Visa Gift Card Surprise

On Tuesday, we won $150 worth of visa gift cards.

The story behind that is honestly shocking.

Our staff does an annual Easter lunch to celebrate Christ’s death and resurrection. In addition to the tasty food and cute decor, there is also a highly anticipated egg hunt with great prizes from generous donors who love to celebrate!

Props go out to our Events team because the egg hunt includes picking up physical eggs as well as an app that gives clues. This year, there were three different categories: seeking out codes, silly activities, and a scripture-related quest. 

It’s so fun.

This year, Team Wilson decided to do this as a family. Ronny strapped Liam in his MiniMeis (if you don’t know what that is, check it out #thanksinstagram) and we set off...about fifteen to twenty minutes after everyone left.

It was about fun, not winning. We were surely the slowest (albeit cutest) group without question. We likely collected the least amount of physical eggs, too. Four, in fact.  This was, again, because we started far later than the other groups, so the goods were quickly scooped up before we set off.

The rest of Ronny’s department even kindly gave him a couple of gift cards from their mass of “special egg” winnings, because truly no one would have expected us to win anything on our own (except maybe a prize for cutest egg hunter).

When the time was up, we headed back to hear the results, pleased with ourselves for having successfully finished all the tasks, but fully accepting we would not be in the running.

Second place was announced. And then, first. 

Wouldn’t you know it, we won! There were questions along the way and points were deducted for each time you answered one incorrectly. Part of why we left late was to read the directions which explained this. 

The result? We actually got all of the questions correct so even though we likely had the slowest time, our point total was the highest so we won.

My jaw dropped when our name was announced. Truly still in shock even today, and watching Liam munch on the gift cards added an extra layer of hilarity. 

Why tell you this?

Well, first, it’s just a funny story of an unlikely group rising above the rest.

Second, it’s a good reminder that sometimes, slow and steady really does win the race. Just because things in your life might not be going as fast as you’d like or as fast as those around you, doesn’t mean you’re not headed for an amazing price.

Finally, we follow a good God, one who cared about us so much He sent His only son to die in our place. 

If that’s not a reason to get out of bed in the morning, I don’t know what is.

Happy Easter!