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AOD Principle(s) Applied: Mentoring

I spent this past week as a cabin leader and camp counselor at Camp Waskowitz. I went there 5 years ago when I was in 6th grade and had an awesome time. The only reason I signed up to be a cabin leader myself was because I looked up to my camp counselor so much when I was there.

Over the week, I experienced something completely new. I had never been given so much authority and responsibility before. I was literally in charge of eight 5th graders for 12 hours out of the day. That came complete with all of the joys, pains and strifes too.

I had the amazing opportunity to get to know all of those kids on such a close level. I was their mentor and I taught them so much. I helped them out with problems with eachother, problems at camp, and problems they were experiencing at home too. By the end of the week, they had grown so attached to me that they were begging me to let them stay at camp. There could have been buckets filled with tears on the last day. That's how I know I did an awesome job being their mentor.