Brenda led the last Leaders' Devotion which was on this morning. It was then my turn to do the Bible Teaching, which was on Esther. As usual, I can think of a few things I would do differently if I was doing it again.
The workshop ran the smoothest of any of them... I was just getting the hang of it! There were 2 things that happened during it that stick in my mind... One was a girl who was standing still completely not knowing what to do or how to do it once I released the children to start creating. I led her to the materials table and gave her a handful of foil milk bottle tops and a glue stick. I then showed her how to glue the lids on and left her to do this all over the banner. The other was that one young boy had used some of the materials to create a picture that said "Jenny". He put it on the banner but I confess that I took it off afterwards so I could bring it home with me. :)
In the afternoon, the children had organised water games using a long stretch of black plastic and soapy water to create a "slip and slide" type thing. It was 27 celsius in the afternoon so I was quite happy when it came time to be in the pool. The children were allowed in in small groups again and the leaders also split the time in half, taking turns. Once all the children had finished, the leaders stayed in for a bit longer and there were some good laughs had among the leaders, both Ugandan and English.
The evening activity was a campfire which was pulled off brilliantly and luckily the rain held off. A marquee tent had been put up a short distance from the fire in order to provide some shelter and some meat was being cooked all evening (I think it ended up taking longer to cook than they'd anticipated). Some of the Ugandan leaders told stories that were native to their regions and the children were given the opportunity to tell jokes. Some of the youngest girls (Bears) fell asleep (some on our laps and some on the ground) and were taken to their beds but the other kids kept going well after 11pm!
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