HOLY COW! I think I’ve said that 100 times today. HOLY COW! First off, I’m exhausted, as is the rest of the team, including volunteers. Here are my thoughts on today.
— Words can’t express the thanks to the Elemenet volunteers. Un-STINKIN’-Believable. There were ugly flourescant green (or were they yellow) shirts EVERYWHERE! It was GREAT! Our volunteers showed up at 7 and just rocked da hizzy!
— My first thought was “Well, better than last year. No snow!” That was a plus. Last year we shoveled the snow off the field for the drop.
— It was cold! COLD! When I got up it looked great outside. I think it was warmer at 6 AM when I got up than it was at 11 when we dropped the eggs. Kept praying for the weather to clear and the sun to poke out. But the wind increased and the cold continued…but it didn’t stop the drop!
— The 6th grade boys group from Fusion @ Element came out and made breakfast for all the volunteers. SWEET! Thanks guys!
— By 9AM a line began to form. We actually decided to open 15 minutes early since a line was beginning to form.
— One thing I’m learning. We roll VERY different in Wyoming. Who comes to an egg hunt when it’s windy and 30 degrees? All of Wyoming yells “WE DO!” So cool!
— By 10:30, 10 minutes from gathering for the drop, there were still 300 -400 people in line waiting to register for the drawings. We actually had to hold off the drop to get everyone through the line.
— Last year we had one registration table and were backed up. This year we had FOUR and were backed up. HOLY COW!
— By 10:50 the chopper lifted and both sides of the football field were SLAMMED with people. I have no idea how to estimate numbers and there is no possible way to count everyone, but there were THOUSANDS of people. We guessed around 4,000 – 5,000. I have no idea. It was a LOT of people.
— The egg drop itself was sweet. They hovered over the field for a couple minutes and dropped 14 bags of eggs. I was so jealous of Curtis.
— Then the chaos. THREE…TWO…ONE…and they were off. The field was covered in kids getting eggs. That scene amazes me.
— I hate to give special thanks out, but I think a HUGE thank you goes out to Ryan Scheer for heading up the event. He took a VERY large burden off of me by taking this on. Jay Gohldberg and Bob Gudhal also did a TON of pre-work for the event. You guys ROCK! Thank you so much!
— My staff team was amazing. Grant, Adam, Curtis and Andy are studs (and I mean that in the most spiritual and manly way possible). Terri, Katie and Pam, thanks for all the help in the office leading up to this too. Amazing!
— Volunteers UNREAL! You guys made that event happen. I LOVED seeing you serve, greet, welcome, direct, care for, lift, move, haul. Crazy! I love all of you guys!
— SO STOKED for Easter services tomorrow. Can’t wait to see you all there. Check out pictures below, or click the link HERE to look at them online.
Following Christ,
Jeff
Praise God , let HIM be glorified