On Friday we took the day off from work and went to a camp called El Refugio. The day was filled with team building activities. The grounds at El Refugio were gorgeous and had lodging, a grass field, rock wall, zip line, low ropes courses, as well as a high ropes course. We didn't have time to everything, but we did do some field games and the high and low ropes courses. Our group gets along really well already, but today taught us to trust and rely on each other in new ways. Being led around by your partner while blindfolded and needing their help to complete activities were some of the ways we were tested. The weather was great and we had such a fun time!
In the activity below we had to get across the "hot chocolate river" (or the ground) without touching it. There were stumps scattered around that we could put planks on to walk across. We only had three planks to use, so we had to move them around in order to get to the other side. If the planks touched the ground we were penalized. After starting over and not being able to talk, two of our group members were blind folded. Thankfully I was not one of them! We were able to complete the challenge, but it was difficult and took a lot of time.
Part of the high ropes course.
Today we helped with the kid's club that Sonia, an HCJB employee, puts on once a month in an area by her house. The kid's club is like a VBS program where there is singing, a Bible story, and a craft. Some of their parents came and there was a separate lesson for them. The kids were sweet and made it apparent that they loved being there.
It was also fun to see Sonia's house. She has a really nice house and an amazing view overlooking the city and the surrounding mountains! The picture below is just one view of the mountain side...there were many more breathtaking views to be seen.
We had cafecito after kid's club and she had a cake made to thank us for helping her. I couldn't believe it when I saw it...it was so nice!
Stinkin' cute kids at Kids Club! :) And how fun to be able to do a ropes course. Have you ever done that kind of thing before? Thanks for your text :) I miss you too! We had a TON of people (49 if the count was right) at 4th of July brunch. Got some sun... ok, a lot of sun :) and had fun in the water. Grandpa M brought up his remote control boat and the kids loved having it scoot around them and under their legs. Kevin owned a mo-ped for a total of 25 minutes. The deal was too good to be true... it worked long enough to drive away from the guy's house and to the gas station -- then when he tried to start it back up, the key jammed in the hole. What a pain! Thankfully he got his money back -- the guy who sold it to him was NOT pleased to say the least. His wife was a bit nicer. :) Ha! Brad and Britt were up for the weekend, and Wards got a SeaDoo! I think that's all the excitement from the weekend you missed. Happy Monday, and I hope the account reconciles well this week! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the 4th of July update! It sounds like it was a blast. :) I don't think I have ever done a high ropes course before. It was really fun though and I would do it again!
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