for example, yesterday we had our life options bi-weekly meeting for Bridges. Well I was in charge and usually we do like a short film and have some discussion questions afterwards to spark some good conversations, give students a chance to get to know each other and practice their english.
Last night, since i was leading, we had had an idea to do many different things besides just short films, but it has been the easiest thus far because it is already set up with questions, so you really don't have to prepare anything. Well at the beginning of the semester I decided I would do something on Shakespeare. Well as I was last-minute putting something together, I was overwhelmed by what to do, I originally thought about doing his poem "all the world's a stage" from the play as you like it, but as I was starting to prepare it, the english is really difficult to understand, and I thought the students would have a really hard time with it. As I was overwhelmed I looked at other options, but I didn't even know what I was looking for, so I decided to just go with it, and see how it goes.
It ended up being a hit! There were a lot of really good conversations about if people thought they were acting/playing a part for people in their lives, and putting on masks, and just getting into some very interesting conversations. I think the American students maybe appreciated it more than the international students (because it was different and they could understand it easier) but I think, based on my group, it still was a good topic.
I really enjoy getting to meet the students at our weekly meeting, but it has been hard to feel very connected with them, because we only get to talk for short periods of time, and I only get to see people every other week, but it does provide a good opportunity for us to follow up with the students that come, and feel out who might be open to further discussion about God.
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