Journey With Deb

After many months of no-show, Hoopee got back into action twisting balloons, making funny faces and acting in silly skits. It was a lot of fun, a lot of laughter and a lot of memories recalled. Terence and I received a request to conduct a clowning and ballooning seminar in Subang AG church on Saturday. The church was having a missions carnival showcasing different cultures of the world and the work of God in those nations. The carnival was a buzz with a varied selection of traditional food, colourful costumes and traditional handicraft.

Adding colour to the carnival, we set up a face painting booth and attracted huge crowd. Thankfully Rachel was there to help! We had such fun painting different kinds of icons from butterflies to cars to penguins – oh I love the art of face painting and how they make children’s eyes dazzle at the sight of it (even adults for that matter!)

The clowning session was incredibly hilarious. Our students were adults, which also meant that breaking the ice was going to be more difficult. After the unmasking, everything just went haywire, they were goofing, talking and expressing in exaggerated action! Undoubtedly some had problems doing so, after all clowning is not an easy task. It takes a lot of humility to be another character.