Some great skills to have....

So, here at camp everyday the campers spend the three hours between breakfast and lunch learning skills. These skills are taught by the councelors, and range from rock climbing to ultimate frisbee to karate. They have 6 skills they learn in a week, three on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and three others on Tuesday and Thursday. Due to my involvment with the school ultimate team and my love for the game, I usually teach ultimate frisbee to campers. One of my favorite drills to teach is one where I set up 4 cones in a very large square, about 60 feet apart. Then I have the campers line up behind one of the cones, and sprint the first two cones, after they round the first cone, I throw them the frisbee, and they have to run to it and catch it. I tell them they must sprint the first two cones, and after either catching the frisbee, or picking it up off the ground the can jog the last two back into line. I also tell them that the must get a certain number in a row without dropping it. I usually start with 10 catches in a row the first day, and then on the last day I will make them get 20 or 30, adding ten each day. I tell them that if anyone drops the frisbee, they start again from zero. I tell them that if I hear anyone complaining, or see anyone not jogging back, or don't hear them encouraging each other that I will add one to the total that they need to get. Each skill session is about one hour, so the last five minutes of the hour, I stop and gather the group to talk about the experience. I ask how they felt about it. Then I tell them that I was hard on them, but for a reason, I want them to learn how to work together, and see each others successes or failures as everyone's successes or failures. I tell them that in life, like the drill, great things can be done if they work hard, help each other out, encourage each other, and believe that they can do the task at hand. I have done it this way all summer, and all the kids love the drill. Mainly because it teaches them some great life lessons as well as how to play the game, and gives them some good excersize.
On anouther note, I am feeling pretty good, I am in Lengai again this week, and have 9 boys in my cabin, and I am the only counselor. They are good boys though. Tonight is campout, and this week I will be able to go, I am pretty excited.
I hope that all is going well with you, whereever you are, and that God is filling you, and you are allowing his love to penetrate all you do. Blessings and peace my friends.