"I thought she was going to be nice and just do a couple crackers but then she squirted the whole can on my face." WL is WILD Club

The first Wyld Life Club of the year. The Junior High kids have early been awaiting the first WL event at the Barn. The HS and adult leaders have been anticipating reuniting with kids and starting new friendships. And it seemed only fitting that the theme of the night would be WILD. 

It's been raining all weekend, but the weather didn't keep anyone away. The kids started arriving by the van-load 20 minutes before the night even began.

There were so many old faces, like kids we went to Michindoh with last summer, and a whole lot of new 7th graders too.

Everyone came in WILD costumes but Kathryn's King Crab costume has to be the winner.

Everything was WILD. We played Switch, Change, Rotate and got all mixed up as our trains ran all over the basketball court. In Everybody's It, everyone was tagging everyone until there was only one person left.

We got over 100 kids and 30 leaders together for our first group picture of the year...

But then made sure every kid had a place to belong on a team with leaders who are excited to know them.

FCJH 7th Girls

HIJH 7th Girls

RJH & FJH Girls

8th Guys

7th Guys

HIJH 8th Girls

FCJH 8th Girls

We KICKED OFF the year by KICKING OFF our shoe to see how far across the gym it could fly.

Then we competed in blowing up balloons until they exploded by popping in our face.

And last but not least, friends stuck oyster crackers to their friends face by using spray cheese and it was just as disgusting as you can imagine.

Bailey and Taylor were in it to win it and had no qualms about covering Taylor's entire face.

Justin gave the Club Talk tonight-- he told us what we can expect at Wyld Life and 4 WILD facts about Jesus.

Then everyone broke up into small groups with a leader and got to talk more about the Club Talk and start building those friendships. It was an incredible sight to look around the gym and see every kid plugged in and engaged with a leader.

After everyone had gone home the leaders moved the party to DQ with ice cream cones and french fries. They guys are the best. I'm so thankful for this team.