Comments on: On Relating to the San Andreas Fault, Weapons Grade Uranium, and Junior High Girls

By: Sonia Einfeldt

Sonia Einfeldt — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:18:57 +0000

I, too, was an awkward Jr. Hi girl when I felt God calling me to be a missionary. I had Dallas Washer as a teacher in school (Bible and French) during one of their times of being in the U.S. for a couple of years. Then when I was majoring in missions in Bible college, the Washers invited me to do my missions apprenticeship in Togo with them. They had only arrived there less than a year earlier so it was in the early stages of their work there. (They were in Niger for several years before going to Togo). It was that summer that I surrendered to the Lord to go back to Africa, AND go as a single missionary if God wanted me to. When I went back for my last year of Bible college, a young man, a missionary kid from Africa, came in as a freshman after he was in the Air Force, and we quickly knew that God wanted us to serve Him together in Africa! We’ve been missionaries in Central African Republic, in Mali, and now in South Africa — and still loving it. The Washers were such a great help to me that summer I was there, and going through so much work of the Lord in my heart! I was privileged to be there with them.

By: From Sniffles to "Woo!" - ShannonsBlog2

From Sniffles to "Woo!" - ShannonsBlog2 — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:04:18 +0000

[...] My friend Chris Brauns, wrote today about the three most unstable substances known to man: weapons grade uranium, the San Andreas fault, and junior high girls. Chris says, "I was a camp director when I formulated the first law of unstable substances. I jotted it down on the back of a discarded Skittles wrapper while gaping at the mushroom cloud of a junior high social meltdown that made Chernobyl or Three Mile Island look like contained events." (Read the rest here.) [...]

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Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:33:00 +0000

[...] recently wrote to Kay Washer (see here), who beside her husband Dallas, opened ABWE’s field in Togo. Mrs. Washer also started a school [...]

By: TraciG

TraciG — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:07:38 +0000

When I was Jr. High English teacher (yep, I’m even still sorta sane) a dear friend who was a veteran Jr. High Science teacher had a baby girl and wept. Loudly. She said, “Oh no. Now she’s going to have to go through Jr. High as a girl!”

I have seen the good, bad, and ugly of that age group, but I also know how ripe their little hearts can be for the message of God’s truth! When the fire in a young adolescent girl’s heart is started and successfully stoked and fueled, it can burn brightly to be seen for eternity. Great post!

By: The Farmer's Wife

The Farmer's Wife — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:24:19 +0000

God most certainly IS at work in a junior high girl’s heart!!! In fact, I think that may be when their hearts are the most open to His influence, if they are in the right sphere of influence.

I just spent a week doing VBS with a couple Jr. high girls for helpers. They were embarrassed and amused at my willingness to make a complete idiot of myself, for the little kids, but by the end of the week, they were acting more like complete idiots, too. (I’m not sure that’s progress….)But I think it was good for them to see that it’s okay to be wild about God, that you’ll be loved regardless of how you look, and that they are valuable members of the body of Christ.

And you are completely right on, about the instable substances! It made me laugh! (I think 4 year old girls are God’s preparation for junior high girls. We have tears at the drop of a crayon, and worries about everything from toes to toys.)

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:01:30 +0000

John, I’m sure you weren’t far away when the meltdown occurred. I’m with you – - God uses camp ministries in a great way. If you see today’s post on television, camp is probably worth it alone just to get people away from television and other media influences for a week.

By: John Marquardt

John Marquardt — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:08:18 +0000

What a great reminder as I head into my forth summer leading staff training. No, I’m not nor ever was, a teen girl, but it was as a jr hi teen that I gave my life to Him and as a recent grad from hi school, after my forth summer working at camps, I knew that If God wanted me in camp work I’d gladly do it.

By: From Sniffles to "Woo!" - Tiny Paragraphs

From Sniffles to "Woo!" - Tiny Paragraphs — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:24:00 +0000

[...] friend Chris Brauns, wrote today about what the three most unstable substances known to man: weapons grade uranium, the San [...]

By: Shannon Popkin

Shannon Popkin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:29:24 +0000

Amen, Praise the Lord, Glory Hallelujah, Woo!

I was one of the jr. high girls once, and I can remember being totally convinced of God’s calling on my life at that young age. I remember telling the Lord that I would do anything, anything, anything for Him. In some ways, I was probably more godly at that point than I am today. It never even occured to me to count the cost.

Thanks for this reminder as I have a girl graduating to middle school (at church, not school) this week. I can already sense the unstable substance of jr. high swelling in our home. But her heart for the Lord is so precious.