Week 8 Westlock

So before Bev left our team last week, she had told me that I would take over the head coach position for the last week of camp. So right off the bat I tried to get in contact with the pastor who was the coordinator for the camp as well. I did not get a response for a looong time, so on saturday I texted Bev asking what I should do. She gave me the email of another pastor at the church and so I tried to get a hold of him. I didn't get a response until saturday at midnight, and we only got to email each other back and forth a few times on sunday. So already...not a very good start. They didn't let me know how many campers they had, how many volunteers, whether they got the coach's corner material. They only told me they wanted to meet at 6:30.

So on sunday night we finally get there, and they have a few volunteers from last year. We needed someone to replace Kim as Esther in our skit because she was gone, but they said they didn't even get the coach's corner material yet even though Katie said she emailed it to them last month. I asked if they had the u-talk forms, the little information forms that give us a background on the kids faith and their family. They had not printed those either. So there was a lot of stuff that needed to be done. On a brighter note, there were almost 40 kids this year which was much better than last year when they had like 12.

After going to the billets house, I had to start making teams and assigning roles for the week because Kim wasn't there. The week ran surprisingly well, considering nothing was really done. There was a lot more responsibility as head coach, I had to keep the whole day running while dealing with all the original stuff I had to do. Each day after camp I was more exhausted than the day before. I think it was a combination of trying to stay on top of all my new responsibilities, as well as it being the last week, as well as only having 2 other coaches to work with.

Somehow I made it through the week, somehow. It was probably one of the most tiring week of camp I've ever experienced. But it was good, and a great learning experience. A more experienced AIA coach once said after a summer, that being head coach made him a better servant. And that was definitely true for me as well, I realized that so many things needed to be done and there were so many things that I had to do and I didn't even realize it. I was glad I did it this week, after all, I'm supposed to be head coach the next time I coach. Says my boss anyway haha.