Una Busqueda de Tesoro with Young Life

We didn't quite know what we were signing up for when we agreed to participate in a Young Life event today. All I knew is that we had to meet in front of the police station at 8am. We had curriculum to work on today, so we decided to commit to a mere 4 hours of the event instead of the full 7. The kids ended up arriving at 10, and I realized that we were going to be a part of a city wide scavenger hunt. Fortunately, we got to help facilitate the event instead of having to actually find things around the city. We would have failed as our knowledge to where things are right now is limited to getting to the grocery store.

The kids had to complete certain tasks at designated locations.

1) Run around a park acting like ducks.

2) Sell candy to strangers in the Plaza de Armas.

3) Sing the anthem of Arequipa and convince strangers to join them.

4) Answer a series of trivia questions.

We left at the trivia questions. Travis got a little burned:

But I had a great conversation with one of the leaders, Ada. She told me that children's curriculum is very needed as it is hard to come by quality material. We spent the afternoon working on a lesson. Travis's face is healing, and I am sure he will be applying sunscreen for our next scavenger hunt.