Youth Interviews: Alice, Colby, Emily

This was an interview with teenagers Alice Morgan (Sylvania UMC), Colby Cromley (Brooklet UMC), and Emily Burk (Middle Ground Bapt.).

Q: So far, what memories of this trip will stand out for you? What have you been impressed by?

Alice: I'll remember when we first got off the boat and the water was so clear and it was breezy. The sun cracked through the clouds after it was rainy on the boat ride. It was all so different. It really hit you that you weren't in Kansas anymore.

Emily: I liked going down to the school to play with the kids and invite them to Bible school. They wanted to play rock-paper-scissors and sing like American Idol. It was fun that they were so excited just to hang out and talk to and get to know. Like the two little boys, Nathan and Robert Ray - they were so sweet!

Colby: And we went by the grocery store last night to get some snacks, and they had this little can of EasyCheese and, dude, it was like six dollars. And boxes of cereal for nine and ten dollars a box! And yesterday while we were painting the house, this lady's neighbor came over to help us paint the house, and she was wanting to sing hymns with us - but it was Bahamian style.

Emily: Yeah, she was putting some soul into it!

Alice: Monday night's devotion on the beach was really neat. It was kind of surreal. It was like you were at church with out being at church; like God's creation was our sancturary.

Emily: With the stars. And the sound of waves.

Colby: Yeah, that was great.

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Brooke Brookins and Audrey Mallard led us in our devotion time Monday night. We met on the beach behind our hotel after supper. They talked about how sometimes God speaks through burning bushes or scripture that's directly about your situation, but other times his speaking comes through a small whilsper or from unexpected places. They urged us to be listening for God to speak to us and be looking for where God is at work around us this week.