Our First Gincana

“What’s a gincana?” you might ask. “Exactly.” We had no idea what it was until this past weekend. The other Churches of Christ in the city told us that they were planning a joint youth event for the 24th. “Okay great!” we said. So, we told our kids but we had no idea what all was involved (a lot of preparation and it was an event that lasted a whole weekend). A gincana it turns out is a cross between a field day, a scavenger hunt, a fear factor show, a treasure hunt, and a Bible/ Trivia bowl (complete with pies in the face and scubba diving blindfolded in the baptistry). In short it was a big competition and our team, “Star em Cristo,” won!!! They even gave us a trophy. Our kids were so proud. The Bonoco youth who hosted the event wrote us a really nice letter thanking us for our involvement and our spirited example. So, needless to say after jumping around and cheering for two days, we were pretty tired. At least next time we’ll know what we’re getting into and we’ll know how to promote it better because it was a very well done, extremely animated event. Plus, we’ve got a a title to keep!!!