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- Ugh I don't even want to go to this it's so stupid.
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- I'm just gonna tell her I'm not going.
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- Ellie are you ready?
- She's coming!
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- What's wrong with you?
- I don't want to go to church.
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- That's not an option.
- No mom I am serious.
- I'm not going.
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- Ellie that is not a choice. We do not have time for this lets go.
- NO! I'm not going.
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- Do not speak to me that way. It is one hour out of your week that you can sacrifice.
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- No, mom no!!
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- This is unacceptable.
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- If you don't get up and get in the car, you are grounded.
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- That's it. You are grounded. Go to your room and you may not come out until I get home with Dad.
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- Chapter 2: Reflection Period
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- This is so unfair.
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- That was when I knew I was never going to take my kids to church.
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- So I slept it off.
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- Chapter 3:Words with Meaning
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- 8 years later..
- At Kairos I often found myself feeling as if I was the only one in the room.
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- It really was unfair if you think about it. Why did I have to go?
- Of course, I knew that wasn't the case, but it was easy to imagine.
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- I decided to go to sleep. I figured if I was stuck in my room all day, the best thing to do was sleep it off.
- Kairos for me was a very different experience. It was the first real connection I had with God.
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- One of the most important moments for me was Ms. Hotop's talk.
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- The people around us offer different opportunities to see God.
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- The more time we spend getting to know God, the easier it is for us to recognize God calling our name in our daily lives.
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- Love is not something you live to find, it is the reason you are alive.
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- My favorite quotes from her talk.
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- Chapter 4:Reflection (Again)
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- I sat in my room that night of retreat thinking about how different I was now than 8 years ago.
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- This is so unfair.
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- How did I ever act like that?
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- I was confused. It seemed to make sense now. God just wants the best for us, he has unconditional love for us...
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- Why did I not love him back?
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- I thought back to Ms. Hotop's talk
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- "God is love", she said
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- What was I planning on doing with that hour every Sunday when I didn't go to church?
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- I made a decision that night before I went to bed that I plan on keeping
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- I wasn't going to be that girl anymore.
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- Relationships are a two-way street.
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- I was going to treat God how he treats me, how he expects me to treat everyone around me.
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- I was going to be the opportunity for others to see God.
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- I wanted to get to know God.
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- That was when I knew I was never going to take my kids to church.
- I decided that day that one day, when I had my own kids, I would take them to church, and show them how important it is.
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- The End.
- I decided to go to sleep. I figured if I was stuck in my room all day, the best thing to do was sleep it off.
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- I'm not going it's stupid and a waste of my time I don't even believe in God. You can't make me go!
- I'm not going it's stupid and a waste of my time I don't even believe in God. You can't make me go!
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