Retreat Goodness…. (some memorable moments)
-my first glance at the foosball (seriously couldn’t breathe, laughing too hard)…I have never seen any foosball men as hideous as these foosball men (imagine orange skin, Elvis hair, blue dots for eyes, enlarged bright red pouty lips and one fat leg—dressed in a skirt)
-John’s incessant diarrhea scares from the lactose in his tea….bahaha…nerd…
-maadd struggles with the racist phone…wouldn’t let us call Collect from where we were…only to the US….WHY would we need to call them? I don’t know.
****talking/praying to/with Jaime about anything/everything until the wee hours of the morning. I love this girl—she is my hero…we are far too much alike.
-charades/games (intimacy?? ZERO cool)…acting out vegetables and fruits is easy when you point to the colour on someone’s shirt :P
-foosball at any spare moment of the day
***the hardcore sharing time…everyone spilled their guts…it was really good (now I feel like I know everyone!)
-our eating at 2 in the morning for 2 hours (maad tea, pork ‘nuggets’, maad oranges, chips, narsty popcorn, cookies= bloatedness)
-chatting in the bunks for a long time (I love awkward silence…it’s fun to watch people’s faces when they feel uncomfortable)
-the discovery of the ultra-freaky Santa man and scary child on the mug!! Bahahahaa….those people have weird mugs.
****our hiking experience (maad fun) finding the best spots, then being mega-cold—went back, changed everything—back to more hiking!
-more foosball
-PJ’s hardcore sermons.
*****sitting on the log right on top of the river (feet dangling= pants getting dirty) waiting for 2.5 hours and watching the ‘sun’ rise…errr—or our surroundings getting brighter
*getting 13 minutes of sleep
-our ‘open-panel’ discussion….good start, bad ending…sooo bad…ZERO cool…
-getting lost on the way home….what a waste of gas….
-finding out that Mr. Chan got in an accident on the way to the retreat—but knowing that he wasn’t injured :P
*listening to Griff talk in her sleep about doing math in school…sooo funny…soo bad….poor girl
*****knowing that God put the retreat together and that every ounce of effort/prayer/struggle/faith was more than absolutely worth it, throughout the whole process.

….all that I can say, is that corporate prayer really works and is really necessary, that our task in life is to figure out God’s will for us and then do it (whole-heartedly, never losing sight of Him and the purpose in the process), that God keeps his promises, that you need faith in order for anything to work and that you have no power to change people (their motives/their attitudes/their behavior)—all you can do is pray for them…

Birthday wish list:
-thick, flat, fat bright red shoe laces (for me boots mate!)
-old man hat—like the one Justin wears in the ‘like I love you’ video…at the end!
-spectral rainbow-spot filter/cross screen- star filter (4X or 12X)/center-spot Lens +3 (point lens)
-to not have an exam on my birthday!
-to not get older
-something that I didn’t know I wanted
-to make sense someday

Sermon notes: for bebe jai
Galatians 6:1-5 (Dr. Dennis)
*when you carry and learn to carry the burden of others, you are a spiritual man*
1) corporate prayer – those facing burdens need people to pray for them. When people carry your burdens, your burdens will be buried—mad Holy Spirit action!
2) bear one another’s burdens effectively—must be selective. Be partial in your affection for people. Pour your soul into those you’ve selected—given to you by God.
3) ease the burdens of others in your assurance of your presence, that you will always be there for them.