When I first considered coming to youth group on Wednesday nights, I knew from coming on Sundays that I didn't know anyone well enough to actually sit with them and I felt weird asking! So Dad told me I should pray and ask God to help me get a friend. I was not expecting what I got.
The first night of youth group, I hesitated about going in and I was prepared to stick it out and sit by myself like on Sundays for however long it would take to find a "sittin" friend. When I finally went in I talked to a few of my friends and played some games. When it was time to go inside I found a seat and then sat there... In the back.. Haha Suddenly, a couple of girls, a blond and a red-head, came running up the stairs and squeezed past me to go see a friend. "Excuse us!" they said. After they had talked to their friend, they came back over to me. "Do we know you?" the red-head asked me. "Do YOU know her?" she asked her friend. "I think I've seen you around fsm." I replied. "Well," she continued, "I'm R, this is B. Would you like to hang out with us tonight?" I gave them a HUGE smile and then said that would be awesome!
After that she introduced me to so many friends and it just seemed to branch out like a network of all these amazing people I never knew existed! So thanks to God and R reaching out to me, I am a pretty popular person in FSM, I am never without friends to sit with, and I met my best friends. God didn't even make me wait a week! He gave me friends on the first night!
Some of my senior friends recently told me that they are so glad that they met me. :) I am extremely thankful as well! I had been a little bit worried for a while that I had been a tag-along. They always treated me nicely but they would never say, "Hey, kid, quit bothering us! We're seniors!" if I had been annoying! They are too amazing to be that type. :) Encouragrams also affirmed me of how much all my friends love me. :) a couple of the encouragrams were so nice, they made me cry! So now, whenever I remember, I'm on the lookout for anyone who looks lonely. I hope that I can be an R to someone one of these days!
