Parousia Retreat

it's been awhile since i last updated, i admit i've been abit lazy since i came home lol. the parousia retreat this wknd was really good. i was encouraged to see that others wanted to make parousia into something more and that parousia is growing. Parousia is the university fellowship at my church and for some time they had trouble getting ppl to go. since alot of ppl are out of town it's expected that less ppl go to parousia during the yr, but for some reason even when ppl come back still not alot of ppl went. some went back to help out in agape or basic, the high school fellowships and i guess because of this ppl weren't attracted to go since their friends weren't there. i was very glad that most of my grade did decide to go to parousia and just by going to parousia it's making a difference b/c more ppl are willing to come.

the place we went to was called the Ontario Pioneer Camp. it was really pretty there, they had a lake and we got to go canoeing... it was really funny cuz our canoe never went straight! we travelled by going left and right, left and right.. lol. everything was good except for the mosquitos! they were everywhere!!! oh i feel so itchy rite now, lol. i had a funny feeling when i came home last nite. i went to the retreat without much expectations and untroubled. untroubled in terms of my relationship with others. but when i came home i felt troubled... i realized that there were a lot of of friendships that i decided to disconnect myself from. alot of friendships from high school and elementary school that i never really made a good effort to keep up with. frienships i decided to be cold to because of silly conflicts. it bothered me to see that i stopped caring for some of them and that i didn't make myself available to them. so i'm going to start trying now, my mission to connect with those i've disconnected with and to build up courage to confront those who i've lost confidence in. i guess during my first university yr i've been very busy worrying abt myself and that prevented me from caring abt others.