On July 6-7, we had our annual youth retreat, Catch the Wave. For Saipan this was a two day event with three sessions.
Our theme was Catch the Wave: The Great Exchange. We talked about you don't trade/exchange down. You wouldn't trade your iPhone for an old cd player or your new car for an old car. It just doesn't work that way. Until it did. We went through three sessions learning how Jesus made an incredibly remarkable exchange--for us. (He exchanged heaven for earth. Who does that?) We discussed God's rescue plan and how we can live the exchanged life (aka a life of holiness).
We kicked off with Session #1: Death for Life at the church followed by small groups.
Then we headed to Marianas Beach Resort for some fun activities. This was a great deal! For $6/kid they got a smoothie and admission to the pool and games. We played water basketball, water volleyball, and swam. Outside of the water we played ping pong and foosball. (We enjoyed making up our own games of "ping pong" so we could all play.) As you can see Perry enjoyed his time playing games.
Session #2:God's Rescue Plan was held at the hotel under a pavilion. (We actually had an audience of some kids and teens for a while which was kind of neat.) After the session, we had individual reflection and prayer time.
Session #3: Living the Exchanged Life was back at the church the following day. We learned about how living an exchanged life included living a life of service and sacrifice and that it wasn't always easy. We also discussed ways we can live a life of holiness. This was followed by another small group session.
We were going to go to the beach for pizza, sunset, and a beach prayer walk. But by the time our session was over, it was throwing down rain. (Again.) So, I went to Plan B. We watched a movie called Faith of Angels and enjoyed pizza at the church.
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