First week of clubs… WOAH. Okay- that was pretty cool! I got to not only work 4 clubs a day- but also do my own church’s VBS in the evenings… all in all I actually had no life for the past week but it was good (thank you for those who are praying. It is VERY much appreciated). Darren and I were blessed to have many well behaved children in every club, most of them were from Christian families, but it was still lots of fun!
Club 1: Out at Sherwood Forest!
It was LOTS of fun, we had the hostess’s 3 boys there consistently, and some other kids a few other days. On the last day we had a little boy make a decision (yay!) And the kids were all over the prizes. The only disappointing thing about this club was that we couldn’t stay too long and hang out with the kids afterwards because we had to go to our next club.
Club 2: Regina!!
Also lots of fun! This one we got to stay and play games afterwards (which is WAY more fun!) There was this kid, he was the youngest, but he was SUPER enthusiastic about everything, every time we’d sing “turn your eyes to Jesus” he’d get super excited and say “I LOVE THIS SONG!” Even though he (along with most of the other kids at this club) go to church, he accepted Jesus into his heart very enthusiastically on the third day. (yay!!) This club was lots of fun to teach, so glad to have been able to teach it!
Notable quotes:
Kid 1: “Can I bring binoculars?! Or a puzzle? I like puzzles!”
Kid 1: “THERE IT IS! IT’S THE GREEN AND BLUE PARK!” (as we stand a very long distance away from a park)
Club 3: Regina 2.0!!!
This club was interesting as most of the kids there were pretty much in preschool. Most of these kids were grandchildren of one of the ladies at my church, so I got to see most of them twice a day, once at VBS and once at 5-day clubs. This club was also interesting since it was the middle of the afternoon and REALLY hot. Heat+Preschoolers= “water breaks” every 10 minutes. I think they had fun, even though they usually checked out halfway through club. One girl came one day from a household with no religion in it whatsoever. She seemed interested in the stories, and she did ‘pray’ (?) maybe, but I’m not sure. Another kid prayed it out loud, but I’m not sure if he had done it before. So we had… maybe 1(?) between the two of them. Please pray for this girl, she has no background with religion, I gave her a gospel of John, but I don’t know if her parents have taken it away, or what the situation is, but please just pray for her.
Notable quotes:
Girl 1: (age 4 who decided she was going to sit with me during story time started playing around with my arms, then looks back at me and says) “You smell nice today”
Why thank you for noticing small one.
Boy 1: Sometimes I’m funny!
yes. yes you are.
Club 4: Regina 3.0!!!!
Last club, it was THE most chill club ever. Even though we advertised throughout the neighbourhood none of the kids came. But that was okay, because we imported children from a different neighbourhood. They were both went to church and knew lots of the stories anyway (we did have 4 kids one day… both of them were churched too.). We had time before and after club to hang out with them. We had nice conversations about superheroes, drawing, and plants. It was a pretty fun club to teach.
That was it! (also VBS which was pretty good too. the training from 5-day clubs really helped me out at church, God is good!) I’m looking forward to this next week which is a break from this last one. It’s was one of the longest/shortest weeks ever. I’m gonna miss these kids, even though I only got to see them for a week.
God bless!
