February 6

We had so much fun tonight in the Eternal Marriage Class. Scott did a role play with Peniette and Dan about yelling fathers and young men who come to pick up the daughter for a date. All these young adult men are so sure they are going to get yelled at.  Silly really, so we showed them how silly. When Dan was introduced to Scott, he started yelling.  Peniette let him yell for a minute and then she said, "Dad, I like this guy."
"Well, I don't like him." was Scott's reply.  There was much laughter here!

I do not remember all they said, but by the time they were through, I had tears rolling down my cheeks. Scott then talked to the YSAs a moment, and then explained that they were now going to show them what was more likely to happen.  It is interesting to note that Dan who has a lot of self confidence has never "met" a girl's dad; he is 23. Amazing.

The rest of the lesson was on integrity. Great discussion. I then reminded them that their assignment was to have a date this week. They were nervous, but I could tell that the guys were also excited.  I gave them choices: ask a girl/guy for a date by yourself, have the guys meet and get the girls in class a date with some male member of the class and the rest of the guys get their own dates, or divide the class into smaller groups and let them work out how they were going to get dates. Some times I hate being here. No one would make a decision. Even when I polled the girls individually they would just shrug their shoulders. So I decided to put them into groups of four which I did, and then told them to go someplace and decide how they wanted to do it. Before they left we talked about cheap or free date ideas which only about 1/4 of the class had taken the time to think about. Argh!

When I talked to the YSAs after their group meetings, most were just bringing dates to Activity Night on Saturday.  We will see.