Week 3- Rocky Mountain House

Our team was greeted by a bunch of friendly teenagers in front of the church as we arrived. We made our way into the church to meet the coordinator/pastor and our 2 volunteers. They were brothers, the older one was Jordan (18) and he had been volunteering for AIA soccer camps for 5 years. The younger one Riley (15) was volunteering for the first time. We were quite surprised that there were only 2 volunteers at this camp. but that's more than enough when you only have 20-22 kids. After debrief we went to our billets place. Our billets had enough rooms for all the coaches so our whole team stayed together for the whole week which was pretty awesome. The week ran pretty smoothly for the most part. The only problems we had were with the twins Carter and Connor. Both of these kids were exceptionally skilled compared to the rest of the camp, they were both great kids as well. They showed great leadership quality to the younger kids, and were always attentive and helpful. However when Carter's team played Connor's team in world cup (the scrimmage), all hell broke loose. There were profanities on the field, punching, kicking, reckless slide-tackling, you name it. We had to threaten to disqualify both their teams in world cup (which is a huge deal to the kids) in an effort to cool them down. In the end, neither one of the twins won the world cup anyway which was good. If either one of them had won, the other twin would have completely lost it. hmm both skilled players who win regular season games but choke in the playoffs. reminds me of the sedin sisters. Other than that, the week was really relaxed, 20ish kids was really easy to deal with. Not to mention that the kids were all pretty good (except the twins during world cup). My small group consisted mainly of church kids. I had some meaningful discussion with Carter and some of the older kids about some of the deeper topics which was good. Overall a great week with great kids