Outreach In Middle School

Every hand I shook and every time an administrators congratulated me for my big success, I felt uplifted and more ambitious about what was going to happen after this day. That rewarding moment is what I replay in my head every time I feel like thing aren’t going to go my way. That day lifts me and helps me remember that I can do all thing through Christ and that whatever has me down I have to take it one day at a time just as I did with my high school experience and doing just that is what got me to my high school

In recent days I had the opportunity to go back to North Carolina for a few short days. There, with a heavy heart from a loss in the family, I had nothing else to look towards. I’ve always heard of individuals finding peace, faith, blessings, and love of Christ from attending church. I’ve never been a person who put their faith into a higher power. As I was growing up my parents never wanted to force me into any religion without me knowing everything about it and choosing which route to take on my own. As the years treaded on, I never bothered myself to learn about the many different religions and what each stands for. So I used this opportunity as mine to attend church for the very first time. I attended the Roman Catholic services held

I am eighteen years old and have had opportunity to live in and travel to, diverse places within the US. Born in California, raised in Texas, grew up in Arizona, and am currently rooted in Pure Michigan. Moving to Michigan I had to adapt to new High School Junior year, establishing new life and friends. Leaving Arizona was trialing for me but I did it with great faith. Prior to leaving Arizona, Sophomore year I had let my grades sink because of the hardships I was facing at the time, including my lack of self-confidence and the fear of moving again. However, relocating allowed me to regain my self confidence back and refocus my life on Christ. With the help of the gospel in my life I was able to pick myself up and dramatically raise my grades junior year. From being a low grade student sophomore year,

I am Connie Alarcon a junior at Valley High School and my growth both personally and academically this school year has been one of the most mentally exhausting years of my life. This year truly made me mentally stronger, as well as changed me as a person and displayed academic growth in me , it taught me valuable things that I know will help me in the future. What this year truly taught me that i will forever value and always try to remember as I go through life is that at the end of the day I will be the only one who cares enough and has to fight for the future I want, nobody else will be able to fight for my future the one I want as much as I can and will.

Last summer, I went to summer camp with my church. By the end of the week, I was changed completely. Every morning, and every evening we heard a message preached by various pastors. Every service, the Holy Spirit changed something inside me.

This past Sunday I was listening to a young man tell the church how he had quit his job to follow Christ's call to be a missionary over seas. His passion of obedience struck a cord in my heart. I had long before expressed my heart's desire to one day work for a non profit after I had gotten my degree and since then have veered on a entirely different career path. God is gracious and has blessed as well as grown me so much even with the path change. He has matured my faith and grown me in my abilities as a valuable employee. But as I was sitting there listening to this man who was leaving to further God's kingdom I was hit with a thought, 'you could be helping send people who further God's kingdom.' Over the next few days God continued

At the start of the year I was not aware of the purpose for which God created me. This year of Fordham Prep, I have learned God created to be a man for others, to grow up and help others, and to have positive attitude towards everything. Throughout the year there were many people who needed my help, teachers, students and my parents. The freshman retreat opened my heart to the idea of a positive attitude to everything. Sacrifice was a big part of The Walk for Others.

On the first day of school this year, my English teacher had told the class that our junior year was probably going to be the most stressful year that we would have to encounter in our high school career. It did not take long before I was drowning in the daily, piling assignments, taking ‘life-dependent’ tests, and struggling through some days due to multiple sleepless nights that junior year is associated with. I would have to say that Jesus (and coffee) had a lot to do with my getting by this past year. Having to deal with a rough ankle injury, lost friendships, and the struggle of finding where I could fit in while being the best version of myself has left me exhausted. I was faced with a couple of adversities this year, however I believe that they not only brought me down to a low and put me through some rough patches, but also these obstacles brought me higher than I was before, opening my eyes up to the greater good. When people say that things happen for a reason, I can now say that I believe them 110%. God has graciously placed angelic and wonderful people in my life when I needed it this, and there is not a day that goes by where I don’t count these God-given blessings and thank him for lifting me up this past

To start off, I’ve grown tremendously in the aspects of learning, faith, and friendship. I would like to thank my parents, teachers, and religious for guiding me along my journey. Since Kindergarten, I have been learning and developing new skills to help prepare

Although it was hard, I didn’t hesitate to look to my Heavenly Father for help. I knew He had given me this trial for reason, but I didn’t know why. I was blessed with wonderful friends and family, and I was satisfied with the way my life was, but suddenly I struggled to feel happy. I spent many nights on my knees crying and praying for help. I asked God to help me feel happy again, wondering how He would respond. I waited for an answer, but I felt like I wasn’t receiving one. It took me a few months after the school year had started to realize that He had answered my pleas for help since the first day of school began.

Hi Adrienne! Although your post is somewhat different from mine, I find your reminder about pivotal moments in our path on life incredibly encouraging. In my post I discussed the fact that God’s desired result for my life was to become a mother, and I believe that in order to become a mother, God needed me to become a teacher as well. Although I did not begin my pursuit of a degree in the field of education, somewhere deep down I always knew that I wanted to be a teacher. It was not until I received a bachelor’s in business administration, and a promised job following graduation, that I understood where God was directing my life. Following the merger of two major companies, the job that I was promised upon graduation was eliminated.

My journey on to my Christian faith began when I was born so I basically didn’t feel. I had a choice not to be a Christian but I never asked why am I a Christian because I felt as though being a child of god was the right way to go I felt as though that god would always be here for not just me but with everyone that needed him. My journey to Christ probably would have to be in the miracles that he have brought me through and I have seen. A long time ago my uncle basically overdosed and the doctors said that he was brain dead and that we should just cut the cord. I will never forget the hospital room filled with the people from my church praying out loud. As I was sitting in there I could feel the spiritual energy. It felt like my skin was crawling with adrenaline. The doctors took us back there to see him and when I saw him I was honestly scared I didn’t think he was going make it but he made it my mother told me when she went back there she saw a angel over him and she said that his wings filled the room. After that day my uncle began to get better when he got home he didn’t have any memory of any sort he had to start completely over we had to help him step by step. And now today my

Throughout my educational experience, I have endured countless hardships that made progress difficult at times. Although it was a struggle through my strong dedication to education, I have also earned a list of achievements for my hard work. These experiences from, failing two of my English classes, to excelling tremendously in mathematics, have molded me into the type of student I am today. I am a student with a growth mindset and, an optimistic outlook on education and, the bright future ahead. I now understand the impact that a positive mindset can have on your future. I am definitely proud of the student I have become. I feel like my journey is unique, but is also very relatable.

Since the day I was born my parents took my sister and me to church ever Sunday. I grew up in a loving Christian home and was encouraged at an age where I could fully understand, to purse a relationship with Jesus. I accepted Christ into my heart when I was in the second grade and was baptized in the fourth grade at age 10. Growing up I have always been super involved in Church. I have a heart for people and love serving. Since 3rd grade until now, my senior year of high school I have been on the leadership team with my youth group. I can not imagine my life without Jesus as the center. I have been pushed to step out of my comfort zone and because of that I have grown in several different ways. For example, I am an extrovert and enjoy getting new people, but never liked public speaking as I felt nervous and intimidated. By the many adult leaders, and pastors coming along side of me and encouraging me to step of on my comfort zone I now highly enjoy speaking and spreading the truth about The Lord in big groups of people. I am so thankful for the many God loving people that have come in my life and helped stretch me. Jesus is my entire life and I am nothing without him.