Mud-Lympics – The Ultimate Competition!

Outtatown South Africa – September 19, 2015
By Dayna Goerzen & Katie Hutchins

Once we warmed up from the canoe trip and all showered (hallelujah!), we continued our week, starting up our sessions with some guidelines to have a great year. We made our group covenant, discussed ways to work well with each other, and heard stories from all our leaders (Rianna, Sean, Liz, and Joel). Other great highlights included singing worship songs together in the evenings, building and racing human-size rafts as committee bonding, playing games together, and becoming closer as a community.

Saturday afternoon, we had the option to participate in some Mud-Lympics led by the leaders. We all gathered around a puddle of mud and water and painted ourselves in it to start the event. The first game we played was Tug-of-War across the mud pit, ending in one side splatting into the puddle each time (and soon our warrior paint didn’t matter anymore).

Next we had to first carry mud across the field 3 people at a time to fill a bucket, and then use our backs or necks (anything but our hands) to carry mud to fill the bucket. It was…interesting, and definitely funny to watch.

After that, we played Steal the Bacon, where each team finds a partner of the same height/size as them. They both get a number, and when their number is called they run towards each other from opposite sides of the pit and try to get the ball that’s in the middle of the mud pit. People dove, collided, and slid together to try to bring the ball to their side. It’s a mucky struggle that was super fun and competitive, with only a few injuries. All worth it!

Finally, we played Snake Pit. This physically was a ‘team bonding’ experience. Your team had to ball or link together in the mud pit while the other team tried to pull you apart one by one as fast as they could (the faster team wins). It was an epic competition until Aaron was the last man standing for his team, as it became the ultimate competition.

“This is MY pit! MY PIT!” (Last man alive!).

We finished the day by jumping in the lake and baking in a homemade sauna. All in all it was a great end to the week. Sunday we packed up, and travelled to Winnipeg for CMU’s M.U.D. Cafe (Mission Under Discussion), where the speaker shared his experiences and the importance of living missionally. Late Sunday night we pulled into Roseau River Bible Camp tired from a busy day filled with laughter, and ready for a week of sessions on theology with guest speaker Gavin Hall. Stay tuned for more awesome blogs coming your way!