Yesterday was a hit.  We dressed all the kids up and sent them on a scary scavenger hunt.  Then each volunteer was stationed in a room for the kids to come trick or treating to.  They went around in small groups.  I was in the temple on the roof.  I dressed up my suitcase as myself and sat it in the temple while I hid behind the temple.  As they came up the stairs I would tell them through the back window in a scary voice to enter the temple so it would sound like I was inside.  It was dark out so they could hardly see.  I learned later that some of the kids went so far as to poke my dummy and say warily  "Ian?"  As they were doing this I would sneak around the outside and come up behind them and scare them.  Some of the older kids were were scared the most, which was perfect.


Then as I dished out handfuls of cheesy poofs I told them the story of the Viper.  A mysterious man called repeatedly to say he was coming soon and then when he got to the house he said, "I am the Viper, I have come to vipe your vindows."  This is of course a shortened version of the story.

Later we had a Halloween dance party with the playlist Matt and I made.  They listened to maybe 3 songs before changing to Hindi music.  American Halloween music just doesn't resonate with them I guess.  It was a great night and the other volunteers had a blast scaring the daylights out of the kids as well.

Halloween decorations (Mosquito nets turned ghosts)

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