I wrote up the list of what I need to take yesterday. I would like to have been able to expand my wardrobe a little bit. Managed to find some nice shorts today - but I don't think this is the right time of year to be enhancing my summer wardrobe. So ... might have to get out the sewing kit and fix up a few buttons.
Last night we had our last youth group for the term - had a bit of a Vanuatu theme team. Part of the night included a "guess the melted chocolate" game, and there were a few of our team that were a little bit too keen to eat food that was clearly no longer edible. This does not fill me with confidence (but I'm still comfortable that we have a fantastic team). I am not sure whether I've mentioned that we now have a whopping 12 people going in the team.
We've also found out that the first Sunday we're there, there will be a lot of people at the church at Paama Seaside. This isn't a surprise - we've known about that for a while. But - what we have been informed of is that we are expected to do an item. So ... eek! I am thinking we can have a couple of things up our sleeve, Probably ...
- A hymn - I was reading my blog from last time and we sang Amazing Grace last time we were there. I am thinking ... This Kingdom? (I have a Vanuatu hymn book and I know they sing different Bislama words to the same tune in one of the songs - but you can never tell with a hymn book - maybe they never sing that one?)
- A kids song - because lots of the group we're going with is primarily a youth one, this should be our best item. Ali and I broke into "10-9-8 God is Great" when we were discussing items - so I think that might be my vote for that one. There is a rocket taking off at the end of it, plus it teaches kids about how to count backwards from 10. Can't go wrong!
- A blessing - at the end of lots of Sunday morning services we sing a blessing song called May the Feet of God ... it's a nice one, plus I can do half decent harmonies for it. Of course compared to the harmonies that people in Vanuatu do really naturally ... hmm maybe I shouldn't pit my lame harmonies against theirs. But it's quite a nice simple song.
- An Aussie song - one of my friends is in a bush band, and they play a cracking Click Go The Shears. I think between us we could do a pretty good rendition of it. Last time I sang it was probably in a choir at high school though - we should probably practice.
- And to round out our reportoire, a bit of Heel and Toe Polka :) Can't wait to teach some dance moves - big challenge! We could save that for the second week I think. Slightly smaller audience if everything goes pear shaped.
Woohoo!
