ThE ReTrEaT.....

Last Saturday and Sunday, March 24-25, 2007, we had our retreat. That was really an unforgettable event for me. It was the time where we heal the hurts, ask forgiveness to those we had offended and forgive those who are asking forgiveness to us. It was important for us especially that the end of our journey is near and soon we will go to our separate ways. We met first in the school, 8:00 am; I arrived late so I danced as a consequence for being late.
The first activity was about predicting the possible outcomes. We were asked to answer a questionnaire which contains questions about our family, school, and our love life. Also one of the activities that I could not forget was the activity called, positive stroking. We formed a circle, there were those who were in inside the circle. They will seat and close their eyes and then there will be people at their back who will be exchanging turns and will whisper to them their positive characters. That activity made me cry and I never expected that it will touch my heart. After that we took our lunch and then we get back to the school immediately because the jeepneys were already there. It was about 12:30 when we left from UP high and then we finally arrived in our venue, St. John Mission. We rested for a while then we went to the session hall to start the first talk and our orientation. Our first activity was about loving yourself, if it is right or wrong. Then we took our snacks and went back to start with the third talk. After that, we had our confessions. After the confessions, it was time for dinner. Then we proceed with our next activity after dinner, the circle of love. It was definitely the best part of the retreat. We gave a candle to a person whom we had offended and we ask for an apology. The activity lasted for more than two hours because of our long speeches. After the activity, we gave hugs to the people all around. After that, it was time to sleep, but guess what? We never slept right away. We, the boys still talked and we had fun that we enjoyed every moment of that retreat. There was also a farting orchestra(see www.nicomartinenego.blogspot.com for more more informations). After that we had a picture taking inside our quarters. We really enjoyed that we slept almost 3:30. We woke up 5 in the morning. We immediately took a bath and then ate our breakfast. The retreat is about to end. We had one last talk and then we had a mass. After the mass, its time to go home. There were only two jeepneys so I was included in the last batch, and so we still had a time tour in the celestial garden. It was really nice there. After the tour we finally went back to UP and then we went home.That retreat could only happen ones in our life and I will never ever forget those two days of fun. I was so thankful because that retreat solved one of my biggest problem and healed the biggest wound I had.