Retreat
Sorry it's taken so long to describe the retreat, but all I've been doing is sleeping. I've been sick and thus have been sleeping the entire day. The only reason I'm up now is that Eric thinks I'll never sleep tonight. I beg to differ, but I'm up now, for however short of time. I want to go back to sleep! :)
The retreat was really, really good. I enjoyed all the speakers. It made me realize that I do have a responsibility to encourage and mentor others. Whatever I do or say can have an influence on others. The prayer group that I was in was very encouraging, and I enjoyed every bit of that hour.
By my count, there were forty-two youth there. That's a lot! Representatives from OK, CO, IA, and KS were there. We were missing people from Sterling, Lawrence, Minneola, Sharon, and Longmont, but I think at least one person from every other congregation in this presbytery was there. That was so cool. I roomed with Anna and Sarah S. (there were three Sarahs there, all in the same house) in Matt and Amy's house. Saturday night we all sat in the hallway and talked until 3:30. I made it through most of Sunday alright, but I was glad to go to bed earlier (1:30) that night. When I left Monday, I was kind of glad that all retreats aren't this long even though the normal length is less than 24 hours. However, I was sad to see everyone leave. Some of them I won't see until April! :(
4 comments:
Eeeeeeewwwww! You're sick??!?!
I honestly thought you would have said "sicko" rather that "Eeeeeeewwwww!" :)
Okay, fine.
SICKO!!!!!
I've spent the last couple days sleeping, too. Hope you're feeling ok now.
Nobody in our room stayed up really late. The worst night was actually Sunday, when we had Evelyn sitting on the bed for fifteen minutes or so, and then when we (Rachel and I) were alone I gave Rachel a demonstration of how one steals a pillow while asleep, which made us both laugh uproariously. Then we went straight to sleep. -_-
I liked having all day Sunday, but by Monday I was very ready to go HOME!!! One's un-grumpy grumpiness can only last so long.... :o)
by the way, this is Elizabeth. My blogger alias is Annie Laurie, though, so that's what you'll see from now on... :)
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