RETREAT TESTIMONIES January 29-31,1999 | Skycroft Retreat Center | |
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THIS IS REAL... It was just another long testimony session... some things hit, some didn't register. After I did a short testimony, I started to feel really cold, and I kept shivering, but I didn't know why. When Jeff E. tried to speak, he broke down, and then it just kept going. I wondered if it was the same Jeff that I ran against in football last winter, the one that's always laughing and smiling. It was, and it scared me a little to see someone so differently. Something seemed to snap in the room, for what seemed like hours then and minutes now, people were crying and shouting. Jeff asked for forgiveness, which I think we were willing to give since the beginning. And after that are fragments - being in a circle, shaking with cold/fear? I don't know. Praying with Gaius and my friends, talking with Easten, seeing Christy kneeling on the floor, listening to Michael H. read something he had written to ease the pain, seeing Pat standing with his head bowed, Paul S.'s group singing. And I could only sit and pray. THIS IS REAL...
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