Wow what a day! We had over 700 (still waiting for the official count) children on one site for 5 hours this morning playing football, netball and a variety of crafts. Having spent the last 3 weeks preparing for the event, it was really special to see it unfold infront of us! There were football games and tournaments happening for Under 17s, 15s, 13s, 11s and 9s and the same for netball if in a smaller area. On the craft field there were circus skills and centre games, a Bible quiz challenge, 2 locals who did a painting and drawings ministry, a drama group and dance group.
The theme of the day was from Psalm 37 verse 5, the Rimmer paraphrase of which reads, Trust God for everything and he will help you; its easier for the kids to remember that way! I was MC-ing from the front which was interesting trying to speak to the children in xhosa, afrikaans and English but seemed to work reasonably well. We also had the local Christian radio station broadcasting from the site which really added to the atmosphere. We really hope to do the event again as it was a huge success.
Now I have a couple of days free which is very exciting indeed as the last few nights have been crazy busy preparing for the event today. I think much sleep catching up is needed and a few thoughts for the next few weeks as Mum and Dad are coming on Thursday to join me for 2 weeks (better clean up my room!)
Will upload some more photos soon!
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