End of term one

It is now school holidays. The first term for 2013 has ended. It has been a good term with different things starting up for the year and getting involved with them. Over all I have met many children and had some wonderful conversations with them and teaching opportunities. 

This is me teaching at Good News Club. I have taken the Bible lesson once and done the memory verse activity a couple of times, as well as leading the games and singing. Over the term we have had 26 different children come with 12 of them being consistent. 

Wonder Club has been a little up and down. There are 6 children who come but it is hard with only two of them coming every week. An hour seems a short time to cover what we have. However, it seems to be going well and starting to build stronger relationships with each of them.

This is the front gate of the school I teach Bible in Schools and the classroom. I am loving teaching this class. I now have 14 five year old children in the class and it will be going up again next term. They are very interactive and remember from week to week what I have taught them which is encouraging. 

Helping out with Girls Rally at York St Chapel, the church I am attending, is going well. There are 9 girls who come and I have a lot of fun talking and joining in with them.

The first week of the holidays will be quieter for me, catching up with family and then I will be heading down to Christchurch for a CEF Bible camp in the second week. 

Morning Walks

One of the good things about getting up early in the morning is that I have time between being ready and breakfast. Most mornings I use this time to go for a walk down the beach. I either go across the road and straight out to the beach, walking along the shore or I walk up to the bridge and go across to walk through the trees and dunes to get to the shore.

Looking up river from the bridge

There are many beautiful sounds to listen to including waves and the birds all doing there morning singing.

One of two fantails that were flying around my feet

A Tui singing at the top of a tree.

Most mornings I do not see anyone which means I am not disturbing anyone when I go over memory verses out loud or sing songs of praise to God that come to mind.