Hey all! Today has been a very long day but very good day :) I got up this morning and went to pick up a couple more donations, came and worked from the Peace House for a bit, then went grocery shopping, to part of the VISTA forum, then to the Peace House again for the retreat!
The VISTA forum was cool-it was a documentary about Robert Shiver and how much he influenced National Service. It was sad to see what a great man he was but how much he was always overshadowed by the Kennedy Family-he was a son-in-law and when he had his chance to be on the presidential ticket as teh VP, the Kennedy's said no because they didnt want it to ruin Bobby's chances in the following election since Shiver was so popular. It was very interesting!
The retreat is off to a great start! We had a cookout when everybody got here and ate some burgers/hot dogs and spent some time in the backyard. It was beautiful out so it was nice to have a chance to enjoy the weather! Most of the ICC staff was able to make it so that was fun as well :) We did a fun get to know you activity where everybody drew a tree then wrote the following things: as the dirt you write reasons why you came to the retreat, on the roots you put things that influence you such as people, values, etc.; on teh trunk you write causes and issues that you are passionate about; on the branches you write steps you can take to act on your causes. It was a neat way for people to do a little self-reflection before kicking off the week and a great way for people to tell the group about themselves. I feel like I learned a lot about everyone really early on, which is definitely a good thing!
The group has bonded a lot over a game called "2 ball" played on the pool table. You play with the cue ball and hte 8 ball-you use your hands to roll the cue ball and keep the 8 ball moving. If it goes in or stops rolling on your turn, you get a point. When you get 3 points, you are out. We just played for almost 2 hours... who knew playing pool could be such a workout?!
This house is absolutely gorgeous-I don't want to move out :) I will be sure to take some pictures over the next couple days so I can show you just how pretty it is!
Tomorrow is going to be a super busy day so I am going to try and get some sleep. Pray for good weather the next 2 days, please!!! If it can not rain between the hours of 9-12 tomorrow and 9:30-3 on Thursday, that would be very helpful for our service projects... Thanks :)
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Did you figure out what to do about that kid that does not ride a bike??
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