What a busy month!

Hello,

It has been crazy this month to say the least, and judging by the blog posts(rather lack there of) from other Spiritus members I can assume I am right in saying we are more than busy. Stepping back a whole month-ish, that would still have us in the Christmas season, no snow, and Spiritus members literally all around the world. Trisha spent her Christmas in France; Alex, Jared, Dan, and Kelly all returned to their respective families in IN, FL, NY, and MI. Mark, Jonathan and Karissa, and Aaron all returned to their homes within WI.

Moving along this month, not a weekend has gone by where there wasn't at least 3 retreats from a Friday through a Sunday. We have been catching up on Faith on Fires(FoF) as well; little 90 minute weekday night retreats for CCD classes. As a mater of fact we will be having two again tonight. The month of February doesn't seem like its going to cut us any slack either. We did have a nice day off yesterday though and the guys saw the latest Mission Impossible film, currently in theaters, per suggestion from someone that it would be a great topic of discussion on how to stay always focused on "the mission." We know of course ours is to bring people to Christ, but a little adrenaline never hurts to keep us on our toes.

Lastly, about two weeks ago the Spiritus team had the great fortune to go on a retreat of our own at Monte Alverno Retreat Center here in Appleton. We enjoyed an overnight stay which included: silent time/prayer, oodles of praise and worship, private Lecio Divina (scripture "divine reading") and team discussion, and a theology lesson from our team chaplain Fr. Dan Schuster. We also got to spend an evening bonding in the snow (as it was one of the first snow falls) playing some touch football...girls included!

It has been a chaotic yet smooth, busy but short, cold but relatively healthy month(both spiritually and physically). Jared has a cough, but as it wanes I assume a first ever 5 foot snow man is in the making! Until next time, God bless!

Yours in Christ,
Dan