September was pretty crazy. 3 volunteer teams, 2 different retreats and a total of like 75 people. The first retreat was with our Global Empowerment team, and a couple of volunteers joined us to help with the kiddos. We spent a couple of days training with a smaller group who are doing church planting with tribal groups, then a couple of days with the larger group doing strategy planning as we move forward. Such an encouraging time!
Next, we had a retreat with our tribal team in Bicol. Another group of volunteers came in to help with kids, teaching, worship, small groups, & activities. Everything went very well, and we were all so encouraged by the time!
Getting ready to welcome the team
Worshipping & studying His Word together. The topic for the retreat was the love of God.
The kids had a great time while the adults were in session.
In the afternoon, we had some group activities, including the "snake story" and a rousing game of duck duck goose that included cups of water and some wet people!
This retreat was such a blessing to our entire tribal team - and wow, it's a big group now!
As the retreat was ending, another group of volunteers arrived on a vision trip to discuss possible future partnerships. It was great to be able to show them around the property and for all for both volunteer teams to join our partners out in the village for a couple of days.
So thankful for partners both here and from the States!
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