So here is my weekend:
On Friday we (leadership) left for retreat at about 4:00 in the afternoon. We stopped for Dinner in Issaquah at 5ish and arrived at the camp at about 6:15. After taking care of the business side of things (i.e. paying) we headed off to our lodge to prepare for the rest of the people arriving. We turned on the heat and set out some snacks. At about 7:15 the first car arrived. It was raining outside and Steph and I decided to go out and direct cars since we wanted them to park certain places, etc. It was surprisingly fun to be out in the rain directing cars. We were wearing dark clothes, and it was raining, so every time a car would come down the drive we would break out our cell phones and use the light from them to get the attention of the car. :) After we were cold and wet, and most everyone had arrived Steph and I went in to join the fun. :) On Friday night after everyone arrived we basically just hung around and played games. The camp lodge has tons of games inside: fooseball, carpet ball, air hockey, and ping pong. Plus we brought most of the games from the Hall Council Closet. :) We also had a getting to know you session in our "breakout groups." These groups were led by each of the Hall Council members (including mawah) and the 3 PAs. We just played fun games and stuff. It went well. Most people stayed up entirely too late this night.
On Saturday Hall Council had to be ready at 8:45 to set up breakfast. Then the rest of the day was a mixture of free time and breached/floor groups. During free time we had a game called Bucketball. It is a tradition for Moyer. I can't remember if I described it last year, but I will do so now. There are 2 teams, 2 buckets, 1 ball. The object is to get the ball in your teams bucket. You play til 7 (or at least we do)...other than that there are no rules...although we set up some offside boundaries for safety reasons. :) I did not play this year because I played a little last year and decided it wasn't for me. However, I enjoyed watching. I was very happy that this year there was no blood. Last year there was several minor blood incidents. lol. In the evening we had a speaker come and talk to us. It was a guy that works for SPU that Matthew (HC President) knows from a small group the guy led. He as a good speaker, but a tad long winded. He talked about Unity, which was basically our theme for the weekend. It was good. Then after the speaker Hall Council met with him privately. I found this time to be more meaningful/helpful. It was really nice. :)
Then on Sunday Hall Council had to be ready at 7:45 for breakfast. After breakfast the SMCs (Student Ministry Coordinators) led a service. It was really good too. They provided us with some quiet time, which was nice as well. Then we had everyone help us clean up and everyone packed up. We were able to accomplish this fairly quickly. :) We took group pictures and then pretty much everyone left. Bonnie's car was one of the last ones (besides Hall Council) to leave and she had an extra seat. Well, as she was driving off we decided that we need her extra seat...so I went running after her car screaming her name...but she didn't hear me. It was pretty funny though. lol. So then Hall Council left and funny enough we beat Bonnie (and several other people) home...apparently people got lost. :) So, we got back to Moyer at 12:30.
It was a very nice weekend and it went pretty well. I could go more into detail about the problems that occurred and more of what we did...but you will have to ask me in person. Please enjoy the pictures I have included below. They are somewhat in reverse order fyi. I hope to see a lot of you in a week and a half for Thanksgiving. Have a good week.
