Luke 18

Well I think I have recovered enough to share my awesome weekend. I little backround, Luke 18 is a retreat for 8th graders and is put on/lead by high school juniors & seniors(called disciples for the weekend). I was part of the adult team, more specificly helping the disicles get ready for the weekend. This would include training for share groups and preparing their talks in a nutshell. I have been part of this retreat for quite some time and actually went on the retreat when I was in 8th grade.
I am constantly amazed at the faith that I see in the youth and saw this yet again on the weekend. I won't go into great detail, but the disciples will give talks on various topics including how you see God, hurting & making up, and our gifts & talents. After each talk, the lukers (8th grades) go back to share groups with the disicples and discuss. Now of course there is fun stuff in there like relay races and a scavenger hunt.
The most powerful part of the weekend for me has always been Saturday night. This is when the hurting & making up talk is given and then if they choose, everyone writes letters to someone that has hurt them. If they want, they can then burn the letter and give it up to god. I did not write a letter because I had to make sure the fire did not go out of control. But just watching the letters burn was emotional for me.
Well that is all for now, and I will post pictures later. As I still need to upload them from my computer.