Saturday, November 11


just came back from ntss class camp...

want to thank the Lord for blessing this experience for me....i believe this experience wld not have been so wonderful without His blessings and protection along the way...really want to applaud the student leaders for their enthusiasm and involvement during this camp...they re-affirm me of the reason why i'm here for this camp-which is to be mentor to them and they enhance my role as a mentor by being such coachable lders...

share some personal feelings throughout this camp...of course, even as i went through this camp tog with the students, i learned tog with them at the same time...but its holding on to the position as their mentor which make the difference...its abt befriending them, building relationships with them, earning their respect as well guiding them through their project as well...its a slightly different experience from being an OGL in nj cause now instead of leading them all the time, you take the backseat at times and allow them room to grow and lead...and it takes even greater skills and responsibility to exercise the amt of control u need to allow to the students..and esp when some have pretty gd ldership skills, its impt that we as mentors to be able to observe and coach them such that they will still learn from the experience they have in the camp...
this is my first experience working with TOUCH Youth Services and it a gd working experience with the staff as well as the mentors and volunteers...want to thank TOUCH for giving such opportunities and i will definitely be looking forward to more of such opportunities to help out in future....

jel; 2:59 pm