Youth

Better than a dream school

She’d visited a college she loved, but that college didn’t fit in with her plan. Read on to find out how this college applicant prayed for direction and got some surprising answers.
The only conclusion I could draw was that I’d heard God’s voice.
One Saturday my family went to our friends’ house to go on a hike and go boating.
 This college freshman thought she was missing out when all her friends were having picture-perfect freshman years and she was stuck living at home and attending a not-so-prestigious school. Read on to find out how she turned her year around.

King of the barnyard

The passing of time could never deprive Otis of his God-given innocence, playfulness, and vibrancy. 
This teen felt out of place and unhappy during a visit with relatives. How could they find common ground and get along? Prayer opened the way.

Being open to change

This high school sophomore was not having fun at boarding school, and she thought it was everyone else’s fault. Then a spiritual insight changed both the way she was thinking about things and her whole boarding school experience.
When you lose something, how do you feel?
When an opportunity to go to boarding school in America came his way, this teen was excited. But then worry struck: What if he got homesick?

Facing down fear

When things at climbing camp didn’t go as planned, this teen realized that pushing through her fear of heights wasn’t going to work; she needed to pray.
Do you feel like you know God intellectually but don’t really feel close to God? This writer longed to experience God more tangibly, and she shares what happened to make that possible.
The conversation with her friend was going well … until the subject of religion came up. What was she supposed to say about Christian Science? And would her friend judge her?