JoJo 10.4; Cindy's Hunger for God Continues

Cindy got to Smallville United Methodist Youth Service early that Sunday night. She hoped to talk to Ms. Passion about her reading. Sure enough, Ms. Passion made a B-line to Cindy as she entered the Youth Room.
“Hey, Cindy. How’s my girl?”
Cindy liked the feeling of ‘belonging to someone’.
“Hey Ms. Passion! Great! How are you?”
“Blessed.”
“I read John 3 times.”
“Which parts?”
“All of it…was that wrong?”
“Goodness no, Girl! How was it?”
“Well, I know who Jesus is!”
“Praise the Lord!”
“Can we talk after Youth Service?”
“Absolutely!”

Soon JoJo, Tommy (who had been sick for 2 weeks), Greg, Robbie, and the other members of the Band came in. After JoJo said ‘hey’, they went right to the stage to practice. About 20 minutes later, other youth arrived. Mr. Faith paid the Pizza Nut Deliverer for the 12 pizzas, and the kids started feasting. The room got loud, but Nancy and Cindy were able to communicate pretty well. Nancy had been a Christian for 3 years. She loved ‘talking God’ with anybody.

At 6:27, Mr. Faith asked the students to move to the Worship area, and the Band began within a minute. Cindy sat with Nancy, and this time Cindy remembered some of the songs. She sand along quietly. Nancy’s voice was so sweet that Cindy wanted to hear her sing more than sing herself!

At 6:49, Ms. Passion went to the podium.
“Please bow for prayer. ‘Father, you are so good to us! We don’t understand how much you bless us. However, I want to praise you for a few. For your mercy, your wisdom, your forgiveness, your Son, flushing toilets (a few students giggled), and for our speaker tonight…Donald. Be with him and use him to help us know You more.’”
Cindy thought DONALD? Cindy had never heard Donald speak a word in the 3 years she had known him.

Donald gave a wonderful talk. Afterwards, Cindy thought if God can use Donald, there is hope for me! Cindy thanked Donald for his talk. Then, she saw JoJo. She was mad at him for not calling her until she called him. JoJo’s mother explained his consequence.
“Hey convict. Did you get an early release?”

“Very funny.”
“Sorry, Jo. Your mom told me about your punishment.”
“She told me.” At the risk of feeling vulnerable, JoJo said, “I have missed talking to you.”
Cindy was a little taken aback. JoJo usually kept all feelings bottled up.
“Aww. Thanks, JoJo. I have missed our conversations as well.”
“I have 3 more weeks of no-phone restriction!”
“That’s not too bad.”
“That AND I have to behave in Old Lady Tense’s room the rest of the year.”
Cindy looked past JoJo and said, “Hi, Mrs. Tense.”
JoJo wheeled around to see… nobody. “Real funny!”
“Sorry, JoJo. Ha!”
“Well, I’ll talk to you at school.”
“Are you mad?”
“No, Girl. But, my dad is outside waiting on me, and I am trying to get on Dan’s good side!”
“Understood!”

Finally, Cindy and Ms. Passion got to talk about her reading of John and what she learned.
“OK. Cindy, tell me about Jesus.”
“Well…….