T.E.A.M. Newsletter

My name is Cai Everdeen, short for Kyler. I am a teenager, and I am part of the TEAM online Bible Group. I have 2 guinea pigs and a bird. Other pets, too. But those are my favorites. I love to read, write, and color. My favorite book is the Michael Vey book series, and A Soldier’s Promise by Laura Scott. I am a servant of the Lord. My favorite pop/soda is Dr Pepper. I love Jeeps and cars. I enjoy listening to music labeled “emo music,” such as, Twenty One Pilots, Paramore, etc. I am excited to finally post to this blog, and can’t believe our group has come so far.

Hi, Mary here! I know this is an unusual post, but I really want to talk about this app. YouVersion is a bible app if you can't tell by the title. YouVersion allows you to see what your friends have done with the app, what bible studies they are doing, and some notes they have taken if they allow you to see it. This encourages me because I like to see that I am not the only one reading my bible or learning from it. YouVersion rewards you for using the app whether from highlighting, reading the whole bible, or using there bible study suggestions. As Sabine knows, points and badges, even if they don't mean anything or aren't tangible, it motivates me. YouVersion is free and works offline. This is not rare for a bible app, but what is different about this one is because you can download every version of the bible that you want when you have internet, so you could use it when you go offline. I had a previous app that allowed you to do that with a limit. You had to pay for...

Do you have perfect vision, 2020, spiritually? I know that no one will be perfect until heaven except for God himself, but don't you want to get closer to that goal of perfection? Adventures in Odyssey showed a calendar for the coming year- 2020. This year is special to me because of a major milestone in my life. But is that all I want to remember in the coming years? Is that the only change I want to experience? I want a vision- a goal that I can focus on- to prepare me in the following year to come. I want my goal to have three parts: something that has to do with God's Word, something that has to do with my character, and/or something that has to do with my relationships. For example, I could say something like, "My vision is to read my Bible,  keep a positive attitude even when life seems hard, and to pray more often." While I believe all three of those are good goals to include in a 'vision' but I think it should be more specific: "My vision is to ...