Count Down WR '08: LAST DAY!

Count Down WR '08: Day 2

The men serving the ladies a hearty breakfast. They even sang the ladies a song!

Count Down WR '08: Day 3!

It is a rare time when the wind currents, along with the angle of inclination of the ramp, combined with the perfect pressure of a deflated tube and the accelleration of gravity and drag difference between boy and tube make for such a perfect [storm] moment. If that's not enough, it's amazing that these many factors all converged in 1/30th of a second for this photo. The equidistance between the human and the inflatable is incomprehensible. Such is the exhuberance of the Winter Retreat. Shown in the photo is Josiah Walls at the Winter Retreat of 2005. Do you think he landed the jump? I have no idea!

Count Down WR '08: Day 4

There is a LWY game that has become a tradition, commonly known as: The Cheeto Head Game. The objective is to get as many Cheeto's on top of one's shaving cream covered head by throwing them from a certain distance. Thankfully, we do not have to eat them afterwards! The man being Cheetoed is the famous Sim-Sizzle (Kevin). He was our wonderful guest speaker last year. Does anyone remember the topic from last year?


Will our new guest speaker for this year have to endure this LWY tradition also? Hmmm...

Count Down WR '08: Day 6

I remember the large amount of luggage we had last Winter Retreat! Getting it all to fit into the vans was like putting together a complex puzzle. I do not know exactly how we did it, but we did!

Of course when you bring that much luggage, you not only have to load it, you also have to unload it. Unloading the vehicles is a youth wide event, and as you can see, this walking stack of pillows is one case of a youth helping unload. Thankfully the walking stack of pillows did not slip and fall!

Can you guess who it is?

Count Down WR '08: Day 7

Only 7 days to go!

Count Down WR '08: Day 8

Have no fear, Zach and Chris are here!

I feel safe and secure now!

Count Down WR '08: Day 9

A memory:

I remember small, groups of the LWY running around the mall trying to be the first to complete the weird and wacky scavenger hunt. Some of the items included doing the chicken dance, catching someone picking their nose, finding someone standing on their head, getting a photo of a couple kissing, and did I mention trying to scrounge up free food? It was a rather exhaustive list to complete. It was also pretty funny seeing all the wacky photos that came back at the end of the hunt!
...good job guys on the chicken dance!

Count Down WR '08: Day 10

Sometimes, pictures speak louder than words. Does anyone remember the famous 2007 Winter Retreat Trial?

Count Down WR '08: Day 11

Another memory: I remember watching all the girls trying to stuff as many Twinkies in their mouths, and swallow them. You couldn't help but laugh when you saw the filling coming out of their mouths and at the same time, a new Twinkie trying to be stuffed in. I was getting to see a live example of the rule which says something to the effect of, two objects cannot occupy the same space at one time! It was splendid!

Count Down WR '08: Day 13

A memory from Hunter:

I remember from the 2007 Winter Retreat that the youth leaders had one very vital item. They had this item because they were lacking another vital item...sleep. So to compensate, a green liquid, commonly known as caffeinated sugar water, or if you like Mountain Dew, was brought. It was hid away, lest some youth, also lacking in sleep, would snatch away the "green gold".

I came up with this equation as a result:
Ryan + little sleep + Mountain Dew = Extra spark in eye and over valued green liquid.

Twit Skit Revisited

One of the many funny skits from the 2007 LWY Winter Retreat...

Preparation for the 2008 LWY Winter Retreat

Almost a year has passed since our last Winter Retreat, and two weeks from now, we will be on our way to Wayland, MI for our 2008 Winter Retreat.

To get us in the spirit for the 2008 Winter Retreat, I will post one, premium selected 2007 Winter Retreat photo a day, for the two weeks leading up to our 2008 Winter Retreat. Also, there will be a short "memory" from the 2007 Winter Retreat posted with each photo.

Living Word Youth, will you help by sending me some of your favorite, funny photos, and or a short memory from the 2007 Winter Retreat? Please e-mail your photos and short memories to turner.hunter@gmail.com Thanks!

2008 Winter Retreat Riddle?

So far, I think only one person has figured out the right answer to the 2008 Winter Retreat Riddle...can anyone else?

Here it is:

Adam, God made out of dust,
But thought it best to make me first,
So I was made before now,
To answer God's most holy plan,
A living being I became,
And Adam gave to me my name,
I from his presence then withdrew,
And more of Adam I never knew.
I did my Maker's law obey,
Nor never went from it astray,
Thousands of miles I go in fear,
But seldom on earth appear,
For purpose wise which God did see,
He put a living soul in me,
A soul from me God did claim,
And took from me the soul had fled,
I was the same as when first made,
And without hands or feet or soul,
I travel on from pole to pole,
I labor hard by day, by night,
To fallen man I give great light,
Thousands of people, young and old,
Will by my death great light behold,
No right or wrong can I conceive,
The Scripture I cannot believe,
Although my name therein is found,
They are to me an empty sound,
No fear of death doth trouble me,
Real happiness I'll never see,
To Heaven I shall never go, or to Hell below.
Now when these lines you slowly read
Go search your Bible with all speed,
For that my name is written there,
I do honestly to you declare,
"The answer is ONE word."