Trail West Retreat!

Last week the whole CCR staff went on a retreat to Trail West another Young Life Camp in Colorado. It is is in Buena Vista, Colorado about 2 1/2 hours away from Fraser.  Trail West is Young Life's Family camp much different style then any other Young Life camp I have ever been to. It is basically a hotel that was built specifically with families in mind. It was awesome. That is their logo to the left

We left tuesday after about 4 hours of shoveling. Myself and 6 other guys piled into the smallest minivan ever created and left Crooked creek. It was a hilarious car ride that started out with us pulling over to help a car who was stuck because of ice in the road. We however did not think that if we stopped on the ice that it would be a problem. So we got ourselves stuck right next to the people we were trying to help....Embarrassing. After that we didn't really have any more problems getting to Trail West.

When we left CCR there was 2 feet of snow on the ground. To get to Buena Vista you have to drive over a mountain pass. A unique thing about Fraser and Winter Park is that it bumps right up to the continental divide and the valley they are located in is kind of like a giant bowl. The weather moves in hits the divide and drops right onto us. So what I am getting at is that a lot of snow drops where I live. However, in Buena Vista they barely had any on the ground so all the snow gear I packed was useless.

The weekend was a great time.  I have been here a month but I had not  had an opportunity to get to know all the other staff yet.  The retreat really helped, we played a ton of games, had time to pray together, worship together, learn about Jesus and how to better show him to people at camp.

We read through Ephesians 3:13-5:15  it is an incredible passage. We read it in the context of accountability to each other as staff at CCR. In terms of us interns it was great to remember as we continue to live together we need to remember and learn how to deal with each other in Love, and grace because thats what the passage is about.

For me personally the scripture Eph 4:1 says "As a prisoner for the Lord, then I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received." It brought up the question 'am I?' So lately that has been my focus and prayer at work and with the interns that I am living up to my calling.

As interns we met to talk about the scripture and Brady Carter, one of my fellow interns, brought up 1 John 3:18 "Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth." That is how he wanted us all to interact together as we move deeper into the year. Not to get petty or angry but always to refer to that scripture. That is how we ended our retreat and returned to Crooked Creek for the beginning of Winter Camps! Stoked.