This is just about the end of the road for my marathon of weekends. If you’ll remember, I had something planned either personally or with LF for every weekend between August 1st and November 1st. I can now smell the finish line with only two weekends left. (Crap, I just looked at the calendar and forgot we had the Superbowl on Nov. 6th. Make that 3 more weekends!)
Anyway, this weekend we are off to http://www.blbc.org for a junior high retreat. We have only 4 students going, but the 4 who have committed are all really cool. So I am looking forward to it. For the guys it is mostly a weekend of fable painting (meaning do crazy stuff since I am invincible!) and for the girls, it means endless trips to the bathroom in swarms. For me, the best part is that I can just show up and participate. I’m along for the ride and I don’t have any responsibilities other than to invest in these 4 students. (Kristen is going too) It’s so much fun to go to a retreat and not have to lead. It’s almost like a retreat.
We’ve never been to Bair Lake, but I’ve heard some good things about it from friends. I know they have nice facilities and all the jazz that junior highers will eat up. Climbing wall, high ropes, huge group messy games and that kind of thing. Mostly, it will be fun with high highs. But since they are 7th-8th graders, we will also have low lows.
More on this after the weekend!
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