S.E.E.D. Đông Bắc 2011

After 4 hours, for some it took much longer. We all arrived safe and sound. Thanks be to God.

After a simple dinner consisting of com, ca kho, thit kho. The program got started with some very familiar songs, Pharoah, PHaroah and Prince of Peace..... Children and parents enjoy the icebreaking games to "break" the proverbial ice. We stared our first activity, the annointing of perfume on the hands of the retreat leaders by the parents and the parents by the children and the children by the leaders. The ceremony was interesting and definitely set the tone for the children.

The children started their bond fire of sharings and praise and worship. The children seems to enjoyed the whole experience immensely. The parents that had the blessing of hanging around the children seems to think so. The parents start their session with an intimate sharing. It looks like speed dating, but from the intense sharing, I am sure they loved it.

The evening with the traditional camp sugary snack of funnel cake, when both parents and children enjoy together.

As far as my tam tinh goes, I feel free. To be very honest, the time leading up to this retreat was tough for me. Tough in term of both physical and spiritual. But starting with last night and all day today, I have started to let go of my pre-notion of how this retreat should be and completely place my trust in God, with that i feel like a 1000 lbs gorilla was lifted off my back.

Looking at all the children just playing with one another as soon as they arrived. Looking at them as they swarmed the retreat leaders and looking at the parents gently smiling as they witness all this really confirm that this is indeed God's dream and we are but His partners.

This years, we were so bless to have received a groups of parents and youth from Canada to journey with us.

All and all, it was a good day. Thank you God for allowing to me dream your dream. Thank you God for allowing me to take part in your dream becoming a reality. God bless the children, God bless the retreat leaders and God bless the parents too.

See you all tomorrow but in the meantime, enjoy a little something from S.E.E.D. NE 2011.

The S.E.E.D. team