Fall party 06'

Alright, I thought the "Fall Party" on last Saturday November 11th 2006 was a lot of fun. I thought it was good for at least three reasons. First, I enjoyed working with Jason Fager on the event and it was absolutely awesome that he stepped up like he did and was an extreme help. Jason actually took ownership in the event and I believe he was proud of it when all was said and done. If we can get the teens to take ownership of things that is considered a success to me. He did a ton for me and it also allowed me to build a more solid relationship with him! Second, the youth worker help was extraordinary. We had ten sponsors there not including me and then Jason's grandparents. The sponsors did an awesome job and I know the teens had a lot of fun with them. There is no way we could have handled the magnitude of this event with only four or five sponsors, so I thought that was awesome. Third, we had around 45 teens there. I know numbers don't mean success but the teens actually invited their friends to this event and that means more and more teens are being exposed to the Gospel and other Christians in a way that is not threatening and is fun! This is the most we have had at a single event since I have been here with the exclusion of the "Beach party" which takes a ton more work and effort to pull off. I have not heard any negative comments yet and most teens asked if we were going to do it again next year. I guess one negative I had was when I was trying to give a little lesson the teens weren't that attentive and were loud. I know it echoed a lot in there so I attribute some of this frustration to that. I am not sure how we could fix this. Overall, I loved the event and think doing only four huge events like this a year is a great idea. Let me know what you think.

In God's Love,

Joel