So I’m back from retreat!
This year was my very first retreat and I had alot of fun 
I’m kind of sad that everything’s over- that this four day weekend is over…that AMAZING RACE is over T_T
this was my bed in the girl’s cabin
The older girls stayed on one side and the younger girls on the other side
So during free time and in the mornings, people stayed inside the rec room. And we pigged out on snacks, played bang, big2 and pool
norbert and peter playing pool
lawrence and peter playing pool
So saturday morning, I woke up at 5:30 and about 10 people went up the mountains to see the sunrise.
we didn’t really see the sunrise..more the dark turn into the light.
but it was still fun and it was a great way for me to experience the cold.
first time that i’ve seen snow!
It wasnt snowing or anything but there was still leftover snow on the ground here and there
snoww!
too lazy to turn this around but more snowwwww
FROSTY!
a few of the girls made this haha. it’s so cutee and tiny.
And they were going to make frosty’s girlfriend but she turned out to be a lump of dirt 
I don’t know if they finished her or not.
peter on a skateboard?
saturday afternoon was amazing race
it took us forever to find clues! and to figure them out but it was well worth it
I think the funnest part was when we found tony and he made us rack up two hundred points by running laps, doing push ups, and sit ups ON THE COLD, WET, MUDDY GROUND.
peter did most of the pushups and situps. but the whole group did a four person pushup and basically you’re doing a pushup while someone is on top of you. that was painful, hard, but funn and i did some situps.
getting muddy and dirty was fun
that was an awesome workout because we were basically running up and down the moutain, looking for clues and for people for four hours
and i found out what orion’s belt looked like when peter showed me at night hooray.
now on a more serious note, I thought that this retreat really made me think about my relationship with God.
the theme of this year’s retreat was “wholly devoted”
Tony talked about
-why do you come to church?
-Christianity has alot to offer you, God has alot to offer you
-we take God for granted sometimes
-what is your relationship with God?
-matthew 7:22 says “many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name dirve out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
Norbert talked about what it meant to be wholly devoted and how to be wholly devoted.
-how you have to know what you’re getting into.
-You cannot say “i’m going to give christianity a try“
-Devotion is 1) a decision to trust God with all your heart. It’s all or nothing.
2) an expression of complete self abandonment
-Devotion is maintained by including God in every aspect of your life.
-there’s a big difference between a fan and a follower of God.
-To know God for who he is to recognize devotion.
-Devotion is developed when we recognize God’s majesty, eternity and glory/holiness.
-Sometimes, God breaks you to make you realize his grace which leads you to appreciate his grace.
-live like Josiah (2 Kings 23:25)
Norbert also talked about how when you’re in a relationship with another person
you should push each other spiritually.
you should find a mentor.
you should keep each other accountable, pray together, and be totally honest with one another
and in friendships,
you should keep each other accountable.
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