Jershey Shore, PA WAYUMI

We said we needed some R&R and that is just what we did at the New Tribes Wayumi retreat center.

Ace's Dad's side of the family comes from Lancaster, PA. and next door to Lancaster is Jersey Shore.  We have heard soooo much about Jersey Shore from all our instructors and the the older staff with NTM  they all have so many fond memories of their days in training there.  This is where NTMA started too.  So since it was so close to family and our desire to visit history we decided to see the place.

Did I mention to you that Jersey Shore NTM training moved to Missouri?  NTM was going to sell the property in PA.  but someone game up with a really great idea and Ace and I agree.  Its called Wayumi and its a retreat center for your church, your youth group,  your Sunday School class,  Your home group, Bible study group, Home school group you name it.  They just need a minimum of 25 participants.

 The room we stayed in.

This was the main living room with small couch, table & chairs, and two bunk beds.  This room had three bedrooms off from it each having a dresser, chair, and bunk bed.  
Bathrooms were down the hall.

Having some relaxing evening fun.

We took a hike up to Jungle Camp.

Everyone trying out a hammock up in Jungle Camp.

Some of our findings up in Jungle Camp

A birds nest in the ladies bathroom.

Was wondering which of our colleagues carved this back in the day.

Now for a nature walk, the family saw a bear but I wasn't with them so no pictures.

There was a group of teens there for a retreat and we got to see them in action.  Here they are getting the international airport experience.

After the teens had the International airport experience they got to experience  immigration.

Ace and I had so much fun just watching them that we wanted to participate too.  This place is not just for those wanting to be missionaries but for those who support missions too.

Some Of The Fun Things We Did In PA.

We caught lots of firefly's!  Stormie is catching one on Gusties neck.

A firefly on Stormies shirt.

While Ace was talking to friends at Smoketown Airport.  Ang and the kids watched two air balloon launches.

A favorite picture.

We had to go to Chocolate World and get some chocolate!

We went on their free tour ride which came to a screeching halt. We sat for about 5 min. then they asked us to climb off.

Here we are exiting the back hallway of the ride.  We still got our complementary chocolate.  LOL  There was a hail and wind storm that caused our ride to come to an end.  After 20min. of waiting we climbed back on and took the tour again.

Here is the some of the damage from the storm.  All of their plants looked like someone had taken scissors to them and chopped them to bits.

We enjoyed some chocolate on the way home.

We went to Lancaster, PA. to spy on some Amish but of course there wasn't any Amish to spy on.  We did however enjoy some shoe-fly pie and some BBQ sandwiches at (supposedly) an Amish restaurant.

 Yummers!  Meat smoked overnight with sweet-potato fry's and coleslaw.

Ang needed to do some shopping that's her kind of 

R & R.  She didn't have any money to spend but sure enjoyed looking.  We went to the outlet mall had to take a picture of the QVC store.  Who would have guess there was a QVC outlet?  Not a big fan of QVC but know people who are.  We had a good laugh!