Nathanael Rowe

Tonight a kid from our cabin had to pee really bad.  Instead of looking for another toilet, since ours was being used, he decided to pee in the trash can.  He of course thought this was hilarious, but as soon as I realized what was going on, I was a little upset.  I asked him several times if he really just did that, because my mind could just not comprehend his thought process.  There was an open toilet no more than 20 feet away just across the room.  So I started yelling at him to pick up the trash can and take it out back.  On his way out I told him that the back patio would be his new home for the night, since he didn’t mind peeing anywhere, I thought he wouldn’t mind sleeping outdoors as well.  I was of course kidding, but he didn’t think so.

When I came back outside just a mere 30 seconds later, he was in tears, terrified that was to be his new home, and that I was going to call his parents over this.  In all honesty I thought the whole incident was hilarious, I just didn’t want a trash can full of urine 6 feet from my bed all night, nor did I want to see this repeated.  I calmed him down and brought him back inside.  When we got back in our room, he made it clear that he was now terrified that this incident would cause him to be the laughing stock of camp.  I tried to explain to him, that the story was funny, and he should just learn to laugh at himself.

Now this is where the story starts to get good.  We all started sharing embarrassing stories from our past, and how we had to learn to just laugh at ourselves about it.  So as we go around the room, finally a kid shares the following story.  Apparently one day, he was in his dad’s living room, and he accidentally pooped his pants.  However, instead of taking himself to the rest room, he managed to place this poop in a plastic grocery bag, and then instead of disposing of the poopy bag in a trash can, he quickly and conveniently hid it underneath the couch where it remained for 3 weeks!

Now as he is telling this story we all start laughing, because that is absolutely ridiculous.  But here is where it gets really great.  I look over at the kid telling us this story, and he is laughing so hard, that a wet spot starts to appear on the front of his shorts.  That’s right, in the midst of him telling a funny story about pooping himself, he peed himself from laughing so hard.

This ladies and gentlemen, is why I do youth ministry.