Hey Hey,
Last Tuesday we had the school cross country, the course was 6km long around the top of the ridge above school. I ran with other grade 11s and 12s and somehow managed to come 11th place out of about 40 students. I was extremely happy with that due to the fact that everyone in the top ten does some sort of running outside of school and also I was over 2.5km higher up in altitude then back in Australia. The whole time I was running with Cory and without him I probably would have come a lot worse then I did. He kept on pushing me to go further and further and we didn't walk a single meter of the 6km's. When we got to the final stretch I absolutely gunned it as fast as I could and managed to just edge out Cory, I feel a bit bad for that because we had ran together for the whole time, but we're in the same house so it didn't matter point wise. That run was probably one of the hardest physical challenge's I've done in a very long time and I'm still feeling it in my legs (The walk up to school the next day was horrendous)
On Friday night and Saturday I went on an R.E retreat that the school ran. The retreat was at a place called Torchbearer's, down in Dehradun, about an hours drive away. The main purpose of the retreat was for primarily christian students to escape all the busyness that Woodstock life brings. So Isaac, me and another friend called Emmett left straight after school on friday and got down there in time for dinner and a beautiful sunset.
The structure of the 2 days were 4 sessions which included worship (Mighty to Save, My Redeemer Lives and all those other classics) and a 20 min devotion. The theme for the sessions was 'Blessed' and mainly resolved the 'Beatitudes'. One session that really stood out to me was one where we (Humans) are told to be salt to the world, because salt is a great disinfectant and also gives flavour to food, we talked about how we can relate those principals in our lives and we learned that we need to be salt to add flavour to God's creation, to help others, like salt helps to heal our wounds. Overall it was a great weekend and a lot of relaxation and fun occurred. When we were leaving we got this beautiful sight of the sun shining behind the clouds.
Last Tuesday we had the school cross country, the course was 6km long around the top of the ridge above school. I ran with other grade 11s and 12s and somehow managed to come 11th place out of about 40 students. I was extremely happy with that due to the fact that everyone in the top ten does some sort of running outside of school and also I was over 2.5km higher up in altitude then back in Australia. The whole time I was running with Cory and without him I probably would have come a lot worse then I did. He kept on pushing me to go further and further and we didn't walk a single meter of the 6km's. When we got to the final stretch I absolutely gunned it as fast as I could and managed to just edge out Cory, I feel a bit bad for that because we had ran together for the whole time, but we're in the same house so it didn't matter point wise. That run was probably one of the hardest physical challenge's I've done in a very long time and I'm still feeling it in my legs (The walk up to school the next day was horrendous)
On Friday night and Saturday I went on an R.E retreat that the school ran. The retreat was at a place called Torchbearer's, down in Dehradun, about an hours drive away. The main purpose of the retreat was for primarily christian students to escape all the busyness that Woodstock life brings. So Isaac, me and another friend called Emmett left straight after school on friday and got down there in time for dinner and a beautiful sunset.
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| Isaac |
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| Silhouette of Emmet |
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| So damn beautiful |
The structure of the 2 days were 4 sessions which included worship (Mighty to Save, My Redeemer Lives and all those other classics) and a 20 min devotion. The theme for the sessions was 'Blessed' and mainly resolved the 'Beatitudes'. One session that really stood out to me was one where we (Humans) are told to be salt to the world, because salt is a great disinfectant and also gives flavour to food, we talked about how we can relate those principals in our lives and we learned that we need to be salt to add flavour to God's creation, to help others, like salt helps to heal our wounds. Overall it was a great weekend and a lot of relaxation and fun occurred. When we were leaving we got this beautiful sight of the sun shining behind the clouds.
I also went on a short hike on Sunday to Bear Hill, it was about 3 hours and we got some food from a place at the end of it. I haven't got the photos of my camera yet but ill edit this blog when I get them.
Stay well,
Lachy Wild
Great scenery, and great achievements with the run and the retreat. I will put extra salt on my dinner tonight remembering you! Dad
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