WEP (Pentecost Weekend)

The farm was once again invaded by forty young people for Pentecost weekend. (It is a holiday in France, so we have a long weekend.)

Lots of fun...

 Fellowship...

 Reflexion...

 And food!!!! Lots of food.

( Laura with her cousin Jordan.)

Weekend at the Farm Two

The big youth event for our youth group is WEC. We drive about three hours to a real farm, for a weekend of fun and spiritual growth. This year the theme was Purity, and Philip's youngest brother, Timothée, was the speaker.

Feeding everyone is quite a feat!

Saturday afternoon is always reserved for canoeing.

For those that chose not to canoe, the farmer got out the horse and buggy!

Weekend at the Farm

Every year we host 30 to 50 young people at a youth retreat over Pentecost weekend. (The Monday after Pentecost is a holiday here.) They get to experience life on the farm: the rooster alarm, the cat that eats sandwiches (who said that keeping food up high was to keep out bears!?), the outhouse (that is just for them, WE have a real bathroom of course!), sleeping in the straw, and a real campfire. They must have a great time because they keep coming back. There is lots of fun and games, but we pray they leave here stronger in their Christian walk. This year's theme was making the most of your life for Jesus, because you only get one shot at it. (ok, that is a paraphrase!)

Here are a few photos.

As you can see the weather was perfect!

We needed big pans for this many people!

One group always puts on a special "theme" supper and evening for us.

This year it was Medieval Night.

The queen and princess of the evening.

The youngest knight.

The toughest knight!

The bravest knight.

My knight without the shining armor.

Here is the crowd.

We tried to make the farm look nice...but this is the only proof we have. The goat got these, or was it the turkey? They were pretty while they lasted!