I definitely feel like us girls got the better end of the deal in regards to Girl/Guy Week. A beautiful hotel on Banff Avenue, late night hot springs reserved specifically for us, and an incredible view of the Rocky Mountains. We also were reunited with the girls from Sites 2 and 3, it was a great opportunity to share stories and make some new friends.
Our speaker for the week was Sharon Peters and her main theme was how to live lifeful (yes, “lifeful” is indeed a word, meaning “full of or giving vitality”). We discussed a variety of topics relating to how we can be completely comfortable in our own skin, this in order to live life to the fullest and how God intended us to. One of the ways we experienced this while we were there was a night of Zumba, a workout involving different styles of Latin dance. This was a major highlight for a lot of the girls I think, we were free to just have some fun and not worry about how we looked. Another interesting part of the week was getting the chance to do a question and answer with the guys. Each group came up with a list of questions for the other gender, the lists were exchanged, and then we answered each others questions. After that was done, some of the site leaders switched groups for the morning to report the answers. It was definitely a learning experience and we were left with a lot of useful truth to apply to our current/future relationships.
Our week in Banff was so much fun and it was great to be immersed in so much of God’s beautiful creation. The people, experiences, and food were awesome and we ended the week with more friends than we started with. However, even though some of us may not want to admit it, we were very glad to see the guys again, we need them to balance out all of those hormones and high pitched voices ;).
-Danielle Schmidt
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