post retreat musings

It was a good retreat weekend. Someone asked me towards the end of the weekend if I had a good time, and I realized that I don't evaluate the retreat that way. For me, it's kind of a working weekend, and my whole focus is on whether everyone else is having a good time, and doing what I can to make that happen (disclosure: yes, I am co-dependent!). So, I think everyone was blessed, and that made it a blessing for me. There's a real sense of satisfaction looking out over that last session and watching people worship and interact and knowing they have experienced God in real ways. That's my answer to prayer.

I've been looking through the evaluation forms, and it looks like the best part of the weekend for a lot of people was: small groups, speaker, fellowship, worship, and paintball. Yes, paintball. One of the evaluation forms said the way to get more people to come next year was by "telling them how much closer you can draw to God and how much fun paintball is." :)

God can use anything!