It was a gorgeous place. I have a six-page summary on notebook paper. I will pick out the most interesting stuff to put on my blog. (ATF is a group of Presbyterian Church youth groups that get together every spring for a weekend retreat.)
Friday Evening
Got to Twin Lakes. Settled in. Planned to hang out with Rebecca and Kennedy (Kennedy is a girl:)) Went to worship. Shortly after worship met Collin. Collin was the only person in his Youth group and didn't know anyone. Made plans to meet him at breakfast Saturday morning. Added another friend to our group. Went to bed. The girls in my cabin played truth or dare. I didn't get involved after the first girl picked "truth." Went to sleep.
Saturday
Woke up and took a shower. Met Collin and Kennedy at breakfast. Talked about morning plans over eggs, hash-browns and sausage. Went to worship and small groups. Went to the Swings which went like 30 feet into the air... or higher. We decided to go Canoeing. Piled 4 people into one canoe built for no more than 3 people. Got sick of that within 10 minutes. Went to the tree-house. Talked about big rifles and the Navy and Marines. Played volleyball. Lost the ball in the lake. Got the ball out of the lake for the second time and gave up. Went to the pavilion. Too loud there. Made plans to play spotlight tag that evening with another friend. Crossed the bridge to hammock Island. We all rolled down the Hill. Went to the tree-house again. Went Kayaking. Talked about hunting... which only Collin and Kennedy knew what we were talking about. Rebecca and her friend had no idea what we were talking about so we changed the subject. :) Me and Kennedy and Collin talked about dreading highschool next year. Went to lunch. Talked about afternoon plans over burgers. Got a soda.Went to swing again. Almost threw up from going so fast. Went to the pier. Stuck my feet in.... my feet were numb within 10 seconds. The water was COLD!!!! Talked about preachers' kids. Collin's dad is a (preacher) and high expectations. Went back to the tree-house. Went to "happy hill" which should really be "UN happy hill". It started raining. Got wet. Went to the worship room. Talked about favorite Scripture and Prayed for a nice night. It stopped raining. Went to supper. Went to evening worship. Went to small groups. Went to put my Bible up. Decided that this had been the best day of my life. Went to the talent show thing-a-ma-jigger. 8th grade boys won 1st place. my group (8th grade girls won 2nd place. and 7th grade boys won 3rd place. Went outside. it was raining and we got all wet. The rain stopped, but it was too wet to play spotlight tag. We were just walking along talking about the day when 3 freaked-out girls ran up to us saying that one of the guys from my Sunday school class was hurt pretty badly. When we got to the basket ball court, he was for the most part ok... possibly a slight concussion... thankfully no stitches were needed.This got the conversation about personal injuries started..... rather an interesting topic. Talked about Marines and the Navy and the Airforce and World War II again. Said goodnight and went to bed. Thought about the day and prayed that everyone I met would be back next year.
Sunday Morning
Went to breakfast. Went to worship. Hung around till it was time to leave. Said goodbye to all the people I met. Hoping everyone would be back next year. Rode home... if you know me personally, you probably know that I am never quiet. Well, I was silent on the way back to our church. Had too much to process and think about I guess. Got back to the church. Went home and took a very much needed nap.
Maybe you can see why this was the best weekend of my life. Gotta run... Blog later! :-)
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