The annual retreat for Service Adventure leaders was in San Antonio, Texas this year. We spent a hilarious, heartwarming, joyful, encouraging, and profound five days with the other unit leaders and two Mennonite Mission Network staff, including these lovely folks right here.
We ate SO MUCH amazing food.
We also visited the Alamo, so now we can remember it.
We walked around the river walk
where we saw some ducks
and listened to Susan practice for her dream job as a tour guide.
In between all this sightseeing we also had some meetings, but those didn't prove to be quite as photogenic.
We also spent lots of time goofing off at the giant house where we all stayed.
We visited this park Sunday morning.
Sondra and Bob were adorable as always.
Some of us climbed trees.
Some of us splashed around in the water.
All of us participated in an impromptu "boat" (i.e. leaf/twig/grass) race down the little stream, which was so exciting that no one could be expected to take any photographs.
We also went to one of several historical mission sites, more to enjoy the delightfully warm weather than to commemorate our country's rich history of cultural imperialism (in which white people offered food and resources to the native people in exchange for religious conversions).
Most of our group left Sunday, but we stayed an extra day to go to a Spurs home game. They lost. Daniel doesn't want to talk about it.
The next day, before leaving on an evening flight, we explored more of the city, including the botanical gardens.
Krista and Leah were also staying around for some extra sightseeing, so we were lucky enough to spend the day adventuring with them.
And such a fun adventure it was.
Lately I've done enough traveling to satisfy my wanderlust for a little while, but who knows how soon it will strike again...
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