Some years ago I heard of a family who would all write their 'A-Z' on the way home at the end of every holiday and trip. The idea is the find one word for each letter which encapsulates some element of the trip. It's fun to look back on because you include details which you [...]
Tag: Children
Uganda: Giving stuff
As I mentioned previously, we each brought about 30kg of luggage with us! Emirates is very generous in it's baggage allowance, and so we all carried 10kg of personal luggage and 20kg of suitcases and stuff given by the people of Formby. Donations from St Peter's Church and pencil cases from Trinity St Peter's School [...]
Uganda: travel & welcome
We're here! It took 24 hours and no less than 6 forms of transport, but we have arrived! When we got off the plane, through immigration, picked up 330kg worth of luggage (more about that in another blog) and headed out into the bright sunshine. Waiting for us was the warmest welcome ever from Sheila, [...]
New Wine: Team, Tears and Triumphs
So I've done a bit of reflecting about the children who were present at Rock Solid last week, but what about the Team? The Team who led the 650 kids consisted of 125 people, youngest aged 15, with an average age of 17. They did jobs ranging from gunge tank fillers, to small group leaders, [...]