getaways

I didn’t know it entailed so much. I thought it was just a simple getaway for the kids. Yet there are skills involved in the preparation too. I guess it is like this working with children. Every little thing counts.

Thank God for C who debriefed with me on all these. I learnt a lot today. Yet I am still at fault because I could have find out more. It was my first time leading a getaway for the children, I should have find out more from the rest. Yet again, I also wished that the rest could come and tell me more about what to expect and how to prepare. I don’t know who to blame for the outcome. Maybe there don’t need to have something or someone to blame. Yet the part about “I should have…” and “They should have…” keep lingering around.

I also wonder if the children are to be responsible for the disappointing event today. But I realized that if we can prepare them enough, then they might enjoy themselves more. Therefore it’s a shared responsibility perhaps.

Today I learnt:
1. I can find out more details from the organizing parties so that…
o I can prepare the children better as to what to expect.
o Advice the children on how they can prepare themselves for the program.
2. Prepare the children for the program by…
o Reminding them of good behaviors
o Reminding them to participate so that they can really enjoy the event.
o Convey my expectations to them of the above points.

Thank you Lord for your grace that helps me learnt an important lesson. Pray that the lessons the children learnt today would bring positive impacts in their lives and carry them for a long time to come.

Really, Lord, it’s not easy for me to be with the children. Strengthen me to embrace the challenge. Grant me a sensitive spirit that I may your message for them each day. In Christ’s name… Amen