First I demonstrated how we were going to cook rice in the solar cooker in the sun. Only Jeanette believed it would cook. Then while the Blue Crane Patrol made pancakes, the Flamingoes decorated meskit bags.
The gel stove that we used for the pancakes was challenging as the wind kept blowing the flame out and the gel would finish just as a pancake was half cooked. Nevertheless, they all got eaten.
One thing the girls were pretty good at was collecting wood and making fires. For a group who are brand new, to light a fire without any paper, using only one match was quite impressive. I taught them to wrap chicken in tin foil and cook it in the coals and I introduced them to banana boats - bananas with chocolate and marshmallows inserted and wrapped in foil and cooked. The rice was beautifully cooked, not one chicken piece was burned and they all enjoyed the banana boats.
After washing up, the fires were still hot enough to toast marshmallows. Nellie, my new asistant was very impressed with toasted Marshmallows.
I asked Amanda, who had missed the enrolment because of a funeral, if she wanted to be enrolled at closing colours and she said yes, so we did.
The girls enjoyed the day but their good behaviour couldn't last so long and they became very challenging towards the end. Next time I'll go for a shorter day. Seven and a half hours is quite heavy for primary school children.
Please pray for the selection of patrol leaders.
