MISS AMY:

I walked into the church this afternoon carrying more bags than I normally do. The first question was, “Well, Miss Amy, what are you up to today?” I have created a reputation!

I said, “Oh, we are gonna make things erupt!” And then I added, “This may be the last time i counsel at Gospel City.”

I came prepared to minimize the mess. I set rules and for the most part they were followed. I also told staff that I had to do desk work in high school chemistry when it was lab time because I may have blown things up or started fires (small ones).

Here is what we did tonight. (Each kid walked in and said, “Uh, Miss Amy. What are we doing?”)🤣

I did this three times tonight. Warm water in the glass is us. Food coloring is our emotions. They picked the color that matched what they were feeling. Then some dish soap. Then baking soda which represents the consequences. It starts to fizz a little just with the baking soda. Then each kid moved their seat back! We talked at each step and when I poured the vinegar in they all stood up and said, “Whoa!!”

Really good convos came from it. It was a good visual of what happens when we hold emotions in. I’m the first to admit that I do it!

One added several colors and I pointed out that’s a lot of different emotions. One had me pour more vinegar in to make it erupt again and he said, “Jesus is overflowing!” I was floored. I gave him a high five and he was smiling like I’ve never seen him smile.

I didn’t get very good pictures of it erupting. (I was making sure it didn’t get everywhere!)

It erupted much higher than this!

Tonight was fun and this really got the kids talking!

Maybe next week we will make things explode!