My house

Today I have to share with you something that is very special to me.  It might be a little confusing, but hang in there with me.  I will try to make it as easy to understand as I can.

In my small Christian private school, we are separated up into what we call "Houses"...

There are girl houses and there are boy houses.
Each house has an assortment of students from grades 7th through 12th.  (A teacher puts kids in houses randomly before the school year starts.)
The head of each house is a Citadel member.
A Citadel member is an upperclassman who is in the leadership class my school offers called Citadel.
These houses are basically accountability groups.
Each Citadel leader has a character trait that becomes the name of the house.  (The students vote on what character trait best characterizes the leader.)
To get into Citadel, you must apply and then be accepted.
Being in Citadel is a daily commitment to learn how to better be like Christ and reflect that image to others, especially those in your house.

This year, I am blessed to be in Citadel.  The character trait chosen for me was humble.  I have the blessing of leading 15 wonderful girls from 7th-11th grade.  They have been a huge impact on me already this year.
The class has also been wonderful.  Our teacher, a wonderful lady who volunteers to lead the class, reminds me so much of a Proverbs 31 woman.  She is a great example for me.

Among other things I will blog about, I want to share with you about my house.

I get to meet with my girls every day before school during our assembly time.  This is kind of how our morning assemblies go...

• Monday - prayer in houses
• Tuesday - I give a devotion to my house
• Wednesday - usually an all secondary devotion by a guy Citadel leader
• Thursday - all secondary chapel
• Friday - game day (houses verses each other)

I hope you followed all that.  If you got a little confused, I hope you got the general idea.  Citadel is a really great opportunity my school provides to encourage students to be spiritual leaders.