Thursday, March 02, 2006

Popped toe and missing ring

Today’s HBC was good, 43 kids came. Another 6 new ones, so in total I think we have had about 51 kids come through the doors. They are really enjoying the singing, and getting louder every day. I was worried about my crafts for today, which was melting marshmallows over candles and squishing them between marie biscuits for the two older groups. It could have been a disaster with all the little candles and wax and flames, but I found extra volunteers (rather, the Lord sent an extra helper today), so all was well controlled. The last group took all the candles home with them, I guess they all want to try it out at home! Nick’s activities went well too, although he is battling to keep the youngest group entertained. I guess the teaching slots are also going well, haven’t had too much feedback about those.

This morning we didn’t get off to a good start. Aaron lost my engagement ring, and no amount of beatings would get out of him where he lost it, so we spent about half an hour searching fruitlessly. Then, Nick caught his little toe at the top of the stairs and dislocated it, and he had to actually pop it back in place. This was more or less an hour before we were due to begin. Nick thought maybe we were under attack! Had to really pray for God’s grace today, and He got us through. We are getting to a point in the HBC now where we are building up a rapport with the kids, and they are becoming more than nameless faces in a crowd. On Sunday night we are having a guest service, and we are going to draft a letter for the kids to take home to their parents to invite them to come to the service. We will incorporate a few songs from the week, and get the kids to stand on the stage, so hopefully it will encourage the parents to come. A lot of what we are doing we have made up as we go along. It’s been a growth curve! Anyway, after the club ended, we came home for lunch and I searched for the ring again, and thankfully found it in Nick’s office. Such a relief.

Can you believe all the shops are closed, on the day the ship finally comes back. You would think they would stay open on a Wednesday afternoon if there are a whole bunch of tourists who have just landed, but no. I was hoping to get a nice plump tomato, or at least a loaf of bread for tomorrow. So I still can’t come up with anything decent for supper. Last night it was vegetarian viennas on bread, sort of a hotdog gone wrong. Actually quite tasty though.

Oh, we now have another different car. Now I can get more confused. Now it’s an 1800 Ford, hatchback thingie, with a sunroof and electric windows. It’s a bit of an upgrade. We should be getting the golf back soon, if the ship brought all the correct spare parts. What it didn’t bring was a camera cable, but by now I’m not expecting it anymore, so no great disappointment.

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