First Guide meeting

 

One thing I’m going to have to get used to is Africa time.   The plan was that the bus would collect the girls from the Child Headed Household (HSS) programme  at 3pm and bring them to the orphanage.   They would be given lunch and at 3.30 they would come across to 5 Lupin St and we would start.   Well at 3.29 I got a message saying they would be a couple of minutes late as they were waiting for two children.   They turned out to be the drivers’ children.   He couldn’t leave them unattended so he brought them with him.  Eventually we got started at about 4.10pm.

I didn’t know what to expect.   When the girls arrived I felt a connection immediately.   They are just girls.   Guide age girls like any other.   We are going to have fun together. Laiza (12) likes fruit and vegetables and is good at English and Maths

Maria (12) likes chicken and rice and is good at singing

Jeanette (12) likes drawing people and is good at boxing

Minentle also likes singing and her favourite food is bread and eggs

Then we have 2 nine year olds, Amanda and Stella.   Stella says very little but modelled the sash and scarf for us

 

As a first meeting I think it went well.   We had fun, played with balloons, learned about the law and promise and how Guiding started.   We formed two patrols, the Flamingos and the Blue Cranes and had a couple of minutes patrol time.   The girls seem enthusiastic and all said they will come again next week.   Let’s see what happens.