Retreat weekend

so this weekend i was in big bear. . .

it all started friday @ 3pm. we stopped @ in &&& out for some burgers (animal style) &&& mickey d's for their new mc cafe frappes :)because we couldn’t find a starbucks... so my friends dropped us of @ in &&& out so they could go get the drinks but they got lost on the way back to in &&& out this took them 40 min....they were really lost! . . . after that we had sing-along in the car till we got to big bear :) it was the funnest thing ever singing to mexican love<3 music .

once we got there we had presentations on who everybody was, why they were here &&& tells us regular info like age fav. color &&& what not. after that they had dinner &&& then a topic on the <3 of GOD. That night Jay R a catholic singer who calls himself (the prophet) sang to them &&& talked to them about their conciense &&& listening to the good &&& evil thoughts inside your head in order to make correct decisions in your life.

after all the topics were done that night we had girls night talk :) where we talked till the wee hours of the morning day. . .we talked about who was the mentor of the girls, why they came to the retreat , what they would like to do w/ their life &&& what they wanted to change &&&/or receive. these girls were so decided to change their life because they had done drugs &&& other stuff that they knew it wouldnt didnt bring any good into their life. so w/ the <3 of God they knew that they were going to be able to let go of that addiction they have.

the boys on the other hand were the hmmmm lesson to my weekend. because 1/2 were ok &&& the other 1/2 didnt really want to change or were just hesitant of changing because throughout the retreat some were still hanging on to the stuff they thought they needed to still do in order to be who they thought they were. these kids.....smh. but in the end i realized that was just their defense mechanism of hiding who they were &&& a reason to call attention upon themselves.

that sat. was good alot of kids knew &&& realized that God was there for them whenever they needed anything they just need to praise him &&& let him know that they need some help. that night alot of them left there life on the altar &&& decided to become new changed kids for the <3 of God! :) i cried for having God give me such a great opportunity of seeing how he can break chains even in those that are enslaved by those wordly addictions.

that night we had a campfire &&& had our singers &&& guitarists there singing for us &&& playing angel baby &&& hotel california. we were just there under our covers hugging &&& enjoy nature, looking @ the stars &&& joking around. that night ended @ 1am.

I learned from these kids that there were so many things that made me realize how God really does exist in more than one way….&&& also how there are living miracles &&& God can turn someones world upside down even if it is horrible in more than 1 million ways. Some of these kids made me cry, laugh, understand why they were pushing my buttons, &&& wish I could put them in my pocket &&& protect them from the wordly stuff around them.

i will always have the thoughts of these kids going through these different situations. because they have been through hell &&& bacc &&& all have decided they were going to leave it up to God.