Encounter

TODAY WAS :DD -

YOUTH RALLY: ENCOUNTER

Well, let's start off with I slept over Joanna's house the day before and I couldn't sleep at all so, I kept moving around the whole night -__- , woke up at 7:50 and got ready to go yell at cars St. Elizabeth. When we got there, they told us that we couldn't yell at the cars :P so we just waited for everyone to get there, played Ninja & Boom-Chicka-Boom-Boom :DD We had cheer battles & got SLYM pins to give out and make new friends :]

Other Ministries came like St. Philomenia, MHCC, etc. etc. We went all out dancing around, seeing Candice Benetiz :D and other kids. I just screamed the whole time during the rally just to let you know. We had a guest speaker about how she "encountered" God, had some prayer time, AND SKITS SKITS & then came lunch :] Made new friends, went outside to play games again. AND AND AND WE WERE PLAYING NINJA AND I MISSED DALE & I HIT THE PLANT POT SO, I STARTED BLEEDING DDDDDDD; We just chated forever till they called us back inside.

Then we all changed seats to pump it up because MHCC was killing us in cheering, but praise God for their spirits, it was their 1st year at Youth Rally too. Had some more skits to finish off " Truth. Mercy. Hope. Love " Then there was Addoration which was really touching & everyone was crying. They had the mic open to people and their stories, I really comtemplated about going up and what I was going to say, I went up and came to late because they had to cut the line... I really thought what I was going to say needed to be heard because I knew alot of people would be surprised. But yeah.. Just the first person whoever talked on the mic just hit me, everytime someone said another story - it hit me. +++ The Hope Skit, hit me the hardest, I tried to hold back my tears, but how can you when 3 / 4 parts on stage was your life ?

" I first encounterd God over a year ago, when I was feeling so alone and no one was their for me.. to the point where I fell into a depression. My friends weren't there for me, my Dad was abusing my Mom & everynight I fell asleep to yelling & fighting, and I had no faith in God.. I lost all hope. So I turned to drugs, drinking & cutting.. to find that stability to fill that whole.. but none of ever seemed to fit. And then I was brought to Bible Study, and then there is when I first encountered God, he brang me to Bible Study to hear his word, he opened up my eyes, he knocked at the door of my heart & that was the first time I ever let him in. They became my 2nd family, they took me in.. I felt better. Ever since then, I've been strong in my faith and looking to grow more and more. I praise God for all that he has blessed me with, and he truly gives me hope throughtout every trial that is thrown at me. "

We after went to the Divine Mercy Mass. Me and Bryan were trying to sing, but we lost our voices so we kept cracking while singing xD After mass we had the giving of the spirt award and MHCC won. But, one way or another God done us good today, making new friends and growing closer to him. We all kept jerking and playing games, and ended up eating dinner at AppleBee's. Playing the "A, B, C" game.. EFF THAT GAME !

Well overall it was a really good day, I'm truly blessed God brang me to go with St. Lorenzo for Youth Rally. "TEACH ME HOW TO PRAY ! SPREAD THE LOVE , YEEEE MAN ! "

And I know for a fact, this isn't the last time I'm going to encounter God :]

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Sincerely,
Kathleen Michelle Reichenberger