Week 2

MINISTRY ACTIVITIES
This i spent 6 hours towards my practicum. This week was very similar to last week in that i spoke. I actually am speaking the next two weeks as well. I spent another hour speaking again. I spent less time in my preperation because i did not have much time to prepare because of outside circumstances that i will discuss later. I spent an hour helping in sunday school and sunday morning services. I spent an hour getting a youth group event put together, that will be happening next Saturday. I spent 30 mins in a small group discussion/accountability session. The remaining time was time that i spent simply hanging out with students and continuing to build relationships and trying to connect with students that i feel distant from.

REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
This week in ministry has been especially difficult for me. I have discovered some things in my life that i need to deal with. It all started when a friend of mine who going to be speaking to this youth group, which meets on Sunday evenings, called me Sunday during church and cancelled due to "illness" and bad weather circumstances. However, the day before he was playing basketball and hanging out with friends, so illness seemed like a stretch to me. Well he cancelled and that put me and the youth pastor in a tough spot and now i am having a difficult time being able to forgive him of bailing out on me when i put my neck on the line for him so that he could have a possibility to speak. So i just need help in this area!

SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
This week has been much better in my own personal spiritual growth. I have continued reading my bible (mark) and have further continued to spend more time in prayer and meditation. I am also back on a regular schedule of mentoring my mentor, which is always a good thing. I don't know if the break from school got me out of a routine, but i feel as i am getting back into it. I feel as if God is going to be teaching a lot about forgiveness and how to work with other people through all of things i have been reading and experiencing in real life.