The hunting shack at Hanleth

I've been part of a small group of pastors who regulalrly 'retreat' together for sharing and fellowship. It has been an amazing exoperience journeying with a group of guys. The relationships have deepened over a couple of years and our level of sharing gets deeper everytime we go away together. On Friday night we headed off to a large property in the Fingall Valley known as 'Hanleth' . We parked at the homestead and then changed over to four wheel drives and headed off up into the high country. The land was as dry and cracked as you could imagine. We wound our way up to an old hunting shack for the night. It's pretty primative, but the views are fantastic and the nearest neighbors are several k's away.

Here's a couple of shots inside our 'hut'. All the modern comforts of home. We even had battery powered lights. The TV didn't work, but it looked quite good!

Of course every 4 start accommodation unit must come with an amenities block and ours was no exception.

Once more I spent some time with a group of guys who I have learned to appreciate deeply. We will meet again in June for another overnighter and then our longer retreat in September - but that time we will be at Bruny!

Incidentally I'm off to Bruny this week on my own for some time out to pray and to plan and then next weekend the elders and ministry team of our church are off an yet another retreat. Must be the season.

My brother Simon had some great things to say recently about the value of rest on his page. Check it out here