What a fun retreat!
>> Wednesday, August 18, 2010
We are back from a really fun retreat!! Here's a picture of all of us out in front of the retreat center at Shrine Mont.
We had a wonderful weekend with Dr. Corne Bekker, who spoke on the Psalms of ascent. He was inspiring, but called us onward to be present with God.
Of course, there had to be some fun time while we were there as well. Our friend Patrick put together quite a fun scavenger hunt that had kids and adults alike running around. Here's a picture of our friend Murray helping our pastor's daughter Gracie figure out what comes next in the scavenger hunt.
No church retreat is complete without lots and lots of good snacks. People brought cookies and we had lots of other yummy food, as you can tell from Jennifer Glade's big smile...her daughter Sara (and Gracie's little sister) wasn't quite so sure.
Shrine Mont is located in what used to be an old hotel (think 1870s sort) with a huge wrap around porch. That type of porch requires, of course, many rocking chairs. Caroline thought that they were great fun.
She was super excited when she got herself into this one and was rocking for all her might. She's saying "cheese" in this picture, but she just got done saying "wheeeeeeee"
Here is a great picture of a number of the little girls that were there. My colleagues at work have been calling this the "gap ad" photo. Of course, that's only because this picture was taken very first thing in the morning, before a breakfast of pancakes. (Note that the Lord blessed us with wonderful weather, especially for the middle of August. Caroline had already taken off her jacket, but you can see that a lot of the other little girls have jackets.)
Here's a picture of the place we stayed (you can see the hotel in the way back left).
Of course, there had to be some fun time while we were there as well. Our friend Patrick put together quite a fun scavenger hunt that had kids and adults alike running around. Here's a picture of our friend Murray helping our pastor's daughter Gracie figure out what comes next in the scavenger hunt.
No church retreat is complete without lots and lots of good snacks. People brought cookies and we had lots of other yummy food, as you can tell from Jennifer Glade's big smile...her daughter Sara (and Gracie's little sister) wasn't quite so sure.
Shrine Mont is located in what used to be an old hotel (think 1870s sort) with a huge wrap around porch. That type of porch requires, of course, many rocking chairs. Caroline thought that they were great fun.
She was super excited when she got herself into this one and was rocking for all her might. She's saying "cheese" in this picture, but she just got done saying "wheeeeeeee"
Here is a great picture of a number of the little girls that were there. My colleagues at work have been calling this the "gap ad" photo. Of course, that's only because this picture was taken very first thing in the morning, before a breakfast of pancakes. (Note that the Lord blessed us with wonderful weather, especially for the middle of August. Caroline had already taken off her jacket, but you can see that a lot of the other little girls have jackets.)
Here's a picture of the place we stayed (you can see the hotel in the way back left). 
As you can see, Jack and Caroline had quite a good time. She was really, really dirty when we got home (we had to wash her hair twice). But she had a blast. There were lots of new fun places to explore and run around. She got to play with lots of little girls from church. There was macaroni and cheese for lunch one day. What's not to like?
1 comments:
yahoo for fun times - and good pictures;) thanks for sharing!
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