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**ivoryjess** · Joined: 19 May 2007 Posts: 73

Something weird is going on. I typed this exact same message a minute ago to post on Joe's poll, and the Becker Retreat was in Down and Going Events. My computer wouldn't let me post it and when it went back to the home screen, Becker Retreat was in Up and Coming Events and there were no posts at all in it. Creepy... I decided to just post it again.

I absolutely loved the retreat. I thought it was just as fun as last year (mostly... I don't know about the Mountain Dew thing...), but I also came away feeling like I did more talking to people, built deeper connections, and grew more personally. This made the event even greater for me. I most loved the prayer walk, talking to people, the music, exploring my own life and relationship with God, and just seeing God work in all the people around me. So pretty much everything?

But I'm wondering: Was the Becker Retreat bigger than I thought, or is someone just messing with me? The last few days have been awful for me, just really tough. Crying or Very sad

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

**lukefish** · Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 61

That's awesome! I'm glad you dug the retreat, I was really interested to see how it would go.

What do you mean by "Bigger than you thought"?

**ivoryjess** · Joined: 19 May 2007 Posts: 73

I mean, like what we talked about last year after Spring Blitz. Where you told us (and we found out!) that Satan would try especially hard to mess with us after the retreat and that that meant we were right on track and he didn't like it. Well, the last few days have been tougher and more painful than I ever expected, more than after Spring Blitz. Does that mean something happened on the retreat that Satan really hated and so he's really trying to mess with me now? I hope so, because otherwise I'm going to start crying. I might anyway. Crying or Very sad