The First Koru
Went to Koru tonight. We finished our preparation in prayer and one of the things mentioned was that we would all learn something or be challenged no matter how good or bad the turn out/events/attitude of the kids/etc was.
Five guys turned up (i think), all church kids, no-one from the community. It wasn't exactly what we were hoping for but atleast it was a safe leader/child ratio. The night started off with mucking around in the foam to which some memories i shall preserve forever took place. I won't go into details other than when Steve in an attempt to gain the upper hand in a race, rather than skidding like the others, turned as he was running and lost his feet. His face went straight into the floor (on the bit that wasn't covered with carpet or mats) and had to get driven by Amy to the hospital. The good side of this however, was it answered our prayer. I learned something. I learned that i didn't know what to do next if Amy and Steve both left. But, Logan took control and it was all good. Fortunetly there were fewer kids this time because if i had learnt that lesson in a months time when there are 20 11-12 year olds running around (we can hope), then it would have been a lot harder to control the situation. Aside from Steve's injury (and missing getting it on the video-camera) the night was awesome and i'm definitely keen to go again in two weeks time. But praying for a few more kids would be good. So would praying for Steve's front teeth.
I've got a Japanese speech to learn tomorrow, and a Classics assignment to finish researching and write an essay on.
Monday and Tuesday i'm gonna be going down to Otago university and spend some time looking around.
Five guys turned up (i think), all church kids, no-one from the community. It wasn't exactly what we were hoping for but atleast it was a safe leader/child ratio. The night started off with mucking around in the foam to which some memories i shall preserve forever took place. I won't go into details other than when Steve in an attempt to gain the upper hand in a race, rather than skidding like the others, turned as he was running and lost his feet. His face went straight into the floor (on the bit that wasn't covered with carpet or mats) and had to get driven by Amy to the hospital. The good side of this however, was it answered our prayer. I learned something. I learned that i didn't know what to do next if Amy and Steve both left. But, Logan took control and it was all good. Fortunetly there were fewer kids this time because if i had learnt that lesson in a months time when there are 20 11-12 year olds running around (we can hope), then it would have been a lot harder to control the situation. Aside from Steve's injury (and missing getting it on the video-camera) the night was awesome and i'm definitely keen to go again in two weeks time. But praying for a few more kids would be good. So would praying for Steve's front teeth.
I've got a Japanese speech to learn tomorrow, and a Classics assignment to finish researching and write an essay on.
Monday and Tuesday i'm gonna be going down to Otago university and spend some time looking around.
posted by Rayd at 10:46 pm
3 Comments:
It sure was eventful! I don't think we'll ever forget our first Koru programme!!
I was really excited to see such a great team of people, doing whatever needed to be done, getting amongst it, enjoying themselves, despite there only being a few kids. Great start!!
As you said, I think it was a good thing to start small, as we grow in confidence as a team. Good effort Andrew ;)
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