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Friday
Jan152010
Another trip to the Banyan tree
January 15, 2010
We've been having a deep retreat, covering meditation and other practices for those of the Jesus Way. So far we've talked about community life, meditation, contemplation and intimate worship, the practice of singing together, and loads of other stuff. And then today it was time to run away to the gigantic banyan tree that is down the road aways. We packed food for an evening picnic and loaded up the scooters and cars.
On the way.
It takes about two seconds after we arrive for them to be up a tree.
They're looking up because the Superstar Husband is way up here:
Can you see him? He's right in the middle.
This one just stuffed bananas in his mouth.
This is a monkey I found in the tree.
And these are shenanigans:
This is a man from Holland who has many years of experience in Christian community and with meditation. We invited him to come and share some of his wisdom with us. I'm not sure that he expected this kind of adventure, but he got it!
We like to stick our guests in trees.
Also our Leafy boys.
On the way.
It takes about two seconds after we arrive for them to be up a tree.
They're looking up because the Superstar Husband is way up here:
Can you see him? He's right in the middle.
This one just stuffed bananas in his mouth.
This is a monkey I found in the tree.
And these are shenanigans:
This is a man from Holland who has many years of experience in Christian community and with meditation. We invited him to come and share some of his wisdom with us. I'm not sure that he expected this kind of adventure, but he got it!
We like to stick our guests in trees.
Also our Leafy boys.
Reader Comments (11)
Looks like fun! I wonder if grandma's can still climb trees? Probably not. The pictures are lovely! Hope you had a good retreat.
Oh, how I miss those trees from my time in India. Hours and hours of fun!
What joy.
such beauty!! how wonderful. :)
*big HuGs*
oh this just made my heart melt and explode in one go. can I come back and climb the banyan tree with you again?
The happiness in the photos is vivid. That is nice.
What an amazing tree. It's lucky to have such happy people climbing and enjoying its strength.
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An amazing adventure! (Don't I always say that to you?)
I read about your disappointing travel plans and am sorry - I do hope you'll have some time away...even a small trip.
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This is nice! People are so Free in India, I like that. I wanna sing with yall!
That tree is sooo cool!
LOVE the tree monkeys!!!!
Lindsey Petersen
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