Dillon Walton leads the charge as hundreds of children sprinted out of the gates to start the Easter Egg hunt at Cypress Creek Church. PHOTO BY DALTON SWEAT/WIMBERLEY VIEW
Finn Furlow is off to the races as the fence intended to corral the excitement gives way to the gaggle of egg hunters. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Aubrey Rodriguez is careful not to crack the egg as she places it in her sack. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Ezra Abaroa (left) patiently collects eggs while Charlotte Sweat (above) lets her hair fly as she dives for another egg.
Egg-citment of the hunt
“We live in a beautiful place,” Jose Abaroa, lead pastor at Cypress Creek Church, said. “Looking down at the valley, we live in a beautiful place.”
And Abaroa would know. On Sunday, he was in a helicopter along with 6,000 Easter eggs that took off over the South River Business Park before dropping the eggs in the field alongside Ranch Road 12 in front of the church. Hundreds of egg-cited children quickly overtook the field in a hunt for the most eggs.
“Celebrating inside is important, because that is where we celebrate as believers in Jesus,” Abaroa said, pointing to Cypress Creek Church behind him. “But celebrating out here with all the kids is a great opportunity to make church fun.”
There were actually two egg drops of 3,000 eggs each separating the younger kids egg hunt from the older.