June 3, 2008

•   So last Wednesday, Anth calls me and is like “Hey Kev, you still coming to the retreat?”
  Now, originally I had planned on going only if I was able to get a scholarship. Apparently, I got one, but I was never informed due to some miscommunication. So I ended up finding out that I was going to go on an Ambassadors retreat, packing, and leaving to drive there on my own, all within a few hours. Although actually driving there on my own instead of being in a bus did take away some of the allure, it was good to be back at Lake Geneva again. That retreat center has so many memories for me- of Teen Camp, MEIV Fall Retreat freshman year, a few CBCNWS retreats during high school, and numerous other Ambassadors retreats during my early years of college. Lake Geneva is almost as sentimental to me as Cedar Campus now. It was a bit strange to be back in Ambassadors after (seemingly) al this time. Everyone’s younger, and there are a lot of new faces. Even past hurts and rejections… has been forgotten. Anyways, throughout the week, I was in the theology workshop. It was very interesting. It was also a blessing to be reminded of the vitalness of prayer by the daily devotionals that Kensen lead. I think in the end what I appreciated most about the retreat was that it was an opportunity to get away from the slum of life I’ve backslidden into and be poured into a lifestyle of discipline, purpose, and true joyous living. It went from semi-cleaning my room and procrastinating every day, playing video games and slacking off until late hours into the night, and waking up late to waking up early every day, being well fed physically and spiritually, and being sustained socially, emotionally, and physically through fellowship and basketball.

  So anyways, I got back home on Sunday. I hope I don’t let myself backslide anymore and actually be somewhat productive, cleaning my room and maybe even getting a little reading done. Actually, I did manage to finish cleaning my room today.

  
  Here it is! My new natural habitat. You can see I have a pretty sweet entertainment system set up.

  Zooming in a little closer…

  
  …anyone who plays Final Fantasy VII would realize how sick this is, and why I’ve been missing for so long

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