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A song from my childhood ...it still gets me every time!

Well, what can I really say about the recent trip to Whistler. We were there for a Leadership retreat for the St.Bernadette Youth/Young Adult Ministry. This was the first retreat for our the leadership core in more than a year. To be totally honest I was not very excited to go up there. I was starting to question my role in the ministry and I was certain this trip was just going to be another event that would drive me away from it. I felt I was forced to go to this retreat. I knew if I really wanted to I could've faked something and not have gone. But for some reason I was compelled to see if I could find some answers and figure out what role I really wanted to take in the church. I reluctantly accepted that I would go to this retreat and at least find the answers I was looking for.

Leaving for Whistler, I was in a very bad mood. I kept asking myself "why did I have to go to this retreat?", "why was the retreat so far away?", "what's so special about Whistler!?". To me, going to whistler for a retreat was a huge inconvenience and totally unecessary. The whole process of trying to get to Whistler was a pain in the ass, and it added to my ever growing resentment towards the the trip and youth ministry. Taking a bus, skytrain and greyhound to whistler is not what I call fun! You know what;s also not fun ... getting to Whistler and finding out that your digital camera was lost! This retreat started out just as I had hoped, and ...I was miserable.

But, you know what ... the rest of the weekend went surprisingly well.

to be continued ...

new song from Omarion ... im likin it!

So it's set, me and the ym crew going to whistler in 2 weeks for a retreat ... ionno why but I think this is gonna be dope!

Have you ever had one of those great chill sesh with friends at a restaurant/etc. where the group was the loudest in the place. Letting go for just a few seconds of laughter and hilarity is all we really need to get through life. Theres nothing that can replace a good laugh with friends. Driving to Richmond in a cramped ass car at night just for sushi might be a horrible thing for most people, but tonight ... that shit just put fuel to our laughing fire!

Today I went to my 3rd funeral within the year. When I first heard that a fellow Youth Ministry member, had passed away (last Thursday) I thought ... not again! Three funerals in a year is way too many. I know there is nothing I can do and life is unexpected. But when you see so many people that you've grown relationships with pass on, you'll start to wonder what does it all mean. Where did we go right/wrong and what was our contribution to the world!?


RIP all ... see you on the other side

finally back posting on the good ol' blog. NTS, update this site more often