At the beginning of the summer my mom asked me if I wanted
to do a summer bible study. We decided to do a Beth Moore study on the book of
Esther. My mom suggested inviting my friend, Brittany Struska, and her mom to
study it with us. We try to meet every Monday at 7:30pm, but both our families
were really busy this summer so we are just now a little more than halfway
through it. They come over to my house and we go over our answers to the study.
Then we watch the video and talk about it. During all of this we eat popcorn and treats and laugh a lot.
Since
I can remember, my mom always sits in bed at night and does her bible study
homework. I have always thought, “Why would anyone want to do extra homework that
is not required by somebody?” I don’t know, but it didn’t seem worth it to me.
So when my mom suggested doing a bible study, I was a little hesitant. I wasn’t
sure if I could fit all the homework in with swimming and home school, or if I
even wanted to do it. But I decided to try it out since it would just be the
four of us and I could be honest about whether I understood it or not.
After these weeks, I would say that bible study does take a little bit of extra
work, but it is totally worth it! The Esther bible study has been amazing to
me. I especially love the way Beth Moore explains things. She makes it easy to
understand and keeps it so interesting. After we finish this one, I really want
to keep doing bible study.
Brittany
Struska and her family are missionaries with YUGO as well. They live on the
YUGO Ranch and run the house-building ministry in
Tijuana. Brittany and I are in the same youth group together so we see each
other on Sundays at church. We also hang out with their family a lot. Brittany
and I get along really well. She likes the same music I do, and we make up
dances to it all the time. I have enjoyed studying Esther with Brittany because
I am so comfortable around her.
