We had a very fruitful team retreat last week at Aloha Loyang.
I remember going into our week rather stressed… worried in my own ‘performance-oriented’ self that the program would not work out well, people may not enjoy themselves, etc.etc.

But God gently (and lovingly) reminded me to just pray.. and specifically to pray that ‘we’ll all meet God in a special way this week’. I had not idea then why I had to pray that way… but now I do.

And I’m happy to say He did! Not only did the whole week’s program turn out quite smoothly, I believe God met with each person in their specific need. On Thursday morning, Pat led us to consider a passage from Colossians. Little did he know from that point on, God had set aside the whole morning for us a team to pour out to each other honestly about where we are. Different ones began to open up, and shared vulnerably, about their journey, as they process difficult things in their own lives. It’s hard to describe it all in words. By all measure it was definitely a Spirit-led time, no man could have engineered such a kind of atmosphere of openness, and of love and acceptance.

Thank you Lord, for meeting us! =)