We did a double ministry this week. From 1:30 to 3:30 we were in "Central ND Town A." Then we drove 15 miles to town B where we had supper, set up the trailler/stage and sound system and led the ministry again from 6:30 until 8:30. Then we drove back to our host families in town A.
I spent most of my day sopping wet. We played water games with the kids at Sidewalk Sonday School today. Fortunately it was sunny and windy; good weather for a water fight.
The first week is always a bit tricky. We're still developing the skits and games that we'll use at SWSS this summer to teach kids various Bible stories. Fortunately both our ministries this week were small towns with few kids. The kids that came were well-behaved for the most part and the adults that came were forgiving of our lack of organization. There is always often one child in a ministry who will prove very challenging. That child in town A was "Riley" (names have been changed), age 5, who would pipe up in the middle of a song or story and say loudly "It's time to do something else now! We should play a game!" Then there was the child in Town B who didn't want to play any group games. He just wanted to pretend he was the Green Goblin from Spiderman.
One of the high points of the week was Glen taking all the kids outside to wheedle a free box of ice-cream treats from the Schwan's man as he made his deliveries next to our ministry site.
Our third team member this year plays guitar also. It's nice to have another guitarist. It also is trickier because I can't just fake my way through songs and learn them as I go (which is what I did last year.)
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