The Pastors and Missionaries Retreat

This weekend was the annual pastors and missionaries retreat held for the pastors of the ADIEL and the ReachGlobal missionaries in Peru along with their families. It was a wonderful and relaxing weekend at a beach about 2 hours outside of Lima. We rented a giant beach house that held all 50 of us, and we spend the weekend enjoying each other’s company and humor. It was fun for me to spend some concentrated time with the families that I rarely have the opportunity to see. I loved watching the pastors and the missionaries interact on such a personal basis, and seeing them joke around and make fun of each other. There were volleyball and soccer games and tennis for those who knew how to play. We went hiking through the shallow parts of the ocean to get to some of the rock islands that scattered the coast. It was a good weekend for me as well in that it was nice to have a few days to get used to being back in Peru before resuming my responsibilities in Tarma. Yay for work retreats!