The MCC Nicaragua/Costa Rica team has had a tradition of gathering every 3 months for a few meeting days and some relaxing time together as well. Of these gatherings, every 9 months there is a spiritual retreat or a regional retreat. Last fall when we met the group decided to plan toward a retreat along the southern pacific coast and divided out responsibilities for the logistics and the theme for the time. As this was our first time through this routine, there was certainly some work involved in helping pull this together, but it was a enjoyable time together with the team, with some great discussion as well.
Andrew was loving this microbus (a 2016 Toyota something) that we rented for the group.
Singing and discussion. Using Stuart Murray's book "The Naked Anabaptist: The Bare Essentials of a Radical Faith," we focused on three chapters: The Essence of Anabaptism, Following Christ, and After Christendom.
I'm not sure what these birds are, although we were calling them urracas, which apparently is a magpie, but it doesn't look like other magpies I see on the internet. If anyone knows or can figure it out, let me know. Beautiful bird, but not afraid enough of people.
Beautiful beach at Playa Coco, a little south of San Juan del Sur, where we were with Nathan not long ago.
Lia and Silas loved playing with Genesis. Some of Costa Rica's mountains in the background here.
Playing until the sun goes down, which is around 6:00 or so. 4:00-6:00 is a great time for the beach.
The end-of-our-retreat team picture!
And a quick stop on our way back to Managua at the look-out at Catarina. Nice view over Laguna de Apoyo with the city of Granada off in the distance.
