{"id":548,"date":"2017-02-10T17:21:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T17:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/?p=548"},"modified":"2017-02-10T17:21:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T17:21:33","slug":"retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/2017\/02\/10\/retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-551\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0001-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0001\" width=\"676\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0001-1024x685.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0001-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0001-676x453.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This past weekend we were able to steal away for a few days with our team from the ECC here in Ecuador for a retreat. \u00a0It was a great time to just be together in community. \u00a0We ate lots of good food, did lots of swimming, took long walks, rode horses, played games, held babies, sang and gathered for communion together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Retreat-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-552\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Retreat-1-683x1024.png\" alt=\"Retreat 1\" width=\"676\" height=\"1014\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Retreat-1-683x1024.png 683w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Retreat-1-200x300.png 200w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Retreat-1-676x1014.png 676w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Retreat-1.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There were 17 of us there. \u00a08 adults, 6 kids and 3 dogs. We welcomed our newest member to the team, Annalea Egging who arrived Friday morning to Ecuador after a crazy visa saga. \u00a0And we were missing Cheryll Clark, who just recently returned to the US for a year of home assignment, and Richard and Elizabeth Santana who will hopefully be joining us down here very soon!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0128.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-549\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0128-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0128\" width=\"676\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0128-1024x685.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0128-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0128-676x453.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There are not many who can understand fully this life that we have been called to, but this group of folks knows more closely than anyone else. \u00a0And for each and every one of them, we are so grateful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0129.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-550\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0129-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0129\" width=\"676\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0129-1024x685.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0129-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/DSC_0129-676x453.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=548&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend we were able to steal away for a few days with our team from the ECC here in Ecuador for a retreat. \u00a0It was a great time to just be together in community. \u00a0We ate lots of good food, did lots of swimming, took long walks, rode horses, played games, held babies, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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