Annual FamilyRetreat 2016
Annual family Retreat 2016 “It’s a Jungle Out There!”
brought 14 CCF families on an exciting jungle adventure.
The families flew to Medan, Indonesia to begin a journey
of exploring the complexities of the jungle, and learning to
overcome challenges through family cohesiveness.
Uponarrival at thehotel, familiesweregreetedwithawarm
and wild welcome from the AFR planning committee and
volunteers with a flash mob dance. Lots of laughter and
cheer filled the ballroom as the families engaged in mass
ice-breakers, andgathered toworkon theirgroup identities.
The families then checked in to their rooms for a short
break followed by dinner before cranking up their gears
to prepare for the carnival at Adam Malik Hospital. The
groups worked hard to assemble and decorate their own
game stalls, art and craft stalls and photo booth for the
patients at Adam Malik. After a full day of fun and hard
work, it was time to recharge for the next day’s games and
service learning.
Day Two started out with station games that encouraged
the families to work together to overcome challenges.
The final game called “Build Your Home” was a group
challenge to build a house out of newspaper and tape. It
was ameaningful experience as families shared about the
meaningofwhy theychosecertainmaterialsas foundations
to build their home and families.
Next, the families proceeded to distribute hand-packed
goodie bags to the patients of Adam Malik Hospital. It
was part of Hutan Fiesta, which means “Jungle Fiesta”, a
carnival organised for the 60 inpatients and outpatients at
the hospital.
The hospital was abuzz with activities as everyonemoved
from one carnival booth to another, expressing their
creativity or demonstrating their ‘hidden talents’ at the
Mask-making,BallsofHopeandothergamestations.Some
patientswalkedawaywithprizeswhileother captured their
happymoments at the photo booths.
The CCF families
wrapped up the day
with dinner at a local
Medan restaurant.
Being able to work
together as a group, to
give hope and cheer to
the less privileged has
been ameaningful experience for theCCF families.
Day Three was a day of games and sightseeing. The day
started with mass activities and aged-based group work. The
afternoon was spent exploring Medan’s well-known Maimoon
palace, followed by a visit to Rahmat International Wildlife
Museum. The day endedwith aGalaDinner, spicedwith table
games and prizes. The highlight of the Gala Dinner was the
sharing about the big book that each family had created during
AFR. Each family shared about their takeaways from the trip.
AFR 2016 ended with everyone’s favourite activity - mass
dance! That marked the close of AFR 2016 “It’s a Jungle
Out There!” an event filled with love, laughter and unity in
overcoming challenges as a big family!
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