water balloon before the're all gone!

It turned into a water balloon fight, well, all except the 2 kids nearest the bushes

Listening to Mr. D, he did our devotion 

 This was a fun-filled day for everyone! Hope you enjoy these pictures!

Abrielle Lindsay :)