Sunday, September 20, 2009

Bible Smugglers

Friday night our friends the McNews hosted a family overnight Bible Smugglers party. There were about 70 people there to play and visit.

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everyone’s cars and the view

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We set up our tents, had a hot dog roast and played Bible Smugglers! Most everyone was involved in some way or another. About 35 kids from ages 8 to 18 played and the grown-ups were the “churches”, “jailers” and “Bible hander-outers?”.

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Bible smugglers 01 setting up the “grown up” section of camp (very far away from the kids section of camp)

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heading up the hill to HQ

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getting ready (because you always need a big machete to be ready)

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at the top

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having supper

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Sheri helps with the camo

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so did Dana

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Tony (my favorite 8-year-old smuggler) looks for his cup in the cup box

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rallying the troops

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getting last minute instructions

They played 3 rounds until 11:00pm! It was so fun to watch them come back all out of breath and excited, get more Bibles and head back out to avoid capture and deliver God’s Word. The best part was watching all the kids play together!

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When we headed to bed, the clouds were just beginning to roll in and cover up the starlit sky. And at about 3:30am, we awoke to the sound of rain hitting the tent. By morning everything was soaking wet, but we enjoyed a cozy breakfast of steel cut oats, banana muffins and hard boiled eggs.

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Bible smugglers 14Bible smugglers 15  Inara and the boys eating breakfast

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the boys built a fire in the rain

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packing up the wet tent 

It was a great time and we are looking forward to our next Bible Smuggling adventure!

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ouchy scratches! OK - I'll be "dumb" how do you play Bible Smugglers, that's a new one, but it sounds fun and educational?

Yes, thinking about Christmas already!!! If I don't with my crowd, I'll end up sewing/knitting like a mad woman on the 23rd of Dec!!!

Leanne said...

Carrie! That looks like so much fun!

Be sure to call us the next time you play.

Paula Vince said...

I've never heard of Bible Smugglers before but it sounds like great fun. I can see what fun it was. Must make an impact too. I'm with Kimberly, how do you play it?
Blessings,
Paula