Hawkwell Activities Week…Day 3

TUESDAY

We all turned up early this am in preparation for the young people’s arrival! LaRoche was particularly happy, anticipating an arrival of his own…a brand new set of decks!! This had been a real answer to prayer and Dan picked them up from the office this morning. It was all very exciting, they really are beautiful and LaRoche sounds better than ever. However, our enthusiasm was short lived when suddenly a comotion at the back of the hall drew our attention away from the new ‘toy’.

We quickly realised that something was badly wrong and that one of the young people had been run over on his way to the church. Youth worker, Ian, was thankfully one of the first on the scene and was able to call the ambulance and the boy’s dad. As a firstaider himself he realised that the accident was not as critical as it had at first appeared and, as the team gathered together to pray, we were able to thank God that his injuries were not more severe.

We waited for more news and were eventually assured that he was bruised and shaken but that he wouldn’t be kept in hospital. By 12 midday he was back with us and contributing to the song!!! Praise the Lord, He had this young man safe in His arms the whole time!

The rest of the day went incredibly well. These young people are very gifted with drummers, vocalists and guitarists all contributing to the song and budding writers putting together a script to entertain and educate. Connect and KFC (Kids for Christ!!) were in a nailbiting tiebreaker as the band tried to decide on a name, but in a vote off, with all the tension and excitement of X-Factor…’Connect’ won the hearts of the people and became the brand new band name!

With pens flying back and forth in both music & drama a script and song were born. Both groups, taking the theme of relationships one step further, looked at the emptiness of social networking and the unreality of this kind of friendship.

Andy is now locked away in the studio with some ideas for the backing, from the young people and he now has the ‘simple’ task of putting together the backing for the song, Face To Face, ready to record in the morning!!!

To Be Continued…