the church...may be the scarriest place on earth!

This last Friday I planned an overnighter for my girls basketball team.  It was going to be a very busy, but i was hoping fun evening.  With the end of the year so close, each weekend is filled with planned activities.  To schedule a party, i had to slide it in between two other events on the ever busy CBA/CBC calendar. I was very lucky to find about 12 free hours to party it up!  The team met in the locker room after school to change out of their embarrassing school uniforms for a trip to the olive garden for dinner.  After eating a very uneventful meal we were off to go to the church to attend the CBC missions conference meeting at 7PM.  Missions conference message was amazing and inspiring!  Once the message was over the party was to begin.  We played a game of basketball for about an hour. The girls began to give up (out of shape and winded) which left the host to move on to activity number 2-- scavenger hunt.  I found about 28 items in the church and scripture that would give a clue to the item they were to find.  I hid the clues in eggs...since easter is just around the corner.  the object of the game was to find all 28 eggs and then to find me.  While i was hiding the clues, my assistant coach took the ladies into the lockerroom and began to tell scarry church stories about noises in the building and urban legends.  Oh yeah.... in the dark.  As i was hiding my eggs, my help arrived.  i had two men coming to add a little fright to the ladies and their hunt.  so here is how it played out... one man hid in the hall way by a clock.  the other hid behind the information desk in the church foyer.  They were planning on jumping out as soon the ladies came near,.,, oh yeah... i forgot to mention... it was almost pitch black in the church.  the girls weere able to have a flash light and the comfort of each other.  The group that went to the clock had the first scare.  tony jumped out with panty hose over his head and a maron coat on backwards.  his daughter flipped... continuously telling him that she hated him.  The other girls in the group just laughed... not so scared!  but the other side.... is where the fun was.  josh (other man) was waiting for the group... which took a detour and went another way. he began to follow them.  he tried to make noises to they would hear... but they were too busy laughing that they didnt notice. finally he caught up!  the girls turned, were frightened, and took off running,,,, after he told them he would eat their soul!  the rest of the evening was fright for those girls! one girl attempted to go to the auditorium to return a hymnal and ran out at full sprint screaming!  a couple others were so scared that they struggled to sleep!  all in all...best over nighter ever!!!