Just got back from a YAV retreat. It was good to not work for a couple days. It was in the low 30's down here. Felt like home!! The place we stayed was near a lake with hotel like rooms. The restaraunt served buffet food. We ate off the menu once. There was a banquet for alot of soldiers returning home from Iraq, I know I know it's a sore subject, it was at the same time we were there. We felt really out of place. And reaaly under dressed.
So, it was a great time. We had a bon-fire, which I lit. I was the only one with a lighter. There was alot of fuel on the wood. You could smell it from 10 feet away, no lie. And I lit the thing with a lighter. Hehe. It was fun when the wind blew hard too. Because the huge flames (20ft tall or so) would bend over and almost touch people standing 10-15ft away from the bon-fire. The thing kicked ass!!
And we also played "Exquisate Corpse" while on our retreat. It's a really fun game. Everyone gets a pen and paper. The first thing everyone does is write down an adjective at the top of the paper. Then you all fold the top of the paper over the word and pass it the the left/right/whatever you choose. The next person (without looking at the other word on the paper handed to them) writes a random noun. Then you all fold and pass the paper again. Then you open the paper you are handed and draw a picture to illustrate the adjective and noun you see. Then you fold and pass again. And you write a caption to the picture you see. The game goes continues on with everyone drawing pictures and writing captions and passing the paper every time until you decide to stop. And then you read from the bottom up and see how the captions and pictures progressed. Sometimes it stays very similar the whole way through. But most times it changes drastically and is very random. It's hilarious b/c people come up with the oddest captions and pictures. Especially if things are left vague and you get to use your imagination. For example, we had a paper that had "hot" "sheep" written on top. And by the end it was depicted as Nicole Richy nude on a tanningbed and burnt to death. Yeah, it can be in the gutter real quick. But it's alot of fun.
There was time for solitude and reflection too. I walked the nature trail and write stuff in my journal. I thought alot about the work I'm doing and how I need to stop complaining and do something about the problem. I can change it. I'm in the position to do something about it. So I should. And I will, with God's help. That's what I realized while in solitude. Then we discussed what we experienced while out there on our own.
So, it was a great time. We had a bon-fire, which I lit. I was the only one with a lighter. There was alot of fuel on the wood. You could smell it from 10 feet away, no lie. And I lit the thing with a lighter. Hehe. It was fun when the wind blew hard too. Because the huge flames (20ft tall or so) would bend over and almost touch people standing 10-15ft away from the bon-fire. The thing kicked ass!!
And we also played "Exquisate Corpse" while on our retreat. It's a really fun game. Everyone gets a pen and paper. The first thing everyone does is write down an adjective at the top of the paper. Then you all fold the top of the paper over the word and pass it the the left/right/whatever you choose. The next person (without looking at the other word on the paper handed to them) writes a random noun. Then you all fold and pass the paper again. Then you open the paper you are handed and draw a picture to illustrate the adjective and noun you see. Then you fold and pass again. And you write a caption to the picture you see. The game goes continues on with everyone drawing pictures and writing captions and passing the paper every time until you decide to stop. And then you read from the bottom up and see how the captions and pictures progressed. Sometimes it stays very similar the whole way through. But most times it changes drastically and is very random. It's hilarious b/c people come up with the oddest captions and pictures. Especially if things are left vague and you get to use your imagination. For example, we had a paper that had "hot" "sheep" written on top. And by the end it was depicted as Nicole Richy nude on a tanningbed and burnt to death. Yeah, it can be in the gutter real quick. But it's alot of fun.
There was time for solitude and reflection too. I walked the nature trail and write stuff in my journal. I thought alot about the work I'm doing and how I need to stop complaining and do something about the problem. I can change it. I'm in the position to do something about it. So I should. And I will, with God's help. That's what I realized while in solitude. Then we discussed what we experienced while out there on our own.
posted by bigD at Sunday, December 03, 2006
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