DAY FOUR: Sun, fences and, oh no, a reporter getting his face painted!

TODAY SAW the beginning of three days of social action in and around the Leicester area.
It was truly action packed!
For me the day began at 9.45am, meeting up with our guest for the day, Paul Kent, at the South Wigston Salvation Army centre.
Paul had kindly agreed to come down from Coventry to film some of our activities-he's part of the Hope'08 National News Team.
Once edited, the video will appear on the National Hope'08 website, which will be fantastic!
We then headed off to St.Christopher's (Sandworth Academy) on Trenent Road.
There we met up with the Saffron Lane team who, after a time in prayer and devoting the day to God, went off to Saffron Lane to begin painting fences and litter picking.
Everyone got down to the hard graft, working as a team and enjoying the good weather.
Even I had a go at painting fences...I don't think I was as good as the rest at it, but I did my bit.
Paul got on with filming and interviewing Reality Youth Project Director, Matt Brown, as well as local residents who came to see what was going on and asking us why we were doing it.
The local residents were great, bringing us out drinks and biscuits, etc.
After about an hour and a half we went to lunch back at the Salvation Army...and got to watch an edition of Friends (The One Where Rachael and Ross Get Married...Quality!)
Then we headed off with the Eyres Monsell team to various streets in the area, via a garden centre to buy a resident a plant (she was so thrilled, she said 'oh, you little angels.')
Paul again took some shots of the activity going on...clearing paths, picking up weeds, painting fences.
The highlight for me was going into the home of local resident Janice, a true local character who, after telling us about her cake making and assorted other stories, was glad to be interviewed by me.
She's a great supporter of what we do, which is brilliant.
Then, just before the day came to an end, poor old Paul had a couple of editions to his face when a couple of our youngsters decided to daub a bit of paint on either cheek!
I would say they made him look better, but I can't really comment!
It certainly gave a bit of extra colour to his final piece to camera!
Here's to tomorrow!

Mathew Hulbert.

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