Return Bible Week

Posted on 23rd December by Lorna

This week we've been running a children's Christmas bible club at Return Ministries. It has been a really fun week and we've had a huge number of children every day. The children were split into groups of mixed ages for games, one of which I was put in charge of called 'The Conquerors'. We had great fun getting very competitive with the other groups and chanting 'Conquerors, Go, Go, Go!!!'. I also was in charge of the children who would be in Primary 4 class at school during craft activities and it was lovely to get to know the children and to mess around with them doing clapping rhymes and other silly games.
By the end of the week the majority of us were losing our voices and especially after such a busy season over the past couple of months we were all absolutely exhausted! Nevertheless I really enjoyed the week. What I think that I enjoyed the most was how comfortable I felt with everyone which allowed me to just mess around - something that I always really enjoyed watching leaders doing when I attended christian camps as a kid.
We also were able to distribute Christmas shoe-boxes to the children at the end of the week and to feed them two meals each day as well as bible teaching, worship and lots and lots of fun!
On Friday evening us girls attended a sleepover with the women that we have fellowship with every Friday, then on Saturday we had a cantata at church (carol concert) which was really fun.
On Sunday some of us went back to Return Ministries for their Sunday service. Andrew, Clare and I went to help in Sunday school and it was really lovely to see so many of the children that had come during the week.
In the afternoon I experienced my first ever 'ice fight' - it turns out that Uganda is too hot for your average water fight, so Brian and I ended up finding some ice in the freezer and using that for a bit of fun!

Thank you as always for all your support,
This week I'd really appreciate prayer for...
- The health of the whole Smile Uganda team
- A really good rest over Christmas
- The Gapper's families as they celebrate Christmas without us.