Expectations...

That is what I asked a group of high school students to define last night at our very 1st roundtable Tuesday.

Its a question I had to ask myself.

What do I expect? From myself? The students? Leaders? Sand Blast? God?

The one expectation I have is relationships. For the students to grow in relationship together, to me, and more importantly to God.

As we started the 1st activity for this summer, I think it may be happening already. Last night some students expressed some huge expectations for themselves.

So expectations...if you dont have some for the summer, I want to encourage you to set some. It could be something as simple as helping out more around the house.

A wise man once told me "failure to plan is planning to fail". If you dont set expectations for the summer then you might look back and say where did the time go?

I will leave you with this. One of my favorite movies is the 1st Transformers movie. When Sam finally sees his car is a robot, the robot transforms back into a car and opens the door, inviting Sam into his story. Sam then looks at Mikalah and says " in 50 years, dont you want to say you had the guts to get in the car"?

In 50 years wouldnt you like to look back and say, "I'm glad I set those expectations. I made some friends I still talk to today, and God met me where I was!!!!

Now that my friends are some pretty cool expectations!!