Weekend Retreat

Big Bear City! We stayed in a cabin in Big Bear for three days and two nights. During this time we spent bonding as a team, learning spanish songs, learning parts for the puppet shows, and talking about what to expect and look for.

The first challenge required the entire team (21 people) down 11 stairs with only using a total of 20 steps for the entire team. The second challenge required the team to get an "anti-venom" to an imaginary village in 20 minutes. They had to get the entire team over an electric fence that stood at 4 feet tall. Every male had no use of their right arm and everyone could not talk so as to make sure that the insurgents could not hear them and kill them. The third challenge was on a log 30 feet in length on a hillside. The entire team had to get those standing on the high side of the hill to the low side and those on the low side to the high side without one foot touching the ground. This last challenge proved to be the hardest of all challenges, but had some of the greatest learning points: need to help each other out, thinking outside the box, not letting the challenge be the focus but the end goal, and more.

We also spent an one hour outside at night fall, separated from each other, and spending the time in prayer, meditation, and more. This was hard for most because of the fear of being outside, in the wilderness by ourselves in the night air. There were some great things that came from this time.

We are only 6 weeks from our trip! The time is getting near.