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This was my first time to go to Sunday school in 2 years. Usually we just go to regular service. It's taken weeks, but I finally convinced Mom to let me go to Sunday school again. So, here is my first day in 24-7 (our church's teen small groups).

Lost and Found
Mom dropped me off and drove back home so she could come back to church later for service. I walked in to the SEC and stood. I had no idea where to go. Our church is huge, and there are parts I have never seen. I walked down a hall, and saw two girls walking, I didn't want them to think I was following them, so I stood and then walked, and when they turned, I caught up and kind of stopped. Eventually I lost them, and I had no idea where I was. I heard music and followed the sound to a hallway with a pizza box on the right side. I saw a door with a metal plate on the wall that read "Teens". I walked in and was amazed.

The Coolest Place Ever
I walked in to a huge room with a food bar, ping-pong tables, pool tables, foosball, video games, and my friend Kelsey. I ran over to Kelsey and she got out of the chair at the food bar. I looked at the menu and saw frappucinos, coffee, cookies, and all this delicious stuff. Most of it under $2.00. It was amazing. Kelsey and I played a racing game and she won, I kept breaking my windows. Then we were all called into this big room full of tables laid out in front of a stage with a drum set, screen, and other stuff. I sat with Kelsey and Hannah came in. She was glad that I finally came to Sunday school.

The Lesson
Our small group leader had brought a jar that her husband always took tea in. She passed it around and we saw that there were stains from the tea. She explained how it was like our heart, stained from sin on the inside. Then she filled it with water and put bleach or something in it and took out her Bible. We went to verses from Psalms, Isaiah, and 1st John talking about how Jesus can take away our sins and make us clean. One talked about Him sweeping them up and forgetting about them. After we read, she passed the jar around. No tea stains in the jar. She asked what that had represented and we said it was His blood, which was correct. It was a great lesson.

After the Lesson
After the lesson, Hannah, Kelsey, and I went back into the main room and the majority of the people left. We stood there and played ping-pong and Kelsey kept on hitting it towards the trashcan, barely missing it. We wandered around and talked until we decided to something else. It was 9:00 and we still had quite a while. So we thought we'd have some fun. Like I said: Our church is huge, and there are parts I haven't even seen it in. And I've been there since I was a baby.

Exploring
Curiosity lured us into a hall leading to some stairs. We went up the stairs and saw nothing until I pointed out a door. Did we walk in? What do you think? It is me, you know. We opened the door and turned on the light. It was so cool. We knew we were allowed up here because the lady said we could. While Hannah and Kelsey were digging through the candy bowl, I was looking through windows and searching around the room. I think it was the room where Courtney's small group had been. Nothing interesting except for a ladder that went into the ceiling. That was kind of weird...
We left that room and went downstairs. We wandered around in and out of doors leading to rain or music. One room we found was the SEC. It was completely empty, but fans were running and music was playing. So, Hannah, Kelsey, and I jumped on stage and had a little rock star wannabe episode. That was kinda weird. Hannah took me into a hallway she thought was creepy. I don't know why, all it was was a bunch of blue lockers. We kept walking and found the free coffee outside the Worship Center. We got some coffee and put Splenda and stuff in it, then walked off. Hannah asked if I wanted to ride the elevator. I didn't even know our church had an elevator! We needed to get to the first floor, and I didn't even realize were on the second floor. We help out in the nursery, which is on the first floor. Hannah took me to the elevator and we got in. We went down and started walking towards Discovery Land when Kelsey decided she wanted more coffee. Oh boy! We went back to the elevator, went up, got her coffee, and went down.

Helping Out
We went to Discovery Land and asked if we could help, and she said we could go see the 4 year olds. Yes! We got potty trained kids this time! That also means they could talk. And my friend was there! My little 4-yeard-old buddy, Lilly. She is so cute! She remembered me! We read to them and played with them until the lesson came on TV automatically. It was Mrs. Geena, the preschool director, and her dog (puppet) Diggety. The lesson was to always obey your parents. And they told the story about Jonah. We got the kids to listen and explained to them what they didn't understand. Lilly sat in my lap while we watched. When Mrs. Geena said Jonah was in the fish's stomach for 3 days, Lilly added that he had been in there for 3 days and 40 nights. That was funny! I told her she was thinking of Noah. We helped explain the memory verses to them and stuff and played with them until time to go. We all said good bye and I went to the room outside the SEC to find Mom. She was just picking up a cell phone to call me when I walked in. She had been waiting for 10 minutes. I guess big church got let out earlier than Discovery Land. We got Wendy's burgers and went home.
I am definately going back next week!

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