We are having such a brilliant time this week with the young people from Glenrothes – (haven’t tried the scotch pie Ruth cos we’re getting so well fed!!) Our hosts are all so lovely, too. Last night we were invited to head over to the boys hosts for a cuppa – when we arrived we discovered a whole trolley load of cake, biscuits, crisps & tea!! Sarah Andy & I are staying with an English couple who made their home here years ago, we are being well and truly spoiled!! Andy has even been invited to share a ‘wee dram’ of finest malt with Brian, just before we head to bed each evening!! Maybe we could be persuaded to stay a bit longer:-)
This morning was another early start as we prepared for the day ahead, our heads full of three different presentations of which one we would be repeating 3 times during the day…so much to remember but with a powerful message to deliver, it has to be right! Our theme for the day was ‘Live Life to the Max’ and Taste was responsible (along with Foolproof Theatre) for introducing the theme to the whole year group in our first presentation period 1.
Using our songs and games we looked at how unique we are as human beings with Foolproof producing a brilliant sketch about what a person is made of and how much we are worth. We took this opportunity to follow this thought through in a fun way in the lessons that followed. We decided that if we took these basic elements of a human being we would be able to make a person. Mixing the ingredients together in a bowl we tried our Frankenstein experiment!! Water, a nail, salt, sugar, matches, pencils, a lime, soap and a spoonful of curry powder made an interesting mix but were unsuccessful in creating human life!
The team and class enjoyed this experiment which illustrated that life is more complex and precious than our physical components. Next Taste had the dubious pleasure of ‘kidnapping’ and holding for ransom an unsuspecting member of the class. Some of their classmates were unwilling to pay very much for their return but we established that someone who truly ‘cared’ would be willing to pay the highest price. Finally we talked about Jesus giving his life for us, giving everything because he loves us so much. It was a powerful lesson and an opportunity to illustrate the love of God without ‘preaching’ at them, but we still had one more lesson after lunch and a final presentation at the end of the day.
At lunchtime, once again we had a great crowd of youngsters, the ones who hadn’t headed off into town, these were the ones who really wanted to come and hang out with the band. One of the bands in the school also wanted an opportunity to show us what they could do and appeared out of the woodwork doing a little demo for us once lunchtime had finished:-) They were actually brilliant and it was a joy to see the talent within the older pupils in the school who clearly take their music very seriously!
The rest of the day went incredibly well with Youngsters getting involved and enjoying all the activities laid on for them. The team is gradually getting to know individuals and enjoying the opportunity to spend longer with the students than the usual fleeting acquaintances and we are hoping and praying that these relationships will encourage the kids to come tomorrow night:-)
