Tonight was an adrenaline-filled evening.
Goal: To pass out invitations to our Christmas Eve Service.
Method: To place business size card invitations on the windows of driver-side doors.
Reason: It usually doesn’t result in very high yields, but we have seen some results from it.
So here’s what went down.
It started out pretty normal. We go to J-Town Bingo and start passing out invitations. Michael, Kerry, and I are having a fine time passing out the invitations, chatting away as we pass out our invites.
We’re almost through, I’m several cars away from the guys when I hear, “FREEZE…GET YOUR HANDS UP…GET YOUR HANDS UP!” I turn to see a man in a t-shirt and pants running at Michael and Kerry with a gun in hand, ready to use! I freeze in terror–he’s obviously not including me and doesn’t appear to have seen me, but I don’t want to move for fear that he’ll see movement out of the corner of his eye, and pull the gun on ME. The man yells, “There’s people calling in saying you’re breaking into cars out here.”
Michael and Kerry do as the man commanded him to do. He takes their licenses, calls for backups, and asks what they were doing. Michael informs him that we were passing out invitations to our Christmas Eve Service.
Somewhere in the mix, Kerry asks the man, “Is that a real gun?” To which he responds, “Yes, and I’m a real policeman.”
He sees me. “Ma’am, you can go on in to play Bingo.” I start crying. “I’m with themmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.” Michael quickly claims me as his wife. Great. Now, we’re all going to be dead or in prison. I should have just gone in to play…better odds at having fun… 😉
The man looks at our invitation, cancels the backup request, and lets us go–But, not before instructing us to stop passing out invitations for the evening.
If only I wasn’t crying…I would have thought to ask the police officer to take a picture on my camera phone so we could have xanga’ed it. Somehow, I don’t think he’d of seen the humor. Sorry…no pics this time, folks. 🙂
So, that’s my evening…As I type this, I breathe a sigh of relief in the comfort of my own home. Definitely an adventure!
