What an awesome week we’ve had in the Pathfinders ministry! First, we kicked the semester off with our crossover service where we not only got to see our friend Ronald Jenkies, but we also got to see two up-and-coming future Olympians, Christopher Phelps and Nastia Comostinky! If you missed their debut, you can click here for the action.
The fun continued on Saturday with our Back to School Banzai Blitz. We started off at the Healing Place Athletic Complex (HPAC) with a game of good old fashioned kickball, then headed to Chick Fil A for lunch, then went to Celebration Station for games and putt putt , which was followed by a massive scavenger hunt at the Mall of LA, and finished it off with dinner at California Pizza Kitchen.
The whole day was pure insanity, but I think that the craziest part was all of us running through the Mall of LA trying to complete the list of things that were given to us to get caught on camera. This is what the list looked like…we had to take a picture of:
-a picture of someone dancing with someone on the street, our team taking a picture with a Barbie doll or being dressed up as Ken/Barbie, someone hula hooping, a cowboy hat, toe socks, someone on our team doing a trick on a skateboard, a pony, someone playing a tambourine, our team playing an Olympic sport, a pink umbrella, a beanie baby, something that was made in Switzerland, yellow pillow case with funky designs on it, silly putty in the design of a pencil, a picture with a manikin, a picture with a store worker, one of our team members pretending to faint while getting the assistance of an innocent bystander, the autograph of a janitor, someone eating the biggest bite of ice cream possible, a business card from a random store, someone blowing into a seashell as if it were a trumpet, someone on our team kissing a fish, any document issued by the federal government, and a picture of the cutest kid alive.
Phew! Needless to say, we kept busy. Here are some pics of one team who completed almost the entire list:
And here are more pictures that were taken throughout the entire Blitz:
As you can see, there’s never a dull moment when it comes to Pathfinders, so make sure you don’t miss service this week…it’s Wednesday, August 27 from 6:30-8:30pm at the HPC Annex A. There’s going to be a huge life group fair and maybe another air horn…?? Stay tuned. 
Pretty cool deal…
