Day two began with our water service... Fr Martin lead us as we remembered the requests of Mary to Bernadette: build a church (that we were in), process (more on that later!) and wash in the water. Helpers and VIPs washed one another's hands and we prayed the Lord's Prayer. We then went down to the springs to fill our own water bottles... water is life giving in a physical way as well as spiritual and with the temperature hitting 20 degrees it was important they were full!
After a cafe stop, we headed to the prairie for a game of football. After breakfast, we had been introduced to the team element of the week... Cowboys and Indians! Ben and Damien had props and costumes for us all. Our first event ended in a penalty shoot-out with the Cowboys stealing the points - just! We also had to prepare for the afternoon's regional Mass with the rest of Met East.
After lunch Group 718 (St John Payne) and Fr Dan Mason lead us in a Mass focussing on the Saints - and calling us all to live like Saints! It was great to see friends in all of the Met East groups. We left and headed back to the prairie... this time for a big game of rounders and some parachute fun:
The final event of the evening was the Torchlight procession before everyone had a good dance to the music of the West Indies (warming up for Trust Mass) and home for a late bedtime!
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