Church Retreat

This weekend, I went on a church retreat. I was dreading it once Friday came around. I had to leave right after school and get back at 7 on Sunday. I had a group of friends going, and they were are in the same mindset as me. When we got there, we were pretty close-minded. We were just ragging on all the kids who were getting into the singing and just making fools of themselves. The next morning I woke up in a different state of mind. It felt like a dream, but didn't at the same time. I started to become a little more loose and accepting. Later that morning, I went to confession for the first time in 8 years. It was quite possibly the best feeling I have ever felt in my life. Afterwards we broke up into small groups and just hung around for several hours. We ended up having a service right before we went into adoration. For those of you who don't know what adoration is, it's a ritual the catholics believe in. It's supposed to bring God into the same room as you in a physical form. So basically, it was sitting in a room for an hour and a half on your knees. I didn't get anything out of it, but others did. Some people started balling in tears and others sleeping. One kid actually passed out, and woke up speaking in tounges. I was happy for it to end because I didn't get anything out of it. My friends and I wander around the camp grounds for some time then decide to sit down on a porch. It was around 11:00 PM that three of my friends wanted to head back to the cabin to shower and wash up. My friend, Eric, and I stayed back on the porch. We are sitting there and are just hanging around with the other people on the porch. Then we saw this white figure that started in the middle of the lake and ran across the pond/lake. It was moving at about 40 MPH. At the end of the lake, there's a steep hill drop off thing. The white figure ran straight over the hill and was floating in mid air for about 10 seconds. My friend and I were the only people to see it. We decide to go over to the lake to check this out. Once we start walking over to the lake, my hair starts to stand on end, it became really cold, and my eyes started watering. It was as if I was crying, but I wasn't. There was just water running though my eyes, but I was completely calm. We left the lake about 30 minutes afterwards to go back to the cabin. When I walk, there's no one in there. People start to enter our cabin about 10 minutes after I'm sitting there, they ask me if I'm sick. They said my face was as pale as a sheet of paper. I tell them what happen, some believe us, some don't. My friends and I go to sleep. The next day, we say our goodbyes and leave. I have decided to take the sighting as a sign. I'm going to start going to church again, and give my religion and church another chance. Believe me, this was the craziest experience of my life.

That sounds pretty cool.

I myself never did one confession and never been to church in 8 years. Until I see a sign ill live like i am.

So does this mean you will be less of a prick or the same here?

The first day I thought I was drugged, but realized I hadn't had any liquid or food from there.

mbro wrote: Eesh, what was in ther food there? Did they have mushrooms on the pizza?

Purple Koolaid.

You're just going to have to believe me. I really can't explain it to the fullest. I would not even consider this unless it was something huge.

Or if we all go nowhere when we die, atleast, I enjoyed my sleeping in on sundays.

WGP guy wrote: Apu wrote: This just happens to come about while at Jesus Boot Camp... Why do you post in your own topics as a different name and comment to yourself?

I'm not Apu. That was a joke..

I'm having a difficult time with religion right now.
I believe in God and Jesus and the Bible, but I have disagreements on a lot of things with my church (and most other churches as well).

I read the Bible and see completely different things than most people. I can't stand when people tell me I'm wrong because my interpretation of the Bible is different than theirs, and so I haven't been to church in like 3 months.

I also think Christians are just too dang pushy about stuff.

I'm with xteam

Wow