week 2 day 4

Just to let you know everything has been going well for the past few days at the football camp, we did not gain any more kids but we have had 12 kids most of the week (we only lost one family of 3 kids during the week but we will see them again as they come to church in TBC). It has been encouraging that we have had 5 new kids this week, representing 4 families (who we didn't know before) and that they have been going down to the family events on the beach as well and they live in the same estate as my colleagues so it is a good contact for the future too. Please pray for our final day tomorrow that we will end the week well especially as the team are tired and for Emmanuel a young guy in church who has offered to do the talk tomorrow, we will also have a prize giving tomorrow (I am collecting the engraved medals this afternoon) so please pray for a great final day. thanks Charis x

photos

view from the road, go through the door on the left of the picture to get to the pitch

halftime talk at the pitch

Week 2 day 1 football camp

It is always nerve wrecking the first day of a new venture as you don't know what to expect or what pitfalls there might be and so I didn't get much sleep last night with last minute preparations and thinking about the day to follow. The football camp got off to a good start , there were not loads of kids, just 14, but there were some kids I didn't know and a few people popped in to see what we were doing so I think we will have more tomorrow. The kids enjoyed it and our half time talk was about referees and how they point out the things we do wrong on the pitch and the bible points out what we do wrong in life. Gerry will be doing the half time talk tomorrow please pray for him as he prepares and pray for more kids to come and for the weather to stay dry, it is ALOT cooler today than last week but it looks like it might rain at any minute. Thanks for your prayers charis

Week 1 over and week 2 about to start

We finished well last week, the kids that came to club really enjoyed it and we had over 20 kids during the week with 16 the most on any one day. The heat was a bit of a problem for us all as the hall we were in had very little air circulation but we survived! The beach team had a good week on the beach too so overall it was an encouraging week. The new team arrived on sat and we have been getting ready for week 2 and the football camp, please pray for this week as again it is a new venture, and we do not know what to expect thanks charis

week 1, day 3

Well it is day 3 of the first club, there have still not been many kids at the club but there has been more than the first day, 13 the second day and 12 today but the new kids that have come are muslims so please pray for them especially. There have still been no kids from the local area (the estate where the hall is).
 It is hard to believe we have just 2 days left of the first week, please continue to pray for us as the team are getting tired but in many ways the next 2 days are very important as they have now built good relationships with the kids and will hopefully get opportunities to chat to the kids more over the next 2 days thanks charis

Week 1 day 1

Hi everyone, Day 1 is over already!! Thanks for your prayers, all went ok today, the team did great but it was disappointing that we had just 9 kids, all of whom we know already and no one came from the houses near the hall!!! The kids that came really enjoyed themselves but I was disappointed that out of the 200 invites we gave out locally no one came in , please pray for wisdom to know what to do for the rest of the week thanks charis

Please pray

Hi all the first club starts tomorrow morning at 11:30, I have NO idea if kids will come as I have done nothing in this area before, and as I have asked the beach missions to run the club for me I have NO idea if they will be ready for the club to start!! I was with them tonight and they are just starting to get organised, but I am sure they will do a GREAT job !! it is hard for me to relinquish power as I like to be very organised but it is a learning experience for me too! there will also be some helpers from church there too, please pray the team (6)and church people will work well together thanks charis

football camp

We did not have a venue to do any club next week but we now have a local soccer pitch and will do a football club, this was all just finalised yesterday (saturday the 19th) so there is lots to do, please pray that it will be organised easily and quickly (especially as I am not a footballer) and that it will go well thanks charis

Please Pray

Over the last 2 days we have put 225 flyers into houses near the hall where the club  is going to take place. The club is starting next monday the 21st please pray that everything that needs to get done by then will be done, for the beach team and some helpers from church to work well together, for practical details such as noise ( I found out today there will be a music club on next week in the hall attached to where we will be and they will have drums !!)  pray also for kids to come and most especially for God to be at work thanks charis

No internet

Hi all sorry I have not written anything here for some time but I was moving and now I am unpacking, getting ready for the kids clubs and I have no internet in my house!! Anyway I am in my new house, it is not sorted out yet but I am in and getting sorted very slowly. This week we will be dropping flyers into houses for the first club please pray kids will come (this is a new club we are running) and for all to go well during the week and most especially for God to be at work. Pray for me as I continue to sort out my house and get ready for clubs and my sister emigrates to Australia this week too! thanks charis x