Last week we took our students on our annual "Restoration Retreat." Because the 9 month School of Biblical Studies can be an intense experience, we've found that it's important to take some time towards the end of the school year to get away as a class and process some of what God is doing in our lives and to get some much needed rest. We drove 2 hours to a Christian Conference Center and spent 3 days/2 nights relaxing, playing games, eating good food, processing individually and in small groups, and having times of worship. Since our YWAM base is in a more urban setting, the students really enjoyed being in a place that they could go for hikes and play field games and be outside at night. Some of the feedback we received from our students after the retreat was that they found it valuable to stop and intentionally process some of the things God has been teaching them through their studies of His Word, and that they feel a renewed passion to finish well as they enter the last 7 weeks of the school.
Here are a few pictures from the retreat:
Virgil and Valorie are students in the school and the children are kids of one of our students. Notice the fall colors!
Lynette and Butshwa preparing one of our delicious meals
Hans playing frisbee on the sport field.
The beautiful retreat center
meal time
Students enjoying the sun
