Spring Retreat by numbers
Number middle school kids (aka prisoners): 55
Number of adult leaders (aka police): 9
Speakers at the weekend: 2
Speakers who cussed in their talk: 1 (I kinda cheered when she did it too, is that bad?)
Number of rented 15 passenger vans: 4
Time spent in car rental office getting and dropping off vans: 2 hours
Number of 15 passenger vans I got to drive: 1
Temperature of the amazing weather we had: 83
Number of turtles seen: 8
Number of turtles caught: 1
Number of turtles that died: 1 (yes, the same as the one above. Its a long story.)
Total times I was told we were having tacos: 4
Total times we had tacos: 0
Amount of times I had sausage gravy for breakfast: 1 (first time ever)
Times the Office got referenced: about 12 (by both leaders and students. This is an Office loving group.)
Showers taken by girls in my cabin: 3
Number of girls in my cabin: 5
Hours spent making a slide show: 4
Totally photos taken: 489
Amount of times I had to tell the girls to be quiet and go to sleep: 10,000
Total amount of sleep that I had during the weekend: about 9
Cups of coffee I consumed: 2
Glasses of sweet tea I consumed: 7
Number of dandelion’s puffs blown: 6
Amount of teddy bears brought to camp: 2
Amount of students who brought teddy bears to camp: 0
Number of boys sitting in John’s car listening to the game: 13
Times I teared up over the kids: 5 times
Hugs I received from kids: dozens and dozens


Aw, yay!
LOVE IT. I want to hear more about the prisoners/police thing!
I think I definitley am better suited for collegiate ministry work. But I have to tell you.. I miss the hugs and tears from the Middle and Highschool group sometimes. Collegiates are MUCH too mature for that kind of stuff.