Where's Waldo- B6 Style

A week or so ago I was approached by a leader in the Young Women's program at church and asked if Matthew and I would be willing to participate in a "Where's Waldo" activity at the mall. I jumped at the chance! I remember when I was a young woman that we did this activity and had a great time. So what happens is several people in the ward that many of the youth recognize dress up and "hide" in relatively plain site all throughout the mall. In order for the kids to be able to count us as "found" they have to come up and ask us a question. It is mostly just for fun, but can also teach courage and a willingness to do something you may be uncomfortable doing. Matthew and I didn't want to make it too easy for the youth to find us so we dressed up in clothes that let's just say we don't typically wear! The other members in the ward did a great job dressing up as well! I was proud to say that many of the groups passed me several times and didn't "find" me until the last 5 minutes of the time alotted. I think one thing that helped me was that for the first little bit I sat at a table with a complete stranger. I think this discouraged many of the youth to come and ask questions. It is definitely easier to go up to one possible stranger rather than two. Matthew was good at hiding as well, there were even a few groups that didn't find him.

All of the hiders

Jamison rocked my wig!