it's Holiday Club time ... again?

This year-round school thing throws me. Seems like we just had a school holiday ... where I wore my tail off doing Holiday Clubs. Well, it's here again. Unfortunately, I only participated in one day of Holiday Club in Capricorn because I'm headed to the US this week. Here are a few highlights from my day:

. When trying to get the children in age-groups, I asked one little boy (who is known to be 'devilish' and too clever for all of us), 

"How old are you, D?" 

He replied in a firm tone, "How old are YOU?"

I smiled, holding back a chuckle, "D, How old are you?"

He got closer, rolled his neck in a circular motion and in a sassy tone asked, "How old do I need to be?" Later I found out, little D is 7 years old but clearly he already acts like a teenager.

. We taught the kids a new song today. After teaching it, practicing it all the way through and then really driving it home by doing it 'full out' once, the adult song leader asked the crowd, "Did you like that song?" One of our 4 year olds (who rarely says a word) yells, "NO!" The song leader ignored him and asked, "Do you want to do the song one more time?" The little boy even louder yells, "NO!" His honesty, awesome! I felt the same way since we were beating that song into the ground! 

. We had 22 teens in Club this afternoon. It was so great spending time with them. The girls wanted to play net-ball. This sport is still foreign to me. It's like basketball, but you can't dribble and only certain positions on the court can shoot to score. I played on the court today! The girls laughed and laughed at me because I wasn't going to play by their rules. I told them, "I don't know how to play net ball, you don't seem to want to teach me, so I'm going to play basketball!" They thought that was hilarious. So, then we all started playing with our own rules - that's where they get the phrase, "it was unruly!" I had the best time laughing and being silly with our teens today. It's nice not to be 'authority' all the time. 

Pray for Holiday Clubs going on in South Africa this week. 

Pray that kids and teens come to know the Lord. 

Pray that those that already know Christ will have a fire ignited and seek to know Him in a deeper way!