Absence of trust

What?

Following in the theme of previous blogs, I will continue to write about experiences faced working with a team in the ministry Young Life, at Eastern Montgomery High School. Two weeks ago we added two new members to our team, Tasha and Casey, both Freshmen at Virginia Tech. It has been pretty smooth sailing so far, with no major conflicts among any of us. However I have noticed, that we do not trust them to complete any tasks. This may be to ease them into the unit as a team, but even among praying about different subjects and carpooling together, both seem to be forgotten when it comes to pretty much every decision that needs to be made. There is a large absence of trust among the group as a collective whole and nothing has been done to change it.

So What?

During the next few weeks, we will be sharing our personal histories with one another, and going on a hike/meal at Homeplace as a team. I believe that these exercises will grow trust between us, and make it so we can work as an effective unit. We also have started carpooling as often as possible to the school as a full team, in order to get an hour of driving to talk and become friends. Casey and Tasha are quick on their way to becoming integral members of the team, and not "newbies" or "freshmen" as we sometimes refer them as (in a loving way).

Now What?

Now that we are moving past the mistrust of teammates, we can begin to work together to make Young Life club as great as possible, and we will have better ideas with more people working on them together. I have included pictures of Casey and Tasha both, to give you a face to the names. Casey is the boy, and Tasha is the girl.