Sometimes when I volunteer for things I find that I'm in over my head. I incorrectly assumed when I volunteered to teach a VBS class for our parish that I'd have 10-15 kids in my class and that I would be as easy if not easier than a regular CCD class. I'm finding that the opposite is actually the reality.
On Sunday I'll have to head over to the parish school and transform my assigned classroom into a rainforest. With my modest budget I needed to procure decorations and craft supplies for 5 days. Initially I thought this would all be a piece of cake since my class size was going to be 8 or 9 kids. Shortly after being told the size of my class, I was asked if I minded teaching all of the kids in this age group and having an assistant. An assistant is nice to have when you're doing crafts so I agreed. Surely I could handle 17 kids with an assistant. The class number has now grown to 21 kids, most of them boys. Now I'm a little concerned. I haven't taught a class with more than 17 kids since 2000. The jump in class size also means I need to rework several crafts to ensure I have enough to go around.
You better believe that I'll be praying that I survive this next week. I have to admit that I'm a little nervous that I'm responsible for teaching slightly more than 1/5 of the total number of VBS campers.
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