"Moving Forward" ! *My first retreat in the states*

Why I said it's in the states? As the retreat is quite deep inside the mountain. It's around Auburn, WA. :) :) :) It's near the southern Washington.

I went there with Ci Angie that accidentally went too far south, but she realized it in short time which made the reroute to be faster than it could be. :). Sorry for squeezing you Kerrie. :P :P . But she fell asleep, so I think that was not that bad... huahuahua

We left my house at around 3.40/3.50 and arrived at the Camp Berachah at around 5.30/ 5.40.
It was a fun car ride though, as we talked about so many things that will take me days to write it here (so exaggerating!). *Actually I feel quite disappointed that my phone was out of battery at the start of the second day.. Dang it. @_@. So the photos were from my friends' fb. :P

When we arrived there, Elvis and I went to the room with Tony, who arrived there earlier, haha. :P We had a dinner and then the first session! :) . Ps. Daniel Harafi is a really funny pastor/preacher (which one yah?). He didn't feel uncomfortable to share so many things with the people that mostly he just met at that day. He talked about how a big church is a big power, which means that we are the church and we will have power. To make the long story short, then he did an outercall, for people that wants to make themselves the "churches". He emphasized that you should not go in front just because there were many people did it. I questioned myself if I was really capable of it? At last, I decided that I will not go in front, as I don't want to 讲白话(makes a promise that I can't keep). But as we worshiped God when they were praying, I regretted that I didn't go in front. I didn't know if i made a correct choice to not make an empty promise. I believe that God knows it, and it's just about the timing. After we finished the sermon, we played a "fair" jeopardy. It was one-sided somehow. We went back to our room, and we tried to set up our stuffs in place (luggage, bedsheets, bolster, blanket)
. Then we decided to take a shower first, Elvis brought a Chinese Chess (象棋）, he taught Hadi to play it, and I think he succeed (?).

After sometimes, we decided to go out (to the a big hall connected to the four separate dormitories). We played "Mafia" until 2.30 am. hahaha, But I got on bed at 3.00, and finally fell asleep at 3.30 am. I woke up at 8.00 am (which is the time the breakfast starts (opps)), and I just made my hair wet and went straight to the breakfast, I think I had some scrambled eggs and sausages, and a small carton of milk. That was the first really really western breakfast that I ever had in the states(so lame). Lol... I went back to take a shower and there we goes, second sermon, it's about that being a big church, we will have a big life.

We had some free time after that to do a talent show in the night. It was from 1.30 till 4.00. But, I played volleyball instead, I am a really bad volleyball player, as I don't really play it before and that we lost two tight sets before losing the last one, I had to go to practice. The practice was quite fun, nevertheless we decided to make a drama, about a son that asked for his father's wealth and left his house, he impregnated a woman and after he met a religious girl in a class, he realized his sin and fault, he went back to the pregnant girl and decided to take responsibility of her. I played the role as the teacher in the class and the father of the pregnant girl. Hahaha, I never know that playing a drama will be such a 快感！！！ haha.

I played volleyball from 1.15 pm to 3.30 pm (?). My hands still hurt now, and I will be playing tennis tomorrow. orzz. :P. After finished talking about the drama, I played ping-pong with my roommates and friends as many others are going to the holy baptism, so they can speak in tongue with God. I didn't join that as I already went through it before, but i feel some regrets, because I want to experience it again, but when I realized it, it was too late. The situation just didn't allow me to go there. I played ping-pong until 5.45 pm/6.00 pm. Although sometimes my friends made joke about my name, which I dislike the most, I just laughed it off, I don't have other choices I think. Then we had dinner, I think that we had chickens and rice for that night, but because I haven't taken my shower yet, I finished it like really quick(because I saw Elvis and Tony left without calling me >___< ). I caught up with them though haha, and after shower we went there, and the pastor called the people who are able to speak in tongue right now, to tell us how they feels. I was happy when I saw my friends stood in front there. :) . Especially Sonia who accepts Jesus by now. *plok plok plok* as Ps. Dan said that even if only for one soul, we need to clap for them.
I really feel happy for them as they can speak in tongue with God right now. But, I just don't want them to take it for granted, that they will not make fun of it. *hopefully*. :)

To make the long story realllllyyyy short. We went through day 3 with the same pattern but,
- I woke up at 8.30 am.
- We played drama
- We, as NSCC district, were the first place! :)
- We 游车河-ed from Auburn to almost Everett. :P
- I supported a child now. :) , so he can go to school and live up to His name. :)

Gracias[thanks(?)]
Fai