Numbers

Busy Month! Baby should be here soon, and that adds to the business. Two club stories to bring up. We did an event called bigger and better.This is where we drive students around in small groups 4-8, and barter with people in the various neighborhoods of the community. I gave each group a spinning top, worth 5cents, and they then must trade that for something bigger and better than the top. With each item traded the students proceed to another house and repeat the process. It teaches the kids a thing or two about value, the giving nature of human beings, and how to approach strangers. It is funny to watched the mixed groups, of guys and girls, as the guys figure out pretty quickly that the girls usually have a higher success rate when they are the ones doing the talking. Needless to say the group that returns with the biggest and best item is the winner.

The group I had ended up winning. What did all the trading produce? My group ended up with an old cell phone and a classic bicycle (worth well over a hundred dollars). Other groups produced a small flat of Gatorade, two video games, a inflatable queen mattress, and a book (this group got stuck with three trades that were all hats). I had each group pick another group besides themselves that they believed to be the winner. Imagine my shock when my group as winner had the opportunity to pick their prize and initially picked the Gatorade. Is your item really the biggest and best? They relented and took the bike.

The event proved to be some problem as we had enough car space for about 22 students which means of course 26 show up. Which means we do some delicate "recalculations" of vehicle seating capacity. This ofcourse makes it all the more amusing when your kids get a bike. "How are we going to get this back Skyeler?" My simple reply, Figure it out. The ride back to the highschool was interesting. This was a good bonding time for my volunteer staff and myself with the students.

Last weeks club I expected numbers to be down with football continuing (falcons in quarterfinals in State football) and basketball starting. 26 students showed up to club. I will upload pictures of this club in another post. The problem I need prayer for is volunteers. As numbers pick up the relational ministry of Jesus Christ through campus life becomes strained. We get too many students to keep up with. I love numbers and would rather have this problem than no students, but want to serve them the best we can. They get the gospel presented to them, but in order to discuss it with an adult or student leader there needs to be enough to go around.

Dodgeball is about to begin, and we had our first practice/tryout Tuesday. I may have 2-3 teams worth of students. I look forward to this opportunity to build relationships with these students through coaching.