It's always important to make time for God.

My class and I took a

spiritual retreat to Whispering Winds, in Julian. It was a time to change, a

time to find not only myself but God in others. Retreat was a very special

time for me. I had the chance to spend 3 days alone with my friends and

teaches getting to know them and accepting them in their strengths and

weaknesses. Each day we had time with our designated groups and a time

to be alone and reflect on how we could change as a person and grow closer

to God.

I learned so many things about myself and my friends. I learned

things about myself that I never thought I would think about myself, I also

learned that people care for me and that they value who I am. I learned

about my classmates and their lives outside of school. I thought I knew

them, but you never know a person until you have a chance to talk. I got to

know how their home lives were like, how they felt, what they thought of

themselves, and they relationship with God. All throughout retreat I

learned to give myself, spiritually, to God. To have faith and to just open

my palm and letting God place whatever needs to be given to me, given.

Our retreat theme, was “I am the light of the world” and I truly see that

now after retreat.

I would love to go to retreat again. It was one of the best moments I

have had in the 8th grade year. I thought everything at retreat was as is
should be. God was setting the path for the next activities and everything

was perfect. I would not change anything about retreat.

Retreat in all levels connected to the SLE, of Faith Centered because

all throughout retreat I felt closer to God then I ever had. Retreat was

about finding God in not only yourself in others. One day at retreat we

read a bible verses to went along with our theme which was I am the light

of the world.

I not only felt close to God, but I also felt closer to myself. One of the

days we were in Julian we went to mass in a private chapel in the middle of

nature. Having a private ceremony was very special because that is

something I have never experienced. We did activities that had to do with

trust and patience and kindness towards one another. I went to seek God,

and I found Him in myself and in others. I have taken what I learned from

retreat and applied it after retreat as well.