Pranks, Pizza, and Bracelets!

Hello! It’s Shayla. So, like the NET office, James and I pulled a prank on Rebecca, Alyssa and Danica. It was a very simple prank, but man did they ever find it hard to figure out. What James and I did was a simple ‘tape over the mouse sensor’ prank. To make it just slightly complicated we attached Alyssa’s wireless mouse to Danica’s computer. It was so funny because in the morning James was moving around Alyssa’s mouse, which was moving the cursor on Danica’s computer, and she was so convinced there was something wrong with her computer. It’s nice to pull small pranks like that every now and then to lighten the mood in the office. It’s also just entertaining to the people who get to watch.

So, last Thursday was our third Edge night. It went pretty well. The night was on peer pressure and temptation. Once again I played music and the young teens loved it and sang along. They also made posters with different forms of peer pressure and temptation that they face. Most of them took it really seriously and put a lot of effort into making their posters. Like always, we had fun with the energy that the teens have. It really helps us to keep up our own energy.

On Friday our team went out to Pizza Hut with a gift card that we received from doing the Confirmation Retreat. We had a good time, and there was lots of food for us to eat. Being on NET so far, our team hasn’t had the chance to really go out together and just eat. It was a real blessing and it was a nice opportunity for us to bond.

Sunday was the Lifenight on Mary. This Lifenight went really well. It had a feel of balance to it. It wasn’t too high energy or too low, just perfect. So the teens had an opportunity to learn about Mary, and the Rosary. I think my favourite point of the night was when the teens had to write a letter to their mothers. I personally took it as a time to write a letter to my own mother. I really started thinking and realized how often we forget to tell our mothers that we love them, or even just thank them for all they’ve done.

The last really interesting thing that happened to us this week was Rebecca’s idea of making bracelets for our Edgers for our Edge night this week. The bracelets came from the idea that Team 4 did with their night. Basically, you make a bracelet that has ten colors and it represents the Ten Commandments. If you haven’t caught on, our Edge night was on the Ten Commandments. Anyway, this task left us all with sore fingers because we had to make at least 70 bracelets for the average of young teens that attend Edge. It was worth the pain though because it was for our teens.

So, that is about all that has happened with Team 5 this week. We’re praying for all the other NET teams.

God Bless you all
Shayla Doucette