Summer Fun 

    I think that the most exciting thing I did this summer was meet new people! I’m not the most outgoing person in the world but I met these people at church, which is where I feel most comfortable. I go to House of Praise and in June we had our annual youth conference! Different teenagers from different churches come to House of Praise and come together for three days to learn more about God and to get to know other Christians. I know that when I tell some people that I am a Christian they automatically think that I am a freak and that I want to throw bibles at people (not literally). I used to never engage in conversations about religion because I did not want people to look at me differently. This all changed when I attended the Unashamed Youth Conference. We learned that you can talk about yourself in a way that keeps people from thinking that you’re forcing your religion onto them. I was really debating whether or not I should write this paper on the youth conference or not and it took a lot of courage for me to decide to do it and know that I will read it in front of the whole class, so please keep any negative comments to yourself. The Conference was an amazing experience and it was definitely the most memorable thing I did this summer.