Thursday June 28: God’s Love Changes Everything

Today’s theme at the ELCA 2018 youth gathering was love. I couldn’t think of a better word to describe this incredible, impactful day! Not only the lives of people that we helped by our service project, but the love that I saw among our FLY youth group. Our service project was to help Helm Elementary School in Houston with things such as painting, heavy gardening, and cleaning. Some even created a new path for students to walk on. The pure love and appreciation from the PTA mothers, and even the principal, was a sign of their love. Getting a group of fellow friends together to paint a bench rainbow colors will hopefully bring kids some joy! 30,000 Lutherans in one city all over the place making an impact even in small ways can make a huge difference in a grand scheme of things! The amount of love poured through in the speakers that we listened to tonight was tremendous. The music was moving, and made us realize what it really means to tell God’s never ending love. No end. No stop. A full continuous circle! God bless, and see you soon! -Liz Stucker, Kelli Remme, Allie Kock, Sydney Meister, Bella Hunsley, and Stacy Frost