LEAP Retreat

Last weekend I went on a retreat for LEAP.  For the retreat about 30 people went camping at Patrick's Point from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon.  We had to be at the school Saturday morning at 7 am in order to pack up all the cars and get ready to go.  When we got there everyone unpacked and set up their tents. Then we started playing a couple of games where we all got in a circle and said our name and our first ever CD.  When we did this we also had to say our favorite stretch then everyone would do that stretch together.  After we did this we pulled weeds in an open field for 4 hours.  This part of the retreat wasn't very fun but I did get to become really close with a couple of girls that I had never talked to before.  When we got back we ate lunch and introduced a few more games to play.  This is when the games started getting really fun.  We starting playing these games where everyone runs around in a circle and one person sitting out has to yell a category and a certain amount of people.  With the categories, for example, one thing you can say is spoon and you have to spoon another person on the ground and you have three seconds to do it.  If you don't spoon someone within those three seconds then you lose.  Another category is huggy bear.  For this one the announcer has to yell a certain number of people and then you have to find that many people and all hug in a group.  The games are really fun and we got to bond with each other a lot and get into each others' personal space.  Later that night we ate smores and sang campfire songs.  The people in this program are really fun and I have been enjoying getting to know them all. We also learned how to rock climb and belay people so when we take kids out we'll know what to do.  I can't wait to actually go out and take kids rock climbing it'll be a great experience.