The trip through Illinois continues

As we continued with our trip we went to Stockton, and put on a retreat for a few hours for a group of confirmation students. After this retreat we had the chance to go bowling with Mary, who Collen and I had the chance to stay with that night. She owned the bowling alley, and opened it for us to have some relaxing bonding time. It was incredible amount of fun...

Here we are with Mary

And all of our bowling shoes


We then continued on our trip to Elgin, where we put on two retreats. Saturday night we had the chance to have an amazing retreat with a group of about 25 kids who were all there because they wanted to be there. It was an amazing retreat for a couple of hours which got us pumped for the retreat the following day for a large group of about 70 high school confirmation students. It was a great experience, but a challenge as well being the largest retreat we have had so far. However, there was a group of kids from the previous night who had come back, some by choice and others because it was mandatory,but all happily. We had a great time getting to know these kids as a team, and who knows, we may see some of them at the DUB in Oregon.

Giants, wizards, and elves


The kids who we got to know through both days. Will you see them at the DUB?


We are now in Rockford IL staying in thr Bishop Lane Retreat Center, spending some time praying and playing.

May God continue to bless you all as He has blessed us throughout our travels,
The Our Lady of Lourdes Team

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