I survived a mammoth 70 hour week last week and have just had 2 days off to recover. Thanks to everyone who have been praying for us regarding the holiday kids club and the BHCBC camp. Let me tell you how things went.

The kids club was a blast! Over the 4 days, 132 different kids turned up, and at least a third to half of them were not from church backgrounds. The first day was a bit chaotic because there were so many things that were unknown and unpredictable. I got roped in at the last minute to lead one of the groups for kids in Year 3-6.

Some of the boys in my group	Crazy game with pool noodles
Drama	Craft time

Each day we sang, memorised Scripture, played games, ate, heard a testimony, and made crafts. The 2 girls from my church did a fabulous job (as did all the other volunteers from other churches) and I was very impressed with them. They took the initative to do things without being told and despite the early morning start I never heard a word of complaint from them (I was the one moaning about the early mornings).

In the end, everything came together and it was a huge success (from a human point of view). It was totally exhausting, but totally worth it.

Praise God for the many kids and parents who we had contact with last week. Give thanks also for all the leaders and volunteers who put so much effort into organising this kids club. Pray that some of those unchurched families will end up in a church where they can be followed up.

My preparation for the camp talks, however, did not go so smoothly. Being a topical series, I had a hard time deciding which passages and which aspects of evangelism I wanted to speak on. Even though I had chosen my main points several weeks ago, my thoughts kept drifting to other points as I write.

And because I had to jump in to help out at the kids club, I had less time and a lot less energy throughout the week. There were times where I was sitting in front of the computer for ages and I couldn't write a thing. My thoughts were all jumbled up and I couldn't put them together in a logical sequence. It got so bad I actually felt a sense of panic!

I worked right up to the wire and somehow managed to get it done. I'm reasonably happy with the end product, but definitely don't want to cut it so fine again.

Other than that, I had a good time at the camp. Had several good conversations with people about ministry, and hung out with the youth playing Werewolf (an advanced version of Mafia). We came back on Sunday morning and went to church as usual, then crashed afterwards.

Thank God for getting me through a long week and finishing the talks. Pray that the brothers and sisters at BHCBC were challenged about their evangelism efforts despite my imperfections and weaknesses.