Recap: Retreat
It was exactly like I thought it would be. A lotta fun, a little God. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s just my attitude towards it or maybe it’s the way things are designed. I had a great time with my friends. Stuff we did: Ultimate, Big 2 for push ups, Ultimate, Ben’s “party games”, stupid games like Black Magic, Snaps, etc, The Big 2 for push ups was mad fun. So stressful when someone’s almost done and you still have a fist full a cards. We had to do 2 push ups for each card left. One round, Sean and I had to do 24, meaning we only played one card the whole round … sad. Sean ended up doing the most push ups. The kid got rocked. So it was alot of fun, hangin’ w/ da boyz. Except when on Sunday night we played a stupid game for 3 HOURS! The YG kids couldn’t figure out “I know how to play this game, do you know how to play this game?” So dumb, (them and the game.) It really isn’t that hard … but they are YG kids. So yeah, lotta fun, but little God.
I just didn’t like the way sessions were designed. It was heavily catered to Married Couples. I think they were trying to split up the singles and couples into different groups for things that apply to them. While I see their intentions, I feel that it doesn’t really do that good of a job as bringing the church together. If anything, it creates more seperation. It was always the same people at the same things. And some of the general sessions weren’t very biblically based. And the retreat in general isn’t really hardcore like OIL or even Servants. But maybe it’s just me. There’s plenty of time for me to spend reading my Bible, or praying. But the attitude isn’t geared towards that. It’s for hanging out at night staying up late, then sleeping in, and playing ball or Ultimate, or sleeping more. Honestly, I feel the only reason why I go, is to see my friends whom I won’t really be able to see them much this summer. As a retreat, I feel it doesn’t rank very high. I hope things change for the better.