Team Retreat

This last week we as a team were blessed to have Dale Hawley come down from the states to do a sort of team dynamics retreat for us. Dale was the facilitator of our first team workshop in Brownwood before leaving the states for Bolivia and so that was a blessing to, in that he already had a feel for us individually and as a team (although so much has changed in our lives since then :) We headed out of town to a hotel of sorts, set on grounds with cabins, a pool and room for our kiddos to run crazy and had a really good few days. Team dynamics are always a tricky thing, but I think I speak for Gary and I both in saying that this week was such a blessing. To be able to work together to better our relationships, learn even more about each other, and move forward with new perspective, new resolve and new hope in our relationships is so exciting to me! So thank you to all who were praying for us in our time together! Know that God is good and He was so present in working among us as humans, teammates, and brothers and sisters!

A new family picture we snapped in our time at Camp Campestre. Sorry for the long face on Nathan... we'll work harder for a smile next time, but the playground right beside where we were standing was too tempting for our little man (who by the way, climbs ladders really well now since he had lots of practice on the slide during the week) to endure another picture, hoping for that precious smile that we all love so much. Maybe next time (but then with little one's there's really no guarantee now is there :)