Camo Night

It is safe to say that Camo night was a huge success.  I was a little bit scared when the rains hit on Sunday but little did I know God had a bigger plan.  The rain stopped just in time for Camo night to happen.  At 8:00 students (45+ of them) started showing up with their friends and headed down to the pavilion by the field.  It was funny that every time you turned around you saw another design of face paint on each student.  The most popular one was the black stripe under each eye.  Anyway after a prayer and some quick rules we divided into teams according to birthdays.  We divided up into a red team and blue team.  The first game we played was Capture the flag. I had the opportunity to sit out and be in charge of the mega phone to start and end the game.  It’s sad to say but we had to call the game a tie.  As the students were coming in I told three of our Adult volunteers to go and hide in the darkness, when all the students gathered they were given ten minutes to find the three volunteers and they got to use flashlights!  Needless to say the students won this one and within the 10 minutes the three adults had been found.  Then we played more games of Capture the flag.  What made the night fun is you really had no clue who was who because of the face paint and it being dark outside.  Also because of the rain the fields were soaked and people would be sneaking around then step in a big puddle and scream because they just got wet thus giving away their location.  After the last game of the night (which the red team won) we gathered for a prayer and thanked all people that were involved in making the night happen.  It was really funny to then talk with students not only covered in face paint but covered in mud and hearing how they happened to get mud on them.  The last fun thing that happened that night was seeing the faces on the parents when they had to let their student get into the car and to overhear the topic of getting hosed off before you walk in the house tonight.  I have told multiple people that Camo night this year was one of the best times I have ever had at Mt. Bethel.  I miss it and can’t wait till the next time we do it.

-JUSTIN