At long last ...!!!

Good news!! I’ve finally managed to locate some fellow geocachers and have some fun with them. I found a web forum for a group that were having a Hallowe’en night cache, so I managed to sign up and get involved. When we arrived we found a lovely group of people, some with their families, who had come from far and wide to participate in this event.

What a great night it was, and we all had fun! We found broomsticks, pumpkin lanterns, spiders’ webs, bats and cats with glowing eyes, ghosts and finally the treasure trove – and along the way the kids (big and small) ate plenty of food including spider cakes (although these were surpassed by brownies later on).

OK, so some people might consider it the ultimate sin to be involved in a Hallowe’en activity, but this is where the people who enjoy what I enjoy are (and I was at a party of light the night before). But the adults gave the kids with us loads of opportunities to find the caches and get the sweets first. It was a joy to watch adults give way to the children – there was a real community feel; just like a church should have. I could really see the whole idea working as an emerging church, at least on some levels.

They’re talking of a Christmas one, and I would love to do something like that in my local area – it’s given me some great ideas, so I’ll have to get working on that, as it all took quite a bit of effort. But it would be a great activity to bring new people together in my area – with some advertising it could work!

I’m so grateful to God for introducing me to these new friends; even though several of them were located 50 miles away, some of them were fairly local. I’m so excited about the possibilities of this idea now.

Thanks Lord! And it was all in your time…