First Iowa City Salt Company Retreat

The retreat was this weekend. My head is hurting pretty badly right now, so this won't be a long post. I'm not sure if it's from caffeine withdrawal (I kinda doubt it, drinking Mountain Dew hasn't helped), dehydration (I doubt this for reasons that I won't mention here) or as a result of the football game (maybe--I might have sustained a mild concussion). Maybe it's something else, I don't know.

Some cool things that happened:

• Learning the truth about Sleep Number beds (their commercials make them seem much cooler than they are--you can't tell what number it's on without changing it, and even then you can't tell until you stop changing) They're just air mattresses
• Singing Happy Birthday to one of the pastors on Friday night
• Repeating my reason for sleeping in a chair instead of a bed to about a dozen people (I won't share a bed unless there's a ring)
• Having a quiet time with the Father while riding in the trunk on the way back from IHOP at 1:30 in the morning (I may be weird, but I liked riding in the trunk)
• Playing football with 23 other guys--including one international student who was learning the rules as he played (I heard later that he said "If everyone was like the people at Salt, the world would be much better" and almost cried)
• Getting hit in the mouth by a pastor (during the aforementioned football game, and not the pastor that celebrated his birthday on the retreat)
• Running lights from two boards simultaneously (I would have liked to have at least three hands for this, but I'm excited about getting ready for Anthem--which is just 10 days away now)
• Hearing about multiple people coming to know the Son (at least two this weekend, making at least 3 in the past week!)
• Paul Sabino speaking