Community Retreat

This past March 8th -11th, the volunteer missionary community took its annual community retreat in Pico Bonito in the mountains outside of La Ceiba. Scott, Nils, and I planned the retreat this year, and found that Wendy’s frostys and nachos greatly enhanced our planning abilities.

While our talks went well, what proved most enjoyable was the ability to simply share a calm space for an extended time with our entire community of volunteer missionaries. We were rejuvenated by the melodies of the river, enjoyed hikes in the mountains, letters from family and friends, and had fun diving off rocks into the refreshing water of the river.

While the weekend was in a small sense a personal reminder for myself, Scott and Nils of the isolation life in La Ceiba can bring us from the rest of the volunteers at the farm, it was more a blessing to have such uninterrupted quality time with our beloved fellow vols. Our three days together furthered our recognition of the incredible love and amazing people that form our community. True grace emerged in the fact that though we live in two cities three hours apart, we are one in heart in our commitment to the children of the farm and one another.