On Sunday 3rd June we had a 10 year celebration of Kids Club. Alison had the idea and wanted to invite everyone who had ever come to Kids Club whether leaders or child. It was a lot of hard work, but we
ll worthwhile. We had a bouncy castle and various stalls. We had free Ice Cream and gave everyone free curry!
Nearly 180 came along! It was great to see all the old faces.
About every half hour someone was nominated to be splatted. This involved a leader standing and waiting for a water-filled sponge to be thrown at them. Alison made sure she had a black bag around her to protect her, but I and everyone else were “macho” and did not use any protection at all.
Mike (our pastor) spoke and shared about how life only finds an answer when we have Jesus.
We ended around 4:30 and everyone eventually drifted away by 5pm.
I was not looking forward to packing the bouncy castle away. It had been difficult enough to get it there in the first place. I had been told by my daughter of an opportunity to get a less expensive bouncy castle. We'd always planned to have one but we were getting very expensive quotes. When we picked it up I was told it needed at least four people to move it. I got to the place to get it and Kieren was waiting for me. I had asked my friend Dez to help me to come along to get it in the van I had borrowed. It didn't look that big and after all the scare stories I was surprised to see Kieren waiting there a all on his own. So having pushed and shoved we eventually got it in the van.
Dropping it off at the school was a bit easier, though it was only Dez and I that was left to do it; Kieren had to go elsewhere.
So, packing it up was not a welcome prospect. One of the main difficulties was getting all the air out. I rolled on it and it bulged in all the wrong places. Eventually with help we got it rolled up.
We had the use of a trolley, but, even with that the job was difficult. I had to ask more friends to help. I did not have a van so a roofer friend from church offered his and an ex soldier was willing to help as well. They pushed and shoved. They were working so hard it left for a time with nothing to do.
We took it to where we had got it from and dropped it off. Phew what hard work that was.
