I had the most amazing and touching weekend I have ever experienced before.
I was talked into going to a Spiritual Retreat called Chrysalis by some of my friends.
The reason for the name is because when we got there we were 'caterpillars' then after we left we had matured into beautiful 'butterflies' and the transformation is called Chrysalis.
It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. But describing it doesn't even come close to what it was. It's a thing everyone needs to experience. We stayed at a 'camp' with a dining hall conference room, and a dorm. We had five talks everyday, about all kinds of topics.
It was for Christians but something anyone would have enjoyed.
We were all broken down into little table groups with 5 people. We gave ourselves a name. My group was the BumbleBee Babez. Because their were three blonds and three brunettes. After a talk we would come up with a poster, skit, poem, rap, or whatever to summarize what it was about. At the end of each night we held a party and showed all our things we had created.
We didn't know what time it was the entire time. They took away all our phones, electronics, watches, and they told us 'Participate, don't Anticipate.' It was a relaxing weekend not to have to worry about anything.
We ate three huge meals every day. One day breakfast included biscuits and gravy, sausage, muffins, scrambled eggs, yogurt, and fruit. It was crazy. There was also a table in the conference hall that had any snack food you could imagine available all day. Chips, cookies, cake, beef jerky, crackers and cheese, fruit dip, salsa, soda, and all kinds of other things. We were always too full from meals to eat it though.
Every time we went outside, when we came back their were always little presents sprinkled all over our beds. There were presents at our table every time we had to eat, or do a talk. Just little cute things with little sayings on them, it was nice.
One night they loaded us up into a bus and took as a few miles away to a church. The lights were out, except a little flickering down a hall, and we could hear some sort of chanting. We were sure we were going to be murdered or something. Haha. But when we went down the hall there were hundreds of people holding candling, singing, and smiling. It was so touching to see that many strangers, they hugged us, and just radiated love. It was very beautiful, yet thinking back now it sounds pretty weird. lol. I guess you have to see it. Everyone was crying, boys and girls.
We did many more things, and had a ton of fun. Although it's just not easy to describe. All of us came away refreshed and in good moods, whether Christian or not, anyone there would of went away without a doubt of God's Presence.
Now to catch back up on all my school.
