Boat, Brains, Balls and More!

Little S and L had a poolside party to celebrate their birthday together. Although grey clouds loomed in a distance, God was indeed faithful once again and held up the grey clouds. Everyone got to enjoy the afternoon of events under the cool, cloudy shade.

For the record, this was by far the largest guest list with the widest age range for an outdoor activity party - 32 children from 7 - 14 years old! It was challenging for MFB to come up with suitable games that "must have water guns (according to the host)" and along the theme of the Battle of Jericho scenario, plus having to take into account the varying age and abilities of the

numerous guests.

MFB racked their brains and finally decided to bring the children through three battles:

Round 1 - to SPY on the land of Jericho (Jos 2)

Round 2 - to cross the river Jordan (Jos 3)

Round 3 - to find the gold, silver, bronze and iron treasures (Jos 6:19)

It was a "boys versus girls" afternoon of games. Round 1 tested the memory and speed of both teams, as the children had to memorise the theme verse Joshua 1:8-9 and the position of the wordings on the ground. Both teams were evenly matched in terms of speed and accuracy.

Round 2 proved to be a man's game. Although the girls put up a tough fight, blasting their opponents and soaking their banner with water pumps, the boys did an excellent job in surviving the never-ending water projectiles and emerged champion river-crossers. They collected 35 out of the 50 balls (points) en route to the finishing line, compared to the girls, who were a tad too focused on sailing the boat across and ended up collecting only 5.

In the final round, where the children were tasked to search for the treasures and transport them to the finishing line, the ladies were so organised and efficient it seemed almost impossible not to defeat the playful boys.

Based on battles, the ladies had won 2 to 1, but based on the points-scoring system, the gentlemen beat the ladies and were crowned the winners that day. Nevertheless, well done everyone! Give yourself a pat for surviving the 3 poolside battles!

We hope all of you had lots of fun, as much as we had planning and running the activities for you! "For the glory of God!"

P.s.: For those just reading, we're sure you can't imagine the fun we had - contact us to plan an event for you and have a feel of it yourself :)