Feed My Lambs Retreat Part 5

There were lots of opportunity for fun at the retreat. While some of the moms were sewing and the one grandma was knitting, Nancy N taught Marina to cross stitch with plastic canvas. She doesn't look too proud of her work, does she?


The children also had a craft on the first day. They painted/decorated hats which dried that night and several wore their creations throughout the camp. The camp was on a lake and much time was spent swimming, canoeing, riding paddleboats, pontoon riding, playing in the sand and of course, shuffleboard.







Here are several people doing what we do best -- sitting, relaxing and talking : )



The first evening we built a campfire, cooked s'mores and had a hymn sing. I was prepared for mosquitoes being by the lake so I used the bug spray before going down to the lake. The breeze was so steady that not a bug could have landed. The second evening, I did not use bug spray and of course, the bugs were hovering and biting. Ruth was prepared and took care of that annoying problem because she brought her bug spray to the campfire. Here is a picture of the dock and several people relaxing.


The 3rd evening was our Talent/Untalent show and it was fantastic. It was held in the retreat center. The first picture is of Glorianne, Bethany and Daniel singing A Short Song


Marina played Roller Coaster from memory. She learned it for an NCRLoop retreat we had at the sem in May. Most of the talent was of the funny nature -- you'll have to ask the Mumme family how to cheaply clean the ears of your entire family. The Timmermans regaled us with A Mighty Fortress played on beer bottles filled with different amounts of liquid to give different pitches.


Here is Julee signing Via Dola Rosa and it was quite moving!









I finish these posts about the retreat with the best picture I took and the most central to our time together.