Today started off a bit later than yesterday, as I had learnt that I didn't need to get up so early and it just ended with me hanging around with nothing to do. I had chosen an outfit the previous night, but as soon as I put it on, I glanced outside and saw the rain dripping down my window and decided to go for my more practical and warmer jeans instead.
I then set off and arrived pretty much perfectly on time to the guidepost field, and helped my friend Milly to set out all of the work books and badges in preparation for all of the children.
The pray and prepare session that day was done by a local priest who talked about the beads in the craft tent. He said that the children were so pleased and thrilled when they we allowed to choose any beads they wanted rather than be told that they were only allowed certain ones. This was a really great metaphor for a point he made, but unfortunately I can't remember for the life of me what that was. Oops.
The guidepost gates were then opened and I spent half of my time inside with the children and half of the time outside collecting them in. I always find it quite amusing because there is a count down at the entrance to allow the parents to enter, and it always reminds me of the hunger games, the way that the numbers echo ominously throughout the site and the sudden surge of people.
That day, the girls who were planning the party had a bit of a problem because they had been working really hard to make a birthday cake but then one of them tripped and it went all in the other persons face! Don't worry though - it was only shaving foam! However, they went off to pray to ask for some help in their predicament and we went off to craft.
Today in craft the children were making stain glass window pictures with a black piece of paper with a fish shaped cut out and some colourful tissue paper. They then added smiley faces to the fish and a nice gold frame and piece of thread to hang it from and their wonderful creations were complete!
After craft we headed back to our ark tent where we had our lesson. Today, we were being taught the story of Jesus feeding the 5000 (Jesus fed 5000 people with 5 small loaves of bread and 2 fish - a miracle), and the children had a great time pretending to be diciples dispersing the food out into the crowd and everyone else pretending to eat it!
It was then drama where things are just beginning to get interesting with the bad knight stirring things up and leading the good knight and his squire to completely the wrong place and ending up by tricking and capturing the princess!
It was then lunch when I sat with my friend Milly, and we played a game of 'Most likely to' out of all of the kids in our group. It may sound a bit mean, but we didn't do anything bad, just who's most likely to become and genius and who's most likely to get married the youngest!
The story for nap time today was the lighthouse keepers lunch, which is one of my all time absolute favourites, so I really enjoyed hearing it again for the first time in several years.
After nap time the stage team went through the post box (a box where the children can post letters and drawings they have made for the band and the stage team). One of our kids had drawn and picture for the band and had explained it to me, so I thought it was appropriate to write down what it was on the back so that everyone else could appreciate it to. When the band saw it, they found it hilarious because it was a picture of them all playing their instruments on top of a train! He ended up winning a sticker for up group though so it was all good!
All of the children then went out to games, where my friends and I entertained ourselves with another fairly tame game of catch with a few of the children. Although, I say tame, but some of my friends were definitely out to get me after a couple of accidents on purpose which ended up with them getting hit on the head! Whoops!
We then went back into tent for the final session of the day. As the stage team are still planning this party, the decided that they needed lots of cakes and so got the children to colour in lots of pictures of giant cup cakes. I've got to say, some of them looked absolutely amazing, all different colours with sprinkles and everything. Some, however, looked worse than the ones that I make!
After that it was time for the quiz where the group leaders may get pied in the face. Unfortunately, in our group we have a boy who puts his hand up for everything whether he knows the answer or not, so we ended up getting the question wrong. This meant that our lovely, poor group leader had to get pied in the face for the second day in a row!
It was then time for the competition to see who would get gunged. They had to have a wheelbarrow race, and then a hopping race and eventually a girl who I know very vaguely because she goes to my school but is in the year below me got gunged. It was a horrible mixture, mushy peas and things like that!
After that it was time for the quiz where the group leaders may get pied in the face. Unfortunately, in our group we have a boy who puts his hand up for everything whether he knows the answer or not, so we ended up getting the question wrong. This meant that our lovely, poor group leader had to get pied in the face for the second day in a row!
It was then time for the competition to see who would get gunged. They had to have a wheelbarrow race, and then a hopping race and eventually a girl who I know very vaguely because she goes to my school but is in the year below me got gunged. It was a horrible mixture, mushy peas and things like that!
Then all of the children went home and we headed to the relax and reflect session where we heard from people from some of the other tents, including the craft tent, quiet tent and sports team.
And after everything was finished with for the day, my friend Greta and I headed to her house which is where I am now!
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