We arrived and were ushered to a stage decorated with a bunch of Christmas trees, huge tent and fake campfire. They also had one of those silly vignettes where you poke your head through a hole for a picture. So, we had our photos taken there and then joined everyone for dinner. Then, the Critterman came. He has an 18 year old tarantula! ICK! Evidently the females live 30 years and the males live 5 years. So, female is the way to go if you have to be born a tarantula. After the Critterman they divided everyone up into four groups and we were off to different stations. We had a bug hunt, bounce houses, camping bingo, made s'mores (Morgan called them snores), went on a flashlight hike in the dark and painted wooden snakes. The kids were all given bags and earned merit badges with each completed station. Then, we all joined back up to sing songs to the pastor's guitar around the campfire and hear a story.
The pastor mentioned that he might be a little afraid to go home because his wife and daughter were out of town. His talk focused around praying to God for help. So, he said that he would pray to God for help. Afterwards, Morgan went up to him to tell him a Bible verse we learned a while back, "Fear not, for I am with you.". It's somewhere in Issiah. Morgan was trying to reassure him. How precious!
I'm using a Blogger app from my phone and I can't figure out how to reorient these photos. So, until I figure that out... crank your head sideways!
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