Be careful what you pray for

because you just might get it!

Last night was Join Scouting Night in McKinney. If you read this blog, then you know the technical difficulties I ran into trying to finalize the details yesterday afternoon. To be honest, that frustration was the LAST thing I needed yesterday. And seeing a sign telling people it would be at McNeil was the last straw. I just KNEW that we’d have poor turnout. I just KNEW last night would be a complete waste of time: we would have to rush to get there and set everything up, and NO ONE would turn out. I just knew it.

So, I prayed.

I prayed that God would bring families (note: plural, meaning MORE THAN ONE) to JSN. I prayed that we would get enough boys signed up between McNeil and McGowen to create a new Wolf den that I could lead. I prayed that at least one boy from Trey’s school would come sign up for scouts so he could be in it this year with a friend from school. I prayed, most of all, that this night would not be a waste of our time.

And what an answer we received! We had so many families show up that we had to keep spreading out onto more and more tables. We had enough boys sign up (I think the final tally was eight!) to create a new Wolf den JUST from McGowen! And the first child to show up was one of Trey’s friends from his class! We even created a new Tiger Den, and added a few new Bears and Webelos. I don’t know the final numbers, but our Cubmaster was amazed at the turnout. The parent volunteers who were there were amazed at how many people came out for JSN. Trey was thrilled at seeing all the new scouts, and worked the crowd passionately, telling the new Bears and Webelos how much he’s looking forward to moving up to their ranks, and assuring the new Tigers how much fun they’re going to have in Scouts. He is beside himself with excitement over our new Den, and is absolutely giddy that I will be his new Den Leader.

Compare this to last year, where we signed up 1 Tiger (us), and 2 Bears from McNeil.

Needless to say, I think we are off to a great start helping the Pack GO this year…and now that JSN is over, get ready for POPCORN!!!