God's Girlz TBQ 1st meet of the season

 The girls before the matches started.

 Waiting for announcements in the sanctuary before quizzing. Ready to go!

 Me & Joshua

 Lunchtime with a couple JBQ siblings.

 Being silly before the afternoon quizzing.

Me & Hannah

Yesterday God's Girlz (TBQ version) quizzed in their 1st meet of the season AND it was their first time in TEEN Bible Quiz. Hannah & a friend were no longer eligible for Junior Bible Quiz and one other friend is borderline in age so she can quiz in either JBQ or TBQ so she is actually doing both this season. Then we had one friend join who is completely new to Bible Quiz. Two of these girls have siblings in JBQ and Hannah has chosen to volunteer as an official for the JBQ version of God's Girlz so we still have ties to JBQ this season.

Anyway, the big news is that the team went undefeated yesterday!!! They won all 6 of their matches. I had to officiate in the A league so I didn't get to see them quiz this time but I heard all about it. Because this is their 1st year & they are 7th/8th grade they are in the B (or novice) league. They are memorizing half of the book of Matthew. They had to know chapters 1-5 for yesterday. Their next meet will cover 1-5 as well as chapters 6-8. 

Hannah is too humble to put this info out there but since I'm a proud mama, I'll let you know how well she did. She had 3 quiz outs. If you remember from JBQ info, quiz outs are when you answer a certain number of questions right & get bonus points. JBQ was 6 questions & 10 bonus points but TBQ is 5 questions right & 20 bonus points. After you get your quiz out you leave the table for the rest of the match. Hannah had 3!!! Her friend who is doing both JBQ & TBQ had 5!! Her coach told me that Hannah saved the day in their very last match. It all came down to the last question. IF the other team got it right then their opponent would win. IF any girl other than Hannah got it right from our team, we would have tied. BUT because Hannah buzzed in & got it right, she quizzed out (as it was her 5th question right), and those extra bonus points earned them the win!! This is all fantastic for the competition but what it really means is God's word is being hidden in her heart. I love that she enjoys it and the friends she has made are all wonderful girls. The other teams are fun to be around too. 

JBQ first match is Nov. 17 so Hannah will be going to officiate. I'll go with the first time or two as her back up if she doesn't do well then I can step in to help her out. 

The next TBQ meet is also the day of Hannah's performance in Wild West Tales so it will be an exhausting day. Well, it will actually be an exhausting week being production week. Hannah and the other TBQ girls (& a couple JBQ girls)will have practice for drama M-W,a show on Thursday,TBQ practice on Friday to prepare for the meet, TBQ meet on Saturday morning, & have a call time of 5pm that Saturday night for their 7pm show. Phew! Makes me tired just thinking about that week! Dec 2nd will be the ultimate day of rest:)