This weekend was our Middle School Retreat. It's called iConnect and the theme was "Seriously Ridiculous." The theme fit perfectly with how the weekend went. It went really really well. The students had an awesome time. One of our biggest fears was that the rain would go all throughout the day on Saturday. We had a huge block of free time planned for the students, but most of the stuff we had was outdoors, so if it rained, it would have meant all of us were going to be trapped inside. Well I woke up on Saturday morning to a loud thunderstorm and rain that was pouring down. We had breakfast and then a program, and then the free time. We were half way through the program, and I looked out the window and the rain had completely stopped, and the sun was out! It cleared up in literally a matter of minutes. We were now able to have all of the activities we had planned for outside up and running. After that was over, we all went to dinner, and then back to the program. Once every student was back inside for the program, it started raining again. What an answered prayer. I remember praying, "God, I know we need the rain, so if nothing else, just give us these 5 hours of free time without rain so that the students can run around.." and that's exactly what happened.
Amazing. Here are some pictures:
Brave girls!
It's China, so naturally there were Olympic Rings.
I LOVE this picture. These boys were too cute.
Esther beat ALL of the boys in this. She is SO strong.
Let the races begin!
Aww...Isaac. Bless his heart...he was SOO good this weekend!
Some brave souls that let themselves be JUMPED over. I love Valerie's face(top left corner)...
The theme of the retreat was "Seriously Ridiculous"....by the looks of these pictures...it was the best name we could have chosen.
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