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Day #5 of the Y.E.S. Retreat had breakfast & opening prayer.

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Usually, on the last night of a retreat, nobody can sleep.  Well, after 4 days on the Y.E.S. Retreat, this was no exception.  Most got involved in an interesting version of “So You Think You Can Dance?” to grooves by Mixmaster “Upsidedowny” on the laptop.  Since I only had 15 minutes of videotape left, I saved it for tomorrow’s Mass.  I think that was God’s plan.  🙂

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I found a 2 minute video clip (accidentally recorded on my memorystick) recorded by “Esmerelda” in the hallway at night just before lights out.  I think they’re playing “Mission Impossible” or mountain climbing???  WARNING:  If you get motion-sickness, this is not the clip for you.  (12 MB in size)  

On the last evening (day #4) of the Y.E.S. Retreat, we had a evening prayer service which included a commissioning service.

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Our dinner on day #4 of the Y.E.S. Retreat was good, especially with Bishop Estevez.

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On day #4 of the Y.E.S. Retreat, we had a surprise guest, Auxiliary Bishop Estevez.  He joined us for evening prayer (before dinner) and gave a great teaching on the Eucharist.

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On day #4 of the Y.E.S. Retreat, we had a guest speaker from Covenant House, a shelter for runaway teens in Ft. Lauderdale.

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For free-time on day #4 of the Y.E.S. Retreat, some slept to catch some ZZZs while others played football.

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Our third Y.E.S. service project (on day #4) was sorting food @ Daily Break Food Bank in Lauderdale Lakes.

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Day #4 of the Y.E.S. Retreat began with breakfast and prayer.

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For free-time on day #3 of the Y.E.S. Retreat, some slept to catch some ZZZs while other practiced their S.W.A.T. team training.  🙂

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Our second Y.E.S. service project was a painting at a women’s shelter @ Providence Place.

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Day #3 of the Y.E.S. Retreat began with breakfast and prayer.

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On day #2 of the Y.E.S. Retreat, we had guest speaker Sr. Ondina Cortes (Director of the Office of Youth & Young Adults) show the movie, “Dying to Live” and speak on our response to the Immigration problems in our country.

At the end of the night, we all got together to review the day and share our experiences. To save time in the morning, we made P&J sandwiches for our lunch the next day.  An AWESOME first day!

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Our dinner on day #2 of the Y.E.S. Retreat had a twist.  To determine the “type” of dinner each would eat, we randomly chose an “Upper,” “Middle,” or “Lower” class dinner.

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Our first Y.E.S. service project was an elderly day-care center in Pompano Beach, St. Elizabeth Gardens.  We played games like “wheelchair races” & “beanbag toss.”  Then, after an aerobic workout, we had lunch before playing some BINGO.

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Day #2 of the Y.E.S. Retreat had breakfast & opening prayer.  Then we loaded up the bus and headed out for our first service project, St. Elizabeth Gardens, a elderly day-care center.

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The Y.E.S. Retreat continued with guest speaker Gloria Luna of Voices That Challenge Office of Social Advocacy.  She introduced Catholic social teaching by presenting the differences between Charity & Justice.  One group covered “global warming” and the other “immigration.”  Gloria also gave us some “fair trade” chocolate.

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The Youth Enjoying Service (Y.E.S.) Retreat is a 5 day service project experience for high school teens from all over the archdiocese of Miami.  It’s is held a the Madonna Retreat House in Hallendale.  This year had a small (but very lively) group of 12 teens.

It began with a general orientation and icebreakers like “Human BINGO” and “4 Winds Blow” to get to know each other better. 

Then we had a dinner prepared and served by Barbie‘s crew.

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