Today was our second day in Share, we felt that a lot of
barriers had been lifted and the children were warming to us. Old friendships
had been rekindled and new ones formed as the children engaged and played
alongside us all. Today our meal has been by far the best with a concoction of
potato, ground beef, butternut squash and pap which the team thoroughly enjoyed
(although not all ate the pap). The meal was to come in useful as the hot afternoon
sun baked down on our shoulders and our feet bouncing around the life centre.
Love Harry and Ryan.
Today, we joined Share community for the second day of the
Maranatha workshop for the children, young people and we arrived in time to
help prepare their breakfast which was tea with jam and peanut butter
sandwiches. After they had eaten we went into the building for morning worship where
we introduced ourselves to the wider group and the children learned our names.
(Thankfully, we weren’t asked to learn all of their names). The children were
then asked to say what they learned from the previous day, which was based on sin
and forgiveness.
Following this, we went outside as the children split into
smaller groups to talk about relationships and their own stories. We sat
outside in the shade to talk about yesterday and what we have experienced and thought
so far.
As the children’s groups finished, we went up to dish out
the meal, which Harry and Ryan have described. The afternoon playing with the children
was such fun and you could feel that they just want to be loved as they clung
to our hands and stared into our eyes.
Brian
As the main driver, it would be fair to say that the driving
has, at times been a little challenging. The pot holes here cavernous but the
off roading has been a lot of fun! We’ve been entertained along the way with
singing and funny stories but we’ve also
had some quite times on the way home reflecting on the day, the stories we’ve
heard as well as thinking about the children we’ve connected with.
Jayne