Desiring to grow

The girls are unhappy with the youth group.

While the eldest was gone, the younger was telling me about how she was discouraged because the youth cell group only spent a little bit of time having a devotion, then had playtime (swimming, or ice cream, etc). At this point in her life she is very hungry spiritually, and is mature enough to realize that her needs are not currently being met. She approached the interim youth pastor and his wife with her concerns, but felt like they were happy with things the way that they are.

Then the elder came home and expressed the same thing. Her concern is that no permanent youth pastor will be hired in the two years she has left in the youth group. She is not satisfied either. She wants more and a deeper relationship with the Lord.

They see that in a lot of ways our youth group is superficial, materialistic, and cliquish. It's not that the people are not wonderful people, but I think that something is missing.

It thrills me that they are both thinking about and desiring a spiritual change, and that they have the maturity to assess the situation.

I am in prayer about this. The girls are ripe for what the Lord wants to do in their lives, but I am not sure what direction to take. I would love for them to get involved in some sort of discipleship program or a Bible study that requires something of them.

We need direction. To be honest, we have been struggling in the church for some time. If it were not for the girls, we probably would have started looking for something else. However, we are afraid that if we went to a different church, it would take too long for them to fit in and feel like a real part. After all, in three years, they both will have graduated and won't be in the youth group anymore.

We just feel so stagnate, and find it interesting that without our mentioning it, the girls feel that way as well. If we were to go somewhere else, I don't have any idea where that somewhere else could be.

All we can do right now is pray for direction, and that the desire for growth that the girls have at this time will not evaporate before a solution is reached.