Spring 2005 ReTreAt at Fourwinds Resort, Bloomington

Welcome back my home sweet home ^o^

Huallow all......I just got back from retreat. It was a fun, wonderful, sweet and unforgetable moment to be together with all bros and sis from Lafayette, Indianapolis, and Bloomington. I left home at 4pm on Friday with Steph and Vonny. We had a dinner together with some bros and sis from Lafayette. It was a fun dinner. Gonna have to make that more often......

We left King Wok at 5:45pm, we had 4 cars at total, Sandy's car, my car, Teddy's car, and Dodoy'car. When we almost done with our dinner, Andrew's group came. Dolly moved to my car....it was nice to have you with us, sis! Thanks to Sandy....our "hilo lan-lan", now I gave him another name, the most reliable man.....hehehhe make sure you follow Sandy's car with Iechun as the life GPS. What so nice about "hilo" was he will always make sure that my car is located behind him. Otherwise, he will either wait for me by driving slower or move into the other line.....Vonny was amazed on how I interpreted Sandy's signs. It seems that I can read all Sandy's signs when we were on the way. Thanks Lord for the fun and safe trip.....You are our protector.

We reached at Fourwinds resort at about 7:20pm, not all people get there yet. We started the first session at 8:45pm with the introductory game lead by Leno, a brother from Bloomie. We had to find people and found their unique characteristics, then Leno will call some people to come front and do something. The first was bro Albert from Laf, it was so cute. He need to act like Bruce Lee while mentioning about a person's name and his/her characteristics. The next was me......the audience chose me over vonny....hiks hiks...I had to act like a sailormoon. I was shy and confused......thanks that Vonny was called to accompany me........so finally we imitated one action from Sailormoon. The last person was Wei Chang (do I pronounce his name correctly??), he need to act like Michael Jackson.........it was funny too.

We then proceed with the praise and worship ministered by BCBC team and the sermon preached by Pastor Rony. It was a nice start, we felt God's presence. In the middle of the sermon, Diani sat down next to me. I got a chance to pray for her. What God put in my heart when I was praying about her is that God loves him so much. God also reminded me about my focus. Thanks God that you are God who always reminds us over and over............The theme of the retreat was Soar like an eagle beyond the limits. The banner was beautiful. We had a name tag and bulletin. Thanks for the hard works bros and sis. Well done! Lord, please bless those people who have contributed to manage every single things for the retreat. May You use them even more, Lord!

In our room.........I got chance to share and pray with my sister Shinta. It was a wonderful sharing time........keep going sis!

Saturday,
We started at 10pm by PW ministered by LCB team and the sermon preached by our lopely pastor Chris. Then we had a lunch together....continued with the free activity time. So, Diani, Vonny, Shinta, and I decided to have a photo session. The lake view in the resort was so beauuuuuuuutiiiifulllll and romantic. Although it's just a lake, it looks like a beach for me....oh God, You are a wonderful creator. We was enjoying our fun session for almost the whole free time. Thanks to all bros who helped us taking the pictures: bro Wil Kus, Andrew and C-git.

We had 2 more session ministered by pastor Robert Newton from Iowa. Both PW lead by BCBC and LCB teams were great. We felt joy and God's spirit when we sang. The sessions were awesome......God's movement was powerful. Some people got personal messages from God, thanks God for that. Looking at how God amazingly touched others has been a blessing for my heart. We also ministered by Bro Steve from Iowa. He has a great voice and annointing in singing.

We had a music practice for the last session on Sunday. It was a corporation between BCBC and LCB teams. It was a great opportunity to minister together with all bros and sis. Retreat was a nice time to get to know others from different location. I can say that BCBC and LCB music teams have different style in selecting the songs, but of course both are great teams. Lord, keep expanding your Levited to grow more and more. Help us to be the true worshiper for You!

Sunday,
I was ministering as a singer on this last session. Agung was the WL and we had both BCBC and LCB ministering together. Agung chose to sing "Who Am I, by Casting Crown." I love this song.......the lyrics were deep and meaningful. Lord, I pray that more and more people will know who they are and how you really love them. Make known yourself more and more, God! Pastor Christ thought us to be the Joshua generation, a generation who fulfill God's promises. Raise your Joshua generation up, Lord!

We had a photo session before we had our lunch in "CHIBU, China Buffet" Bloomington. We had 6 cars convoi........it was hard to keep with everyone, but it was a good learning time. I learned how to follow other cars and next time, who knows I'll be followed by someone else. Basically some of us got lost for a while but again thanks Lord for bringing everyone together at last.

We actually planned to go to Edinburgh outlet, but time didn't permit. So we decided to go to circle center mall. Wil Kus, San, and I were driving together. I was accompanied by Diani and Tin", we had a fun conversation. We shared about our future dreams, imagination and so on.......girls' talks ^0^. A friendship is not limited by distance.....

We only had an hour at circle center. I went around with Diani, and we didn't really find something we want to buy. Well, I was interested with a white skirt at forever 21, but it wasn't really pleased my heart, so I didn't buy that. Dunno why, I'm interesting on having a white skirt lately.....I think it because I only have one white skirt but it's old already. Gonna find one later on....

Selly invited CaPLoG family to have a dinner together at Thai resto, Sawasdee at 86th street. Sadly her mom is still having jetlag, so she couldn't join us. It was only 7 people at total, Robert, Steph, Sunie, Shinta, Selly and her sister, July and me. Selly's sister is so friendly and easygoing. She can talk to us just as we've known each other before. Selly and I brought camera, so we took some pictures. Thanks Selly and July. Hope you guys have a safe, pleasant flight and holiday.

My lopely bed and the crew are calling me now......get to go guys...talk to you again soon. Thanks for calling me, Dew! Thanks for faithfully listening to my sharing ^o^. All the best for the "SE".......forget the abbreviation. Gut nite all! Sorry for the long sharing hehehhee....