Week Six

Youth Group 3 hours
Meeting with Tony 1 hour

Personal Reflection:
Tonight was a good time! It was great to see the kids again, I felt like I haven’t seen them in a long time. Before youth I started playing basket ball with a student who was shooting around (really I was just rebounding it for him and throwing it back). A personal goal of mine is to be more personal with the students, so I started asking questions to start up a conversation. It went well I asked if he was on his school basketball team, he laughed and said no I am not good enough to play for school… either way a connection happened between the two of us and I feel good about it. The challenge now is if whether or not I can sustain this connection between us.

Something that I realized that night that really bothers me is that I tend to have one thing on my mind, and everything else gets pushed aside. For instance the was a little girl in the youth that noticed my haircut, and she addressed me saying, “Were you the one with long curly hair”. (it was real cute), but because my mind was on another thing I simply said (very friendly thought) “yes I am” and that was it, I left, didn’t even get her name. But that is not the end of it, after youth when I was talking to some people she came up beside me and tapped me on the head twice with her hat and gave me a smile, and sure enough I just smiled and said “Hey” back.

The thing that bothers me is that I haven’t given this girl the time of day; I don’t even know her name. God could be putting me in her life for whatever reason and I haven’t even given her thought. In the future, whether it’s a boy or a girl, I want to notice their interest and give them interest back and show them Christ’s love.

Spiritual Reflection:
If you would have asked me how I am doing Yesterday, I would tell you tat life and school sucks, but today… only school sucks… I got rest last night and I got things done today which really puts me in a good mood. I got up early went to breakfast with a clear mind and read my bible in Baldwin. It felt so good to be up and rested. Rest alone is a spiritual discipline that I am week in because I don’t manage my time very well.