Movie Night in the Church Parking Lot

In October, our church turned its parking lot into a drive-in movie theater. They rented a giant inflatable screen and a projector, and broadcast the sound over an FM radio station. The first movie was The Princess Bride.

We pulled in with our minivan, blankets and a big bowl of popcorn. There were about sixty cars. Some people sat on lawn chairs next to their cars. A group of teenagers sat in the bed of a pickup truck with fairy lights strung around it. Kids in pajamas sat on the roof of their parents' station wagon.

When the movie started, everybody honked their horns. When Westley said "As you wish," a car full of grandmothers flashed their headlights. And when Inigo Montoya delivered his famous line, a hundred people shouted it along with him.

We've gone every Friday night since. It's the most fun our town has had in ages.