Wed. Oct 7, 2009

Well, we served 210 hamburgers last night + a couple of grilled cheese sandwiches as well! It was a great turn out for our the beginning of our F4 night. F4 stands for Food, Fellowship, Family, and Fun! There are many different classes being offered after the dinner. For our Middle Schoolers, after we feasted on hamburgers, tator tots, and ice cream, we went into the gym to play a game. They were divided into two teams of @ 35 kids each. (We were a little short, so there were probably only @ 65 kids there) They had to take a slip of paper out of the basket and then work together sentence by sentence to tell the story. It was Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It took a looonnnggg time, but eventually, they did get the idea. After that, we went into the Youth Center and split into girls on one side, boys on the other. I wanted to give all of the Youth Leaders a chance to see everyone and start to put a name with the face!! So, we played the story game, where you write down: a who, what they did, where they did it, when they did it, and why they did it. Passing the paper to the person next to you after each entry. We came up with some crazy stories in the girls area! Then, we just took time to share random stories with the group. It was a fun night to begin to get to know the kids a little better.
Next week if the weather is decent, we're going to have another bon fire outside, sing some songs around the campfire, roast hotdogs and s'mores, and then go inside to help stuff the College Care Packages. We are still accepting donations for those packages. Flat soups, drink mixes, candy, etc...are good ideas that can be donated.

Thanks!