Small Group Gone Big

And along came a snake. This is one of those times that you truly wish you had a video camera. I will have to invest in one of those phones that has video. My phone does it all except video. GRRR! Anyways that sounds like another blog. Story is simple. Sunday night we had our student ministry small group with the guys. We where at a family's house from our church. We arrive, eat, and before our Bible and discussion time the guys play some hoops on the street. While playing the ball would go in this really small drainage ditch. Of course being guys you just go and get it, and they did. Eventually after a couple of times someone noticed a black thing moving in the water. IT WAS A SNAKE! Well they kept playing. Soon after the father of the home we where at found out that it was a WATER MOCCASIN. By the way a very poisonous and aggressive snake. After about 20 minutes of trying to get it out of the pipe under the driveway we successfully took it down. We pinned it with a heavy rake and then took a shovel to its head. We eventually had to get it to the concrete where we finished the job be separating the head from the body. I must say good times. Thanks to the brave students who took on this snake and also to Jeremy with the quick shovel blow.