The Area Wide/Exodus/Best Friends Retreat was amazing this year. Only my third I've ever been on but easily the best. We had the most kids we've ever had this year as well as the most churches. It was great to see how it had grown and how a "small" retreat had become to a lot of people there a really big deal.
The them of Refresh was really good this year and I had a lot to take home with me but as the title suggest that isn't really what I'm talking about is it?
I really wanted to post on something that happened during the retreat. On Sunday, the full day at camp several of us were participating in the wonderful game of "ninja". When a kid from another church (that turned out to be autistic) that I didn't know said he wanted to teach us another game similar to ninja. We all ignored him for another three games until he began yelling that he wanted to teach a game. Immediately everyone sat down (including me) and he was left alone. It seemed as if we would wait for him to give up trying to get us to play his game when one girl came to his rescue and stood up. Now of course once this happened and she asked us to get up and play we did, tentatively.
But why at this retreat of Christian's did no one stand up to help, to do what was the right thing and just play the game with him. It wasn't until we were following a crowd that it was OK for us to do it. But we really should've been following Jesus and not having to be the "first" to play but everyone simply saying "OK".
I felt bad about it so I felt like I needed to write it out a bit.
Other than that it was an amazing retreat I think the Loft was an amazing atmosphere for worship with how it was open to nature, high up, slightly compact, and a gym mat. How can 300 kids not have fun with that? Can't wait to go next year.
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