This week was not a normal week at the FCC offices because of Memorial Day. Things did not begin until Tuesday and ended with a half day on Friday. But there were still many things to learn and do, and that is exactly what I did.

The biggest part of the week for me was preparing for my first lesson that I gave yesterday, June 5th. I prepared a lesson for the second middle school hour based on the story of Josiah in 2 Kings 23:1-3. This lesson revolved around the idea of influence and getting the kids to realize that they have the power to influence people and if they do not stay in God’s word, they can easily lead people astray like Josiah did for 18 years. In order to help the student understand this concept a little better, I had one volunteer complete a maze blindfolded while two people were giving them directions; one was giving correct directions while the other was not. I feel the lesson went well.

The other big project that I had this week was creating a promotional poster for the summer series we are doing this summer. The theme is signs of summer and it is a walk through different road signs, each one with a different Biblical lesson associated with it. It will cover nine different signs including stop, yield, one way, merge and others. I will be writing two of the lessons for this series, but I am creating a poster first to get the kids excited about the series. While creating the poster, I had to learn some skills with Photoshop. I  finished it on Wednesday and I think it turned out well.

I was also placed in charge of creating a fun activity for the students towards the end of the summer as sort of a last hurrah before Isaac and I leave. So I am organizing an event called Nerf Wars. We will turn the gym into a huge Nerf gun battle ground and play several adapted paintball games. I am very excited about this event because we will have some small prizes for the students that attend and, of course, I love Nerf guns! I have the gym reserved and some basic game selected, now I just have to recruit some volunteers to help referee the games and get some promotion going.

On Thursday, Isaac and I went with the FCA middle and high schoolers to Park Springs camp to help chaperone their end of the year trip. It was a very cool experience! We started the day with four low ropes course elements. By the end of the fours element, my group had learned the importance of working together, following directions, and only having one person lead them. They did very well on the elements and asked some very good questions after we were all done. After lunch, it was time for the rock wall, zip line and swimming pool. In order to go on the zip line, you had to climb up the 30 foot rock wall. And the zip line was really fun! They have a small lake on their property, and they were able to have the zip line cross above the water. We then had hotdogs for supper and smores for desert. It was a long and hot day, but the students had a really good time to end their school year.

I finished the week on Sunday with teaching the middle schoolers, assisting with teaching K-5, and accidently spending time the the nursery when I was supposed to be with the pre-schoolers. There as a little lack of communication mixed with misunderstanding that led to me helping in the nursery with the toddlers. After church, Isaac and I helped with the graduating seniors banquet.

Having finished the second week of my internship, I am glad I was able to come to this church to experience ministry. This is going to be a very good summer.