7 Quick Takes: Inspiring Retreats and Inspiring Lakes

I think this shot above pretty much captures everything I want to articulate in this post, more accurately than I will manage to. It was taken on Monday at Inspiration Lake, a new gem we discovered in Hong Kong. We spent Monday together as a family following our church retreat. This last weekend was a date in the calender that we had been anticipating and preparing towards for months - our first Watermark Church Retreat. It was a date we looked forward to and now its a date we look back on as a highlight of the year. Here are some quick takes from our (inspiring) Watermark Retreat and Inspir(ing)ation Lake: 1/ Doing community (life) in close proximity is inspiring! There is something about going away with (150) other people that brings you closer, tighter, deeper. The girls had a gang of friends whom they stuck closely to for the duration of the weekend and I watched as older kids helped look after them and they helped feed younger kids their meals. We ...