Steubenville West-09..."Above All"

Wait!! did I just copy Bernie's title? well.aha. This weekend is a weekend to remember for my whole life. I came in as a lost person, and I didn't even know who I'am. Now that I came home from the retreat I just realized that I have been neglecting alot of people in my life including God. Going there was really fun. I was with Gabe, Jarren, Bernie, Michael, Bobby "rubber toe", and other people. It was fun but Gabe and Michael always tried to scare us because if we slept, they woud do something horrible to us. But half way in the trip we all knocked out. hehe. We stopped alot of times in the trip. I probably spent 25 bucks going there, for buying food. We had 13 hour ride because we detoured a lot. It was a traffic jam because there was a fire burning. Good thing we prayed for them and it made me fell how lucky we were not to be in that situation. It was frigging hott. Good thing we sat on the back so we can ventilate. When we got there it was about 110 degrees. nah im just exaggerating. it felt like it tho. but we took the girls to there dorm then we went to our dorm. It was so nice. it was also cold, but who cares it was worth it.aha. Well that day was a very tiring day, including the evening session. Adoration was really the deepest time for me because that is when I'm really open to him. It made me cry a lot. Also, the guy talk was also deep. I finally understand how to treat myself and girls better because I thought guys were a superiority. I sleep at around 1:30 and wake up at 5:45. We go to breakfast at around 6:00. So yeah. What affected me the most was me learning to control my moods and anger, because I get mad for no reason. Well the entertainment was really nice but Ima put that at the end of my blog. Our last adoration was Saturday and that opened my eyes to let me give everything in my life to God because I know I will feel safe if I give him everything. Well we left at around 2:30 and then stopped by at the ostrich feeding thingy and it was really cool. But no offense those ostriches are stupid, they fall for anything. i made a lot of new friends in the retreat even people fro my own parish. Well hopefully in the near future I finally have a better vision of the future because I really want to know what God has in store for me. And lastly Jasmine right now is my life because we have changed alot for the past 2 years which I think will grow in the distant years. Well I think I'm done now so yeah. a great way to end this blog is, by putting my favorite verse in the bible, and a speaker named Michael said this and it touched my heart. Here it is:

Romans 8:38-39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord.

Here is a recap of my experience in Steubie:

1. "Soooooooooooommmmmeeerrrrrr 09"- Michael Barrera
2. "Ain't no party like a catholic partaaaayyyy....Ain't no party like a catholic party cuz a catholic party never stops..UUUUUUUGGHHHHHHHHHH!"- Father Stan
   
3. Great speakers in the retreat. Also, a person to remember Ashley.
4. "If you want to, if you want to"- Righteous B
5. Deep talks in the van with Jarren, Bernie, Michael, and bobby
6. Really nice food
7. Frigging hott in Arizona man!
8. Nolan as my roomate :) good times
9. Lesley, Jarren, and Boo-Boo (Booobs) trying to jerk
10. Jarren, me , and Boo-boo saying "heyyyyyyyyyyyy cuttttiiiieee"
11. singing while waiting for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
12. "Pocket deuces son, pocket deuces..Undefeated for 18 years in a row baby"-Randy
13. Bernie with Mr. Monkey, OMG! she's so hilarious
14. Ed and I acting gay all the time. :)
15. One word "Domination"
16. Theo, Michael, Bryan, and me always talking about deep stuff in the small group talks.
17. Always making Tina jealous, cuz I jacked Theo from her.
    
18. Always teasing Theresa and Tina.
19. Jarren and me torturing Bernie. aha.
20. Gabe with his socks.
    
21. My wiener is not a winner, it's a big winner" - IDK who said it I think it was Ed
22. Always holding Jasmine in adoration to connect to God.
23. Meeting Jerkers in Steubie
24. Thinking about the future.
25. Always wearing three clothes.
26. Getting close with alot of people. (Michael, Gabe, Theo, Theresa, Tina, Katrina, Brandon, Lesley, Bernie, Jarren, John, Bryan Manalo, Bryan Guardado, Nacho, Nolan, and last but not least GOD.
27. And of course hanging out with Jasmine. :)