Josh and I joined in with 11 other men for a 24 hour Men's Retreat beginning this past Friday evening. It was adventure from start to finish! The "start" had to do with not being able to find the retreat center. The "finish" revolved around knowing that we had connected with some men at a very spiritual level.
The retreat was conducted in the Costa Rican home of someone who lives in Steamboat Springs, CO...a magnificant complex of comfortable living and meeting-type buildings. We studied through the book of Job in 4 sessions during our time together.
There were some other highlights...involving photography! Look closely at the pics. I had a wonderful time taking pictures of birds, butterflys, flowers and spiders. Hard to believe I have this privilege!
Will share more, of course, as we go along. I will tell you that Josh and I had an encounter with what I'm pretty sure was a Fer de Lance snake. It happened on Friday evening, but it was drawing close to the time we had to leave for the Men's Retreat. I think we "dispatched" him, but not sure. It's too complicated of a story to tell but it did involve a 10 foot steel bar, a flashlight and places in the roof of the garage where a snake can hide.
Continued...Monday morning. Colleen and I took a nice long walk this morning. Warmer than it has been since we arrived, but more than tolerable. I suspect we walked close to two miles, down to the local market. This really is an amazing place. It is nearly impossible to look in any direction without seeing stuff that you've seen on National Geographic. This morning we were awakened by screeching parrots. Took the dogs out to the back yard. Dasher surprised some of the neighbor's chickens and sent them packing!
We think of you all very often and offer up our prayers of thanksgiving that we have the wonderful privilege of calling you all...friends!
Much Love,
Wes
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