Fall Retreat 2014

This past weekend we went on fall retreat with the SOC. I promise it felt like Christmas morning when I woke up last Friday. 1. It was freezing in my apartment 2. because I knew we were leaving that day for retreat!!!!   There is just something SO refreshing and encouraging about being away, with hardly any cell phone reception, with your brothers and sisters in Christ for a WHOLE weekend! Plus, being in one of the most beautiful places!!!! We went to Camp Discovery, which is about 45 mins away from Cookeville. We had over 70 people this year. 70!!!!! We had to take 3 vans and some people drove up separately as well.   We had a "stress session" the girls and guys split up into separate groups. There were rules though which I thought were appropriate: -Don't talk about someone that's not there to defend themselves. -You are a Christian, act like it (no gossiping or tattling) -It's not a confession session (don't feel the need to confess all of the things you have ever done wrong) At first none of the girls really wanted to say anything but then someone said something and then everyone started. It was so good! Galatians 6:2 tells us to "Bear one another's burdens" and that is exactly what we did. There were tears and there was laughter but mostly there was encouragement. I have never been more proud to be apart of such a great group of girls.   I left Camp Discovery feeling closer to all those sweet girls and refreshed!  

The girls!

 

 

 

 

   It was the best weekend, with the best people, at the best place!                                     

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Fall Retreat 2014

before it's too late

That was our theme and topic this past weekend and what a great weekend it was!!   Everything from the classes, lesson, singing, bonding, fellowship to the food was great! Retreats are my favorite and this one did not disappoint.   We went to Short Mountain which is about an hour away from Cookeville. The narrow and bumpy road going up the hill can be pretty scary and of course I looked out the window right when the guard rail ended but obviously we made it in one piece. I was told it gets very cold up there at night so I felt like I was packing to go to Alaska

 

 

    We had an AWESOME speaker who just hit the nail on the head with everything he said. The topic was a great one I think. We talked about different things we need to do before it's too late, how to be better Christians and not to care so much what people think. He said that one of the main things holding us back on sharing our faith and talking to others about our faith is the fear of what others think. One of my favorite things our speaker said was "We will never be able to do anything as well as serve God because that is what we are called to do" and I couldn't agree more.  
Short Mountain is one of the prettiest places and the views off the mountain are incredible during the day and during the night.

  Here is the view when you walked out of our cabin.

 

 

and here is the view up to our cabin. It was like going on a hike every time we went to and from the cabins.

 

There are a few small caves and we decided to check one out during free time

 

 

 



 

The guys always like to play football and Jenny and I cheered on our men!

 

 

The view from behind their house is absolutely amazing! It's actually that 1st picture up there ^

 

 

twinning

 

Brotherly lovin

 

Most of the girls that were in our cabin!

 

Love our new shirts we got for the retreat!

 

 

 

roommates!!

 

 

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before it's too late