Mid Way Through Training!

What a blessing to be a part of evangelization! These young adults are great witnesses to the enthusiasm and devotion of Catholics and their desire to serve Christ and His Church.

This last weekend marked the end of the second week of training and begins our retreat skills training and the teams' initial retreats begin next week. Please pray for them and the youth they will be serving.

The breakdown for training this year.
week 1 relationship with Christ - conversion and holiness
week 2 Catholic teaching and faith formation
week 3 retreat components and skills
week 4 facilitating youth retreats (initial retreats begin)

Some highlights so far for me include dinners at the Record family home, the swing/barn dance at the Sevigny's, Pizza night courtesy of the Lebeau's and cooking dinner with the Reach men for the group. I am also loving the foosball and ultimate frisbee. Pretty soon we'll have a bball hoop up, jealous yet?

The most enriching parts of the last few weeks have been the many holy people who have come to share the Gospel with us here and simply getting to know the Reach members more personally.

That's about all the time I have, training is pretty intense; 14 hour days are the norm.
In the Peace of Christ,
Dan