Dear Me Letters

One of my favorite exercises we used to do at Envision with our scholars was to have them reflect upon the experience by writing a "Dear Me" letter that we sent to them a few months later. I was in charge of doing a review session at Band of Brothers camp, and decided to adapt the idea. I was totally blown away with the letters the boys wrote, and how well they followed the prompts.

Here is what we asked them to write:

Dear Me,
Here at Band of Brothers camp, I learned:
1. 3 ways to transmit HIV/AIDS
2. 2 ways to protect myself
3. My favorite activity from camp
4. My favorite food from camp
5. A goal for my life
6. How I am going to respect the women in my life.

Here is the card that one of the boys wrote. His answer to the last question is:
1. I will respect women and not use catcalls with them.
2. I won't insult her.
3. I will not mistreat her and I will obey her because that is the most beautiful gift God gives us.
4. I will not make jokes about them.
5. I will not rape them.


I'm not really sure where number five came from, but I'm glad he won't be doing that to any woman!