Encouraged and Energized at Our Retreat in Delta, B.C.

Leaving the frigid cold and minus 20 degree in Toronto, we landed in Vancouver. Sharon picked us up from the airport and made a short stop at her house to meet her family.

We drove to Delta,  British Columbia..

Never seen palm trees in Canada before until now, we were surprised to see them in B.C.!

We were at Delta to attend the CRRS retreat held at one of the hotels in the area of B.C.

The Chair of the Vancouver team welcome delegates to the international conference

This retreat was organized by the Vancouver Team of our charitable organization.

Since the CRRS retreat is held every two years in Vancouver, we look froward to the gathering of participants and speakers from various parts of North America. and other parts of the world.

This year we had two excellent speakers, Dr. Leung and Rev. Chiu sharing their insight and best practices with us.

Dr. Ho and S. had sometime to catch up at the retreat

We had three intensive days of meetings and some excellent sharing at informal hours.
















Though the schedule of the conference retreat was quite full, we were able to get out of the conference hotel and out for a walk.






















The retreat organizers were able to arrange an hour and half for us to do a praise walk at a nearby beach.

Despite the sky was grey and the beach was quiet, our spirits were high.

We did a praise walk on the beach at Centennial Park

We walked around a little, held hands, sang, praised God and prayed.

Dr. Leung shared his insights with us at the retreat.

We heard sharing of the best practices from the different chapters of the CRRS charitable organization.























I enjoyed the excellent speakers and particularly the hands on activities where we needed to work together as a team to solve problems.

Another touching moment for me was when we were doing sing and praise; I saw and felt the strong bonds between our board members.

Though we are from different parts of the world, we become friends through the charity work we do.

We lend mutual support to each other in time of needs.

While working on projects and helping other less unfortunate than us, our volunteers and board members get to know each other, have fun and great fellowship .

This 3 day conference retreat was a great team building experience increasing our understanding and knowledge of what other chapters of CRRS are doing outside our home region.

The best part was getting to know other volunteers and board members and building trust and cultivating friendship in the CRRS family!

My spouse and I were glad that we took part in the conference retreat this year in British Columbia!







R.T.
Delta
British Columbia