An ongoing account of the life and happenings of the Rathmells.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Men's Retreat



I am going on a Men's retreat with the Club Beyond and Malachi guys this week. They are meeting me in the middle in Ireland. :-) I have never been before so I am looking forward to seeing Ireland as well as getting to hang out with a bunch of men who are sharing the gospel and their lives with military students.

7 years ago

It was over 7 years ago that Jen and I first landed on Okinawa. I am looking forward to getting to go back and run Shorebreak again. I went out to APU last week to meet with the team and they are really excited about coming out. We will have 27 students and two adults that are coming out to help us run Shorebreak this year. It should be a really great event for the students.

Friday, February 02, 2007

Retreat was Great



Thanks for those of you that prayed for the retreat that I spoke on last weekend. Many of the students and staff were challenged to go deeper in their faith. It seemed that many of them were most challenged to spend more time in the word. Also I got to ski for the first time in 5 years which was really fun.

I stayed an extra day to hang out with Evan Eykelbosch who was a junior in high school when we first moved to Oki 7 years ago. It was great to get time with him and to see someone who is living strong for the Lord.