In Class: Authority

I am an authority:
-working with special needs kids
-my high school
-going to concerts
-boarding a plane
-having a good time
-how to entertain myself during road trips
-loving and spending time with my family
-being a good friend
-going to football games
-redheads
-frozen yogurt
-how hard it is to play the piano
-going on mission trips


I became an authority on working with special needs kids because I devoted my time to Younglife Capernaum. Younglife Capernaum is younglife for people with special needs. On the third Saturday of every month I was a leader at Capernaum younglife club. I spent time with the kids, laughed with them, played games with them, and just had a good time with them. As I continued to spend time with them, I started connecting with the kids and formed a relationship with them. In March, I was asked to go to a Younglife camp with in Florida called South Wind. Knowing that I would LOVE to do this, I said I would go. I kept working with the kids and hanging out with them as much as I could before the trip. When I went on the trip with them I had two buddies and I was 'in charge' of them. Not thinking to much about it, I just kept doing what I was doing and had a good time, not thinking how much the kids looked up to me. As I went to camp I had to help these buddies everyday. I helped them eat, brush their teeth, get ready in the morning, etc. These daily actions made these kids look up to me. Not only was I there leader, but I was a friend to them whom they looked up to. I learned so much from these kids, and was humbled by my experience at Southwind. I never thought that I could be that someone that people looked up to. I just thought of myself as a friend, not really a leader. These kids trust me and come to me if they need anything. Its so good to know that the kids have an outlet of someone to go to if they need anything. A lot of people look down at kids with disabilities. I dont even notice that they have a disability now. I look past that and see their personality and that they are just as capable as I am.