4th Post

Hello again from Oh-io. So, last Sunday, I taught Sunday School for the first time ever. It was interesting. First off, I read the wrong chapter in preparation. So, that was fun. But on the bright side, I already know what I'm doing for this week's Sunday School :) It didn't go as badly as a imagined. God was definitely with me because when I was infront of all the kids (we have a decent number, so far all girls except for 1) I was not nervous at all. I was honest with them and I told them I had read the wrong chapter, but we'd get through it together. They didn't talk as much, and really aren't as interactive as I'd like, but I think they'll warm up to me. I made them laugh a few times at me with some comments I made, so that's a good sign. At times though I felt like I was boring them, which is one thing I dread. I'm not gonna kill myself to entertain them, but if they aren't bored, then they will add to the class a little more. That's my goal this week is to think of some way to make it a little more interesting.
I have Jr. High Bible study again tonight, maybe some kids will show up this time. It's hard to stay motivated when you don't have any kids wanting to be there. I think that we just might need to get the word out a little more.
The mission's trip is sneaking up on me. It's gonna be a crazy few days leading up to it. We have a meeting on Sunday night that will be pretty informational. I'm not crazy about having to drive down there, but I'm keeping it in my prayers. Well, that's all from here. Peace.

3rd Post

It's been a slow week. I've had a few meetings. Had one today for the camp I'll be speaking at in August. I worked out what I'm planning on speaking about. The theme is Road Trip, so I'm going to follow Jesus around to a different place every night at hit on some key points. So we had out meeting and I told them my plans. We talked about some craft ideas we could do with the kids and how we want to do their quiet time in the morning. Then tonight I had to go into Gilbert's again for Jr. High hang out time. There were still not many kids. A mom who lives across the street brought her daughter who's in 7th grade over. They just moved and the poor kid is extremely shy. So that was good. I was suppose to lead the Bible study for tonight, but none of the kids stayed, so ya. I'm ok with it. Slightly dissapointed cause I had it all planned out and interested to see how they reacted to me, but I know it's summer and I shouldn't be disscouraged. I have to teach Sunday school this coming Sunday, so I'm sure there will be some highschoolers there. Other than that, nothing too exciting. Oh we did have a meeting for the Mission's trip this week too. We didn't really do anything. Just did some stuff at Gilbert's for an hour. I'm ready to go on that trip. Get in some good one-on-one time with the girls. Oh and I went and ran with the cross country team this week too. I'm super sore, but i'm helping out the coach cause he's got a lot of girls and wants me to come along in case anything happens. So, it's a chance to hang out with some high school girls and connect with them a little. Well that's about it. Later.

2nd Post

This past week has been a busy one for me. I've gone to several meetings and have a definite schedule for what I'm going to be taking on the rest of the summer. I had a youth committee meeting last Thurs. which was very informative. I mostly sat and listened and added some input, but it was good to see how the inner workings of the youth program works in a church, or at least my church. They decided that they want me to speak at the 5-8th grader camp at the end of the summer, so I'll be giving about a 10-15 talk for three nights. I had a meeting for that and we just discussed basics and how camp usually runs. The theme this year is road trip, so I have to come up with a series of talks to go off of that. I think that I'm going to do a "follow Jesus around" thing ending with the salvation talk and the Road to Emmaus. I need to put a lot a lot more work into it, but I'm excited about that.

Tonight I had my first work night in at our youth building. Jr. High and High school were there from 6-8. There were not many kids at all, so I felt kinda useless, but I was told that many nights they have 30-40 kids, so I'm hoping it picks up by the time I go back in again. I think I'm also going to be running at least one day a week with the cross country team around town. I guess there are about 12 girls and it is a great chance to get to know them. Not so excited about the running mileage thing, but I'll get over it. :)

That's all from here.

Summer Practicum - 1st Post

Ok Tyler Jay, this is for you. :)

So I am offically an intern for church now. Session approved me 2 days ago. I haven't done too much yet. I have gone to some meetings for the missions trip I'll be leading. We are going to TN. It's called a mystery trip, which means that the kids won't know what they will be doing from day to day. We get to camp out all week and we are going rock climbing on our day off. I'm really excited about it. It's gonna be a great time. I played in a golf outing yesterday for Young Life. It was 54 holes!! But, I made it through somehow. It was fun and we raised a good amount of money. I'm going to be teaching a few lessons for summer Sunday school for high school, so that should be interesting. There is also talk of me speaking a few nights at a grade school summer camp in august. Not sure what all that means, but I'm going to talk to Parker tomorrow cause we have another meeting for missions. Well that is about it for now. Talk to you soon.