Re- Encounter & Mothers Day

REGR = Re-Encounter God Retreat. Its an Encounter God Retreat, but for members of the church who have already attended an EGR in the pass. So like. RE-Encounter, we are encountering again. Yeah!

The REGR or i guess, RGR... was hecka dope! A 3 day retreat. Sounds like it would be somewhere far away right? Well its not. Its just at church. My pastors are the ones who taught all the lessons. All the lessons are veryyy informational. I think thats a word. Byeah, it was awesome.

Today we learned heckaa too! We each found out our spiritual gifts from God. I found out my gifts were...
Music, the distinctive ability to make a significant contribution to a worship experience through singing and playing a musical instrument.
Craftsmanship, according to the questionnaire thingy i filled out, i have the ability to use my hands and mind to benefit other believers through artistic and creative ways.
Evangelist, the distinctive ability to share the good news of Jesus Christ with others in such a way that many non-Christians believe in Christ and are converted to Christianity.

Sounds dope right !? I found out that i have a "Locust" type of personality. the "Networker." The Locust has a party-oriented personality. Some characteristics of a locust are, influencing, charismatic, and idk. The biblical example of the locust type personality is the apostle peter!

I also learned that its better to serve, than to be served. We had the chance to serve one another by washing each others feet, or the person you felt led to serve. Back in the days, im talking WAYYY back when... washing of the feet was like the lowest job or something that you can have. Gets? So our pastors served us by washing our feet, then we had a chance to serve by the washing of the feet. I washed my parents feet, cus i was led to=] TBH, i felt good. REALL good. You may be thinking gross! you just rubbed their feet, and you said you feel good. GUH ROSS. But no, i felt good about it. Im gonna try by bestest from now on, to serve my parents. If they tell me to do something, ill do it without complaining.

At the end of the night there was a alter call. Everyone was part of it! We were committing ourselves to fast at least once every week. Everyone was slained! All of us were on the ground, literally on our faces, shouting honor and praise to God, and to be honest, i still haven`t received the gift of speaking in tounges. I was on my face praying to God, asking that he`d give it to me right then and there, but i couldnt get it. I dont know if im doing something wrong, or maybe im just straight up not ready, but i was asking and asking and praying and praying and nothing. So after everyone was prayed for, the youth left to start cleaning up the church, and fellowship hall. I was one of the first to the fellowship hall. I got a drink and before i could even drink it, i broke down and started crying because i was sad that i still haven`t spoke in tounges yet. Nobody saw me, but the rest of the youth were coming in to start cleaning, so i jumped in the bathroom to chill out. I left and started to clean, and i felt like an emo kid! And that concludes the night. Cus i went home.

Tomorrow, there will be 2 more sessions, but i cant make it because my parents are leaving for Florida, where they will board their cruise line! And since today is now mothers day, and their leaving early, were just gonna have breakfast to celebrate.

Soooo Happy Mudders day all!

sorry no pictures or videos this time =[

oh, and i just started following chelsea. haha. yeah!

-ian.