A wee bit of this and a wee bit of that

The statue is of C. S. Lewis and the wardrobe that he writes about in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. I will write more about him because he will get his own post seeing as this is where he grew up! Oh and if you didn't know this already I am a huge fan of his work, particularly his Narnia series.
On Thursday afternoon, I get the opportunity to go to Victoria Primary, which is what we would call an elementary school with sixth graders, included depending on their age. I help with homework club, which allows them to get homework done with other kids around, so they don't feel like they are the only ones that have to do it. It also gives them the opportunity to ask questions to people whose main concern is helping them finish and understand it and don't have other tasks right at that moment. That relieves the stress of the parents and gives them less headaches hopefully. Last Thursday, one of the kids told me that he has visited America on holiday. I asked where in the US and he asked me if I knew where Walmart was. I told him after I stopped giggling, that giving me Walmart as a location was like telling me he visited TESCO (a local supermarket chain). The kids thought that was pretty funny. I then assumed he went to Florida, which I have found that is where a good amount of  people from Northern Ireland go when they go on holiday to the US. He had gone to Florida, I found out later.

Drop-in is a Friday night activity where local youth can come to the church hall and play ping-pong, play Wii, use the laptops, grab a soda and sweets, and just talk. Correction: our drop-in is on a Friday night but they can be held any night. I was anxious my first Friday and felt really awkward adding myself to the mix and trying to start conversations when they were playing a game so intensely. This past Friday though I was much more comfortable and really enjoyed it. The highlight of the night though was when I saw one of the girls from the homework club. She is a P7 which basically means that she has this year and then she enters secondary school. So she was the youngest one there and did not know anyone there except me. She reminded me of myself the previous week, so I invited her to play wii bowling with me and then I had her come with me and sit where some other girls were sitting. I didn't know the other girls but because I was from the US and generally interested in what they had to say they were very interested in talking to me and equally included the girl in our conversations. I thought about it later how my insecurities were later used to help identify another girl who was new and helped her make friends. That moment was another reminder of why I am here and certainly will remind me when I don't feel up to something, that what I do can have an impact on others whether good or bad.

Word of the Week: Bap is what people in the US would call a hamburger or sandwich bun