Tuesday morning started off with Esther, Gideon and I heading up to KwaHaza - a township up the hill from Mpophomeni.. We were told to expect 17 children, and when we turned there were 170 happy, excited little faces all ready for a fun day of games and learning about God! Holiday club was meant to run from 9-1, but taking African time into account the fact that the day started at 9 and didn't finish until 3:30/4 wasn't too much of a shock to us! The day was sorching hot and the children spent all day playing games out in the direct sunlight all day... this didn't bother them at all, but us Pommies and the American's were dropping like flies! The children had a great day and were able to play, relax and just be children for the day.. This sounds like a stupid statement, but actually some children are the head of their households but 13/14, and have the whole famy responsiblity on their shoulders! Being able to give these children a break is something that means so much to them and us alike.
Wednesday's weather was completely opposite to Tuesday.. it was freezing cold and tipping it down with rain (it even rains in Africa!) and so only around 50 children turned up. This actually made the day and the organisation so much easier as there ratio of adults to children was much better. We spent the day inside one of the schools on KwaHaza and played games, did devotions and chatted to the kids. Feeding the children is awlways a challenge as there are soooo many hungry tummies to feed!
Thursday was different again as the team were all together working on the holiday club in Mpophomeni playing games and teaching them about God again. The children on the holiday club in Mpops were children who I knew as many of them were children who come along to the family centre throughout the week. It was a lovely few days, ran off Zulu timing - but never the less it was great fun!
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