How has Acteens changed your life?

By Lydia Huggins
2011-2012 TN WMU State Acteens Panelist
      Acteens has changed my life in many ways. It has helped me to grow in my relationship with God by encouraging me to spend more time with Him outside of the church. The Lord has given me a desire to pray for the missionaries and their people groups that I learn about in Acteens. It has given me the knowledge of how to pray for them and their specific requests that they might have. The Bible stories, lessons, testimonies, and the missionaries’ stories have also opened my eyes to the lost people and mission opportunities everywhere around me. My Acteens group does not just see the need; we work to see the need fulfilled. My Acteens leader, the missionaries I read about in class, and the missionaries I hear at Connection have greatly influenced my life. They have been good role models and mentors for me. I heard my second greatest call (the first was to be a child of God) when God used Connection to call me to be a missionary. I also saw at Connection, the work of the Tennessee State Acteens Panelists and now I am a Tennessee State Acteens Panelist. As a panelist, I have worked with and met some wonderful people who have encouraged and blessed me.


     Acteens has not only changed me, it has given me many opportunities to change my community and my world. It has made a huge impact on my life. But it has been God who has truly changed me. He just used Acteens to help.