Competition Night with the POLICE

WOW!!!! ---- Friday night was a lot of fun. A big thanks to the three police officers that came along to join in with our fun!

These are some of the games that we competed against each other for.

SNOW HUNT

We had to look for the jelly bean in the snow (cream) with just our mouth.....

PING PONG PUSH

We had to push the ping pong across the hall using a straw.
NEWSPAPER SCAVENGER HUNT
We had to hunt in the newspaper for answers.



MUSICAL CHAIRS







We had a lot of fun. Thanks Constable Chopper, Constable Kealy and Constable Mo for joining in the fun. We look forward to doing this type of thing again with you!!

How to react when your world falls apart III

Moving on after a disaster.

This night was focussed on getting on with life after a something has majorly impacted your life using the steps we talked about in the two past nights: keep in touch with friends who can help you, pick up the positive pieces of your life and make a plan to get on with life. So this step helps you to actually DO get on with life.

The games took very long this evening since the youth present were very busy catching up with each other during the explaination of the games. The games were very muchly enjoyed, specially the mad relay and the blanket steal.

We talked in little groups about ways to get on with life and how the help others that are in trouble, stuck in a depressed state and not able to get out by themselves. Of course God is the ultimate help for us in any situation.

You were very excited about the police coming in next week for the POLICE challenge night... Make sure to be well prepared to stand up to the police legally.

Enjoy your week and don't forget to talk with God about your life.

How to React When Your World Falls Apart II

PICKING UP THE PIECES AND MAKING A PLAN

Last week we started looking at how to react when your world falls apart. We discussed that when something terrible happens in our life the first thing that we need to do is to keep in touch with someone (a friend or a family member). We also decided that most important person to keep in touch (talk to) is God.

This week we continued along this theme with talking about how to pick up the pieces and make a plan. But before we started talking about this heavy stuff, we played a few lighthearted games....









Our first game was a coordination challenge .... where we had to cross our arms over, peel a mandarin and feed it to our partner!!! ...... fun .... & ..... sticky







Next we tried to see how many we could fit into a cube that was 1m x 1m..........

We'll have to see if we can break the record next week!!

















In this game we had a wacky relay race where we had to blow the ping pong ball across the hall towards each other...... we now know that ping pong balls don't always blow straight ahead.














After these few games we split into groups to discuss different crises situations. We discussed how the people in each situation could pick up the pieces (picking out the positive things that are left) and make a plan (using the positive things to continue living).


Thanks to you that shared about the times when it felt like your world was falling apart and how you dealt with it. We truelly hope that no one will have to use what we practiced tonight, but we also know that most of you will probably will have to some time in your life......

And when that time comes remember that the best friend that you can have is God, because even though He allows these things to happen even to people who love Him, He has promised that everything that happens to them that love Him will be for their good.


Looking forward to seeing you all again on Friday


Luv

Your DZ Leaders



P.S WELL DONE TO THE GIRLS FOR BEATING THE GUYS RECORD IN 'MOVE ROUND THE WORLD' ..... we'll have to give it ago again soon to give the guys the chance to win the record back!!