Week 16 continued

The remainder of the December follow-up was exciting.  We had a sex education seminar that lasted about 2 hours.  Lots of great questions were asked, plus there were several diagrams and props.  The speaker passed around examples of forms of contraception and most youth leaders stayed awake the whole time.  We were all very tired.  The entire group participated in a wild and crazy gift exchange afterward.  We had dinner, too.  Then we all met in the peace center for a college board.  I was a part of the panel.  About 7 college kids positioned themselves in front of a seated audience of about 60 youth leaders to talk about their experiences and advice concerning college.  We all had topics like "freshman year" "college partying" "scholarships and grants" and so forth.  I had a great time answering questions and talking about my unique experiences as a college student.  I spent the rest of the night hours planning for the next morning's trust activity for the mentors and mentees.  I made lines on the floor using blue tape and asked each pair of youth leaders to take a line.  Their mission was to blind fold one of the partners and guide him or her to the end of the line without letting either foot leave the line.  Afterward, we debriefed and played clean-up.  It was a very successful gathering.