Winter Retreat

Winter Retreat... good times!

We went to Camp Otterbein... it was really cold... we sledded (?), got bruises, no one broke any bones. We had the first Trucker Olympics. We ate lots of good food and had Dairy Queen. We spent hours talking about why we are here, how God desires us to live, and what it means to be the church.

Good times, laughter, deep conversation, and surprising information was had.

Without further ado and in completely random order... here are some pics.

I like to title them: Some things that look really dangerous, and probably are, along with some things that don't look dangerous at all, but probably are!

If you missed retreat this year, put it on your calendar now for next winter... the weekend after President's Day at Camp Otterbein! Don't miss it!

Alison and Rachel take the jump at the top of the big hill. (Yep, Rachel's on there too!)

Lauren is competes in the Pork Rind Slide during the Trucker Games.
Daniel takes it to a whole other level in the Ultimate Pork Rind Slide.

Rachel did too!

These boys? This is NOT going to end well!

Large group sledding should be an Olympic sport.

The group. We survived!!!

Our mental health? Not so much!

The results of the Pork Rind Slide. These made it both down and up the hill.

Due to some complaints and theories of favoritism a scale will be used in the future to determine the winner... because apparently its not REALLY obvious even from a picture!

Daniel and the pork rinds hit a bump.

We spilled a LOT of pork rinds on this hill. Do animals eat pork rinds?

Better question... should ANYONE eat them? GROSS!

Elliot wiped out, but he saved his pork rinds.

Pork rinds above self... an important lesson for any serious youth group competitor!

The Blind Side Slide.

Truckers can't always see out of their side mirrors, so there was some blindfolded sledding.
Yup. Its as funny as it looks!

Beef Jerky Eating contest.

In a surprising turn of events, Daniel won! He ate 2 slim jims and entire bag of jerky.

Gross.

Seriously. GROSS.

This will also be known as

"the only time youth will ever be allowed to eat beef jerky at a youth event. EVER!"

Retreat Candle.

Serious discussion was had.

It's just not as funny in pictures!

Who am I? posters

An eye opening lesson in how we see oursevlves compared to how others see us.

The pointing game.

First and last time this game will ever be played at youth.

Dangerous.

Cement floors and slippery shoes?

Dislocated shoulder? (no, but it seemed like it)

Just sayin... documented here for posterity and never to be played again.

Oil Change relay.

Running up hill? check

paper cups filled with chocolate sauce "oil"? check

messy messy messy? CHECK!

More pork rinds... this was SERIOUSLY entertaining!

A video... sledding... no one was seriously hurt in the making of these videos.

And another, which looks really painful...

but that's her dad laughing in the background so we thought it was ok!