Retreats, retreats, retreats

so i realized after the fact that my last post content was supposed to be a surprise.  thanks leah.  i mean i knew it was supposed to, but i just kind of forgot.   So the last week has been really good.  At the Elevate retreat i didn’t necisarily “hear” from God, but i definitely got something i desprately needed, brokenness.  God totally broke me off at that retreat.  I had gotten so caught up in doing ministry, that i forgot about the master.  without realizing it, i had let my heart grow hard.  When i would try to pray, i’d get distracted or bored.  I’d zone out when other people would pray, etc.  I barely even realized it.  And God just broke me.  it was amazing.  He also showed me that i have some really great friends.  My boy D.A. was there for me and it spoke alot about our friendship. Then last night we had the staff retreat, which was definitely something i valued being a part of.  Pastor Dino went through 15 traits that you need to have longevity.  Each trait was named after a person that had been with him since the church had opened.  after the sermon, he called all of them up on stage and then they did communion.  it was a very special moment.as i looked up on stage at the level of committment, loyalty, and dedication that each of those individuals had, i was struck with a sense of longing  for that.  I want to be able to look back on my life, and see the friends that have staid with me through thick and thin. I realized that i wanted to leave a dynasty with my life.  I wanted to leave something behind that would last.  So yeah. 

elevate retreat

So we head out today for our Elevate retreat. Location:  Frannyville.  It’s one of those bitter-sweet moments.  It’s going to be fun, but the full time students have to do this dance thing.  Our song: Bonjour from Beauty and the Beast.  So yeah, yours truly will be dancing around to one of the worst song ever.  Well not quite the worst, but I’m not too, too excited about it.  maybe if i ever learn to put pictures on here, we’d have some of those…oh welll later

sorry guys

it seems like i start most of my post with apologies for the lack of post, so why let you down now.  sorry guys for the lack of post, and i’m sorry to say that it’s not because i was busy or something.  i’ve been off of for the past 2 and 1/2 weeks and i definitely had time to post.  Well, i start back tommorrow and really cannot wait for it.  At first I was really bummed out that we only had 2 and a half weeks off as compared to college students 40 days, but i soon realized that outside of Elevate i don’t have much of a life.  after the first week off i was so bored. i’m supper pumped about starting back.so i’ll run through a few things that happened over the holidays.  i went to like 10 christmas parties, ate a ton of food, and played assasin’s creed like crazy.  this game is really, really good. a little violent, buy very entertaining. i also got to spend some much needed time with my family and friends.  While in elevate, i pretty much stick to my studies. so yeah, there’s more stuff, like going to probably 10 movies over the holidays, but i don’t remember them all. so yeah.. more till next post, which will HOPEFULLY be in less than a week….