"As a deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God."
Psalms 42:1
As I was traveling to Timberlakes for our Zone Retreat early last Saturday morning this was just one beautiful example of God's creation that He shared with me. It has been an annual event for the past five years or so to meet at Kris' (St. Marks) cabin in Timberlakes which is just east of Heber. She welcomes us into her beautiful home and we have a wonderful time talking, laughing and being together in God's word. We started off the morning with muffins and coffee along with a bible study. After talking about some upcoming events, we had a wonderful luncheon complete with hamburgers, hot dogs and all the fixins.
Kris surprised us all with the cutest post-it note holders with matching pens she and a friend made. They were complete with quotes from all our favorite hymns, the hard part was deciding which one to pick! The rest of the day we were all walking around humming and singing, it was wonderful. We spent the last hour on a "Walk with Jesus", we went out for a walk on the trails and found things to remind us of our Savior. For example; something prickly for Jesus' crown of thorns, something dead for the savior truly died, a rock to remind us of the huge stone that was rolled in front of His tomb, and something alive because Christ lives! The best part was when Elaine Holt tried to capture a bumble bee for her living thing...we were all laughing, it was quite the sight! Thank you to everyone who made the trip, your company was wonderful!
Special thank you to Kris for
sharing your home with us,
it truly is a beautiful place.
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As always, Ashley, the yearly retreat is at least as much fun for me as it is for all of you. It always amazes me that the ladies are willing to drive so far. The fellowship we all enjoyed at this retreat is something that I can remember all year long and makes me glad to invite you all to my home again next year. Kris
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