Week 4

This is for the week of October 14-20. This week I am only going to be making it to the Monday ASP. I have a ride leaving for Fall Break before ASP on Thursday. I spoke with Brittan and he said it was fine if I wasn't going to be there on Thursday. Today, however, was a great day during ASP. I have, in a sense, become the game cordinator for the ASP. Each day during the first part of ASP I get a chance to hang out with the kids in the gym and play games with them. I enjoy this a lot because their true personalities show up while we are just having fun. Yes, sometimes the games get a little heated but I have found that throughout the last few weeks there have been great improvements in the attitudes of the kids as they play games. We had our first actual competetion between the three teams today. Our team, the Fearless Force 5, has maintained our lead on the board which I am very proud of. The team is working together pretty well.
Today I had a little bit of a problem with some kids. It wasn't during the ASP but after it as it was time to go home. There was a lack of communication between everyone and it left me in a bad position. After Brittan went to take some of the kids home, Abby and I were left at the Bodyshop to wait on parents and send the rest of the kids home. We had a couple of boys that hung around for a while after. They were all supposed to go to one of the boys' house. It ended up being a little problem because they said their parents were coming to get them. They hung around and then Abby called Brittan and he ended up coming back because I guess he told them they needed to leave earlier. I guess they almost always walk. I felt as if I was left out of the whole picture. If we all would have communicated better the boys would have been gone before because I would have made them start walking. It all just made me feel like I didn't do my job well enough. Communication is a key to all ministries!