Having Fun

Young people need to have fun. It's an important part of their development and emotional well-being. Well, old people need to have fun for the same reasons, but this story is about young ones. Left to their own devices, they will have fun somehow. The students at our Nazarene College of Nursing have fun visiting with each other, playing sports, and .... Well, those are the only things I know about. Oh. Occasionally some of them will do something that gets them into some degree of trouble.

Mike and Diane Chapman have been concerned that there aren't opportunities for wholesome fun for the students, so they organized a movie night a few weeks ago, and then a game night this past Saturday. Diane organized the games, Mike was in charge of pop corn. They invited Judy and me to come and just be involved. Judy made a cake, not realizing how many students would come, and how far the cake would have to go. She ultimately cut it into pieces that were about bite-sized, so most of the students got a taste.

Each student made and decorated a name tag for him or her self. Games included Musical Chairs (depicted in the photo), Rhythm, and an old "mind-reading" parlor game that I don't know the name of. The students really got involved, and had fun. Which was, of course, the object. And the older people had some too, which was a bonus.

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