TRUST or BUST

That was the theme of our staff retreat this past couple of days. We met at the Skyview Ranch (Awesome place!) in Millersburg, Ohio for a little rest and relaxation and a whole lot of team building activities. It was an opportunity for our team to explore what the "next level" might look like as we learn to trust each other more. Most of our activities helped us to understand how to work as a team... and to realize the importance of the role that each individual plays on that team... but one reoccurring theme throughout the retreat was... TRUST. We had to learn how to let go of our own control and let the team around us carry us through many of the situations... LITERALLY!

Why is that so hard for us to do? Why do we feel like we have to do it all ourselves? It is true with our relationship with God as well. Why is it so hard to let go and fall back into the arms of God... or the people on our team? It is impossible to accomplish anything as a team... as a band... as a family... in a marriage... in a church... in life... without TRUST. It is the foundation of relationships. And yet we tend to struggle with letting go... with believing that the people surrounding us will support us... or is it that they won't let us down? Well... I believe that (on many levels) the NewPointe staff was able to break through some of those barriers and really start to build "next level" trust on our team. There is no telling what all we can accomplish as a team when our foundation is TRUST.

Here are a few photos from the retreat:


























































































































































































































































Well... it was a great couple of days filled with fun and games... solid team building activities... an amazing campfire (more like an inferno!)... great talks... horseback riding... trips down a 30ft high zip line... volleyball with a humogo monstrous (heavy) ball (our bodies are still paying for that one)... and most of all... some great "hang time" with our teammates. Fun was had by all!

this is my favorite photo of them all. It pretty much sums up the two days: