Thursday, January 01, 2009
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Friday Nights
Strange things seem to happen on Friday nights. Like the 5 student leaders who either called (or I called them) to let me know they couldn't make it to club tonight. Or like when I went to start up the bus to pick up kids for club tonight and someone had tried to hotwire our 20 year old bus. The ignition was torn up so badly that I couldn't drive it. So I changed plans and we drove the 15 passenger van instead. We managed just fine and actually had a really good club. There were only about 25 kids there, but the energy was good and they were really listening closely by the time I started giving my message from John 4. It was one of the most attentive club audiences I can remember in my three + years of doing club here. Then we went to the gym and one group of kids (and me) played basketball while some of our other leaders led a came of Catchphrase (think Charades) with the kids who didn't want to shoot hoops. At one point, I stopped and looked and almost every kid in the building had a smile on their face. That was an accomplishment. It was a good night despite the challenges.
