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       Over the weekend I went to a church retreat in Mississippi called Polar Thang. It is a very fun retreat and I think that it is either my third or fourth year going to it. It is always on the Martin Luther King weekend even though the retreat ends on the Sunday. It is about a three hour bust ride that is fun and goes by pretty quickly on the way there and back.


       While we were there our usual polar plunge was cancelled because it was colder than usual even though I would not have been doing it anyway. I have done that already and it was miserable and it is not happening again. There was another church there that was from Mississippi and had very funny accents. It is overall a pretty great retreat that I will go on again next year.


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  1. LoganJanuary 18, 2018 at 10:41 AM

    I also had a really fun time on that retreat this year too. I hope we have a great time on it next year too.

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  2. ThomasJanuary 18, 2018 at 10:55 AM

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  3. ThomasJanuary 18, 2018 at 10:56 AM

    I'm glad that you had fun on your church retreat this weekend. Although, you should man up and do the polar plunge.

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  4. EDJanuary 18, 2018 at 9:02 PM

    That sounds cool. I hope you had fun.

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