Youth Compass and Habitat for Humanity
Project Compassion 2007
Oarja, Romania 8-15April
GOD is good! I want to first praise the Lord for watching over everyone on this trip. There was no major accident and everyone returned home safe and sound. Our GOD is awesome!
Habitat is certainly no stranger to me. However, this is the first time I worked with teenagers. Before this trip, I confessed to everyone that I was terrified. God and everyone know that I have very little patience and I am a control freak. I also have absolutely no clue how to communicate with teenagers. The major issue is that I was worried about being “uncool” around the teens. When I was a teenager I wanted so desperately to be with the “in-crowd”, however, since I couldn’t quite master that I compensated by studying lots and taking many college-prep classes. More than once I thought of backing out as a cabin leader and just be one of the work-site leader. This way I only need to do what I am comfortable with but not what God wants me to do. But our Lord is full of Grace and much more resourceful than I can imagine, so I became a worksite leader and cabin leader.
The Youth Compass Director (Julia) and Community Director (Jami) are great! They know how uncomfortable I am about dealing with teenagers so they assigned me to a cabin of 4 absolutely amazing young ladies. And now I just want to share these amazing experiences the Lord has bestowed on me during the week of Project Compassion.
8 April 2007 - Sunday
I was assigned the role of “Transport Captain”. What an impressive title! The main responsibility was to make sure everyone gets on the plane, gets off the plane and collects the bags! And of course to make sure they are safely delivered to their parents on our return. This was the start to my week long “surround-sound” experience.
We all landed in Pitesti safely and crammed onto a bus that is way older than all the teens and probably most of the leaders. The drive was uneventful and it took us just 1.5hours to get to our destination.
For the next 7days our home was a technical school. The girls including the leaders total 120+ and we were spread out in the dormitories. The rooms were dusty and the 120+ of us shared 3 squat toilets, 6 wash-basins and 7 showers. There were only 5 of us in our room so we have comparatively much more “living” space than most other groups with 6-8 people! The 75+ boys and their leaders slept on the floor in the gymnasium. It was not a pretty sight.
After all the unpacking, everyone gathered in the cafeteria to join Club. Every evening after dinner and a short break we would gather for Club time. This included some music, great comedy by Issac Improv (Christian comedy duo, completely hilarious) and talks by John. The first night of cabin time was simply to get to know each other and to share a bit about what we expect on this trip. An easy task for a novice like me and I thought, maybe I will survive after all!
Project Compassion 2007
Oarja, Romania 8-15April
GOD is good! I want to first praise the Lord for watching over everyone on this trip. There was no major accident and everyone returned home safe and sound. Our GOD is awesome!
Habitat is certainly no stranger to me. However, this is the first time I worked with teenagers. Before this trip, I confessed to everyone that I was terrified. God and everyone know that I have very little patience and I am a control freak. I also have absolutely no clue how to communicate with teenagers. The major issue is that I was worried about being “uncool” around the teens. When I was a teenager I wanted so desperately to be with the “in-crowd”, however, since I couldn’t quite master that I compensated by studying lots and taking many college-prep classes. More than once I thought of backing out as a cabin leader and just be one of the work-site leader. This way I only need to do what I am comfortable with but not what God wants me to do. But our Lord is full of Grace and much more resourceful than I can imagine, so I became a worksite leader and cabin leader.
The Youth Compass Director (Julia) and Community Director (Jami) are great! They know how uncomfortable I am about dealing with teenagers so they assigned me to a cabin of 4 absolutely amazing young ladies. And now I just want to share these amazing experiences the Lord has bestowed on me during the week of Project Compassion.
8 April 2007 - Sunday
I was assigned the role of “Transport Captain”. What an impressive title! The main responsibility was to make sure everyone gets on the plane, gets off the plane and collects the bags! And of course to make sure they are safely delivered to their parents on our return. This was the start to my week long “surround-sound” experience.
We all landed in Pitesti safely and crammed onto a bus that is way older than all the teens and probably most of the leaders. The drive was uneventful and it took us just 1.5hours to get to our destination.
For the next 7days our home was a technical school. The girls including the leaders total 120+ and we were spread out in the dormitories. The rooms were dusty and the 120+ of us shared 3 squat toilets, 6 wash-basins and 7 showers. There were only 5 of us in our room so we have comparatively much more “living” space than most other groups with 6-8 people! The 75+ boys and their leaders slept on the floor in the gymnasium. It was not a pretty sight.
After all the unpacking, everyone gathered in the cafeteria to join Club. Every evening after dinner and a short break we would gather for Club time. This included some music, great comedy by Issac Improv (Christian comedy duo, completely hilarious) and talks by John. The first night of cabin time was simply to get to know each other and to share a bit about what we expect on this trip. An easy task for a novice like me and I thought, maybe I will survive after all!
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