Men's retreat - Saturday 16th

Up at half 7 today, didn't like that too much. had breakfast at 8 and then off to the meeting at 9. Ashley spoke about the father and son relationshipand how important it is in the development of the son. Some of us then headed over to the sportshall for another few gmes of indoor cricket. (as you can tell they like their cricket) Lunch was at 12. The food so far over the weekend has bin really good and we've had a variety of different foods, from sausages to chicken dropsticks to egg and bacon. Team games ativites followed lunch to help meet new people. The first game we did involved being blind folded and having to untangle a rope in ur team and then make a square with the rope whilst still being blind folded. The next game involved remembering letter under differnt plates in a 5 by 5 grid and the unscrambling them to findout the word and then the bible verse. The final game we did was like football but involved a pair of tights with some balls in to swing from your waist inbetween your legs to hit the ball, it ended up being an amusing afternoon. There was then a golfing competition to see who could get the ball closest to the flag although Kanan the dog kept running off with the golf balls. We then had another game of cricket before watchin the two local rugby teams play eachother on tv. The bulls beat the sharks by 1 point in the end so it was an excting game to watch whilst eating our dinner. After the game we went to the hall for another meeting. his one was more based around security in a relationship and spiritual fatherhood. He also spoke about the covenent of marriage and that when you get divorced from your wife and there is a child involved you are not only breaking the covenent with your wife but with your child because they have come from the covenent relationship. Guess what we did after the meeting? you guessed it, we played cricket again in the hall. Was both a physically and mentally draining day but worth it.

Speak soon

Jon x