Posts tagged Easter retreat

It really seems like I have to read my own blog, so I can see what I’ve experienced and have not told you, yet. Or short: It’s been some time, again. In the meanwhile I’ve experienced a lot, of course. I think I’ll cut it short this time, so that this blog post won’t become a novel.

From the end of August to the beginning of September I’ve been to the twen retreat in Gemünden for the VERY first time. It was the first retreat in Gemünden where I knew everyone. Well, except Damaris’ husband. It was a lot of fun, relaxing and I also gained some weight, thanks to the great food and cake every day. But we didn’t only relax, we also had some action! We played soccer and volleyball on several days and one day we were on an adventure climbing forest of sorts. There you had to climb between trees and over obstacles, fixed with a rope and at a dizzy height of up to 24 meters. And believe me, the good old chain bridge was the least hard challenge. ;)

After one week of bothersome work that interrupted my vacation, Michi G., Kai-Uwe T. and me went to the Ryanair-Plane and flew to Tenerife. It took us only two days until we managed that our rental car got towed. Luckily the fees were not that high, so that we got away with a black eye. Apart from that we had a really great time. It may have been cloudy most of the time, but the sun came through pretty often and it was midsummerly warm throughout our whole stay. We then were visiting all kinds of cities and beaches, climbed the volcano Teide and visited an aqua park that offers some kind of a “tidal wave pool” where one could be hit by a tidal wave that was several meters high. In the evenings we always went to a bar at the beach where we indulged ourselves in a few glasses of sangria. :)

Of course, I collected a lot of video and image material. It may take some time, until I find the time to cut the videos. But here you can already see the pictures:

After Tenerife I’ve been to Oldenburg for two weeks. And afterwards the youth weekend was on schedule. The topic was “Superheroes of the Bible” and all in all the retreat was really cool. Once again I got to know some awesome new people and pulled an all-nighter with Elli K., Emil N. and some others from Saturday to Sunday. My body thanked me with microsleep during the sermon, that I still liked a lot, anyway – at least as fas as I recognized it. In the evening I collapsed into bed like a stone at 5:30 pm and slept through the night.

And no, I did not drive back to Oldenburg before that – I didn’t have to. Because from the week after the youth weekend on, I’m on duty for customer in Darmstadt. And I will be for at least the next 2 months, so at least until the beginning of December! :) During that time I’m living in a former basement party room in the house of Brigitte, my dad’s girlfriend. This is why I was and will be able to drive to the youth home group in Kelkheim. And this is why I also have been there last Tuesday and now am part of the planning team of the Church of Christ in Kelkheim for the Easter retreat 2011 in Bad Marienberg. ;) Click to Facebook and register for Plug into the Power. The retreat will take place during the Easter weekend, between 22nd and 23rd of April. I look forward to seeing you there!