Obviously the stress of the journey had taken its toll. Thankfully when we woke, with the southern hemisphere sun streaming through the windows, the headache had gone and we were fit to face the day and all its possibilities. We were awakened just after five a. During the morning, I accompanied Mark and Matt to buy the food for the camp we were about to lead. We met the manager, a white South African chap and talked about rugby and the current form of the Wales team!
He was a pleasant gentleman and was generous to the camp. We thanked him. Scripture Union Lesotho is an Interdenominational Christian Movement that specialises in working with children, youth and families. The Primary School camp is aimed at children in primary schools for children aged years.
The camp was to run from Wednesday 5 th β Saturday 8th December It is usually held in the Lesotho Durham Link, Maseru, where many teachers on exchanges have visited but this year they had decided to move the camp to their own facility in Maseru. It has good accommodation, a large hall for meetings and large grassy areas, which can be used for study groups or recreation.
We had several overflowing trollies, which we tried to maneuver back to the car. While looking around the shelves earlier, I had split a massive sack of rice, which I then put back to save leaving a trail through the shop, only to find that the manager had found it and donated it to Scripture Union, but had forgotten to tell Matt, who promptly covered the entrance to the supermarket with a two inch thick layer of rice.
We smiledβ¦Happy days! We dropped the food of at the camp, which was a ten-minute drive away from the centre of Maseru. It was late morning and as we got to the camp a solitary child was standing in the field, ready for the great adventure to begin!
