Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

Last weekend was our first ever overnight retreat! It was a retreat for our new leaders as a thank you for all the time they've dedicated to leadership training the last couple of weeks leading up to it. We had nine youth come out for an amazing weekend of fellowship and fun at a cozy retreat center in Pontbriand! The weekend was filled with talks, prayer times, small groups, praise and worship, Mass, and even Adoration! It was such a spirit filled weekend and it really gave us the chance to get to know the youth even better and to share more about our lives with them too.

The men surprised us ladies by preparing a Christmas lunch!

This coming week is also our last week here in La Beauce before we head home for Christmas! We have a great week packed with events so we can spend as much time with the community as possible, including a Christmas dinner, sports night, music night, a youth group Christmas party, and a Youth Mass! As much as we’re all starting to get pretty excited to see our families, we also don’t really aren’t ready to leave this community. They have done an amazing job of welcoming us here and making us feel like we belong that the thought of leaving for a month makes my heart hurt a little bit. I am so thankful that we have the opportunity to come back for another four months after Christmas!

Have an incredibly blessed Christmas!

God bless,

Katelyn Sutton, LEN blogger