Blog-Day seems to have moved to mid-week. I have mixed feelings about the last 7 days, some definitley seem better than others (or worse, depending on whether you're a glass half full or half empty person). The photos this week start off with the remainder of my trousers after the cycle back to the house this morning. It's the final long, steep hill leading up to my house that does it! The next few photos are of me using the material in the most eco-friendly ways I could think of. Waste not, want not and all that. The last photo is the poster I designed for the new club, Impact, that I started up.
Talking of up, Impact kicked off its first ever session this week with a trip to the cinema to see Up. It was a fantastic film, but not Pixar's best. I would give it 7/10, but this is a blog about my youth work, not my film reviews. So I won't.
Ever since Saturday, I've had mostly boring, stay-at-home days. On Saturday I had what I just described, but got loads of work done. I've planned all my sessions until Christmas for both the Sunday morning Y@11 and Impact. Sunday I had to lead the kids talk during the service. I had this great analogy about my bike, if you want a detailed summary, let me know! So it was set to be a great talk. But, I kept getting tongue-tied, the talk was meant to last 5mins, mine lasted 90secs and I got all the kids at the front whereas they usually stay with their families. It was a tad disasterous. It's not even like it was my first kids talk, I've done several before and this one was by far the worst. Equally, the teenage group that goes out halfway through the service which I lead was set to be a great session. I had spent many hours planning it, and it was full of different sections. But that went bad as well.
Looking back at it and trying to work out what went wrong, it hit me. That Sunday morning, I had a big list of things to do before the 9.30am service. One of those things was to pray. Guess which one I didn't do. I didn't do it deliberatley, but it made such an impact. I always pray before a session, but somehow the most important thing on my list was left til last. It just proves that no matter how much work I put in, it's nothing if I don't involve God. I felt pretty rubbish by the end of that day.
Monday was nice to forget about Sunday, as it was my day off. Grace came over and we went on a 2hr walk, which took us 5hrs. I don't know what was worse, our fitness levels or our orienteering ability. Monday is my favourite day. Tuesday is not my favourite day, particularly this Tuesday. I had another stay-at-home day and I was so unmotivated. I had a lot of work to do, but not the drive to do it. The hours snailed away. Yesterday was a good'un, as I had the opportunity to meet with 4 local headteachers. I had the chance to ask what I and the church could do, and also the chance to pray with them.
So basically Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday are days I'd rather forget, but hopefully it will make me not forget to pray next time!
Talking of prayer, please continue to pray for me, and also:
- That good bridges will be built between the local churches and the local schools
- That the new Impact will be a great success
- That I will be motivated!
See y'all laters,
Mikey x
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