Sunday, November 15, 2015

Earth, Air, Fire and Water

Two of our Guides needed to organise a ceremony for their Chief’s Challenge.

We started with Air. Kristen had organised a ceremony of hope and peace. Everybody got a piece of paper to write a message on and attach it to a helium balloon (biodegradable).

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We all took our balloons outside to release them (except for two that escaped and stayed on the roof of the hall).

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Next we moved on to Earth, with a tree-planting ceremony.

The tree was a September Tree.  Samantha read a poem about trees and then the work of planting began.

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We only had half an hour to complete Fire and Water.  First the girls used candles to make an invisible message appear.

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The message involved water balloons and throwing them to each other, with predictable results.

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All in all, a memorable evening.

1 comment:

  1. I'm loving reading about all your adventures! It's great to see the similarities between Guiding in countries, despite the oceans that divide us. Looking forward to future reading.

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