I'm finally blogging about this!
Oh! Awaken is honestly an amazing retreat. It was truly a life changing retreat for me. I never expected that I could actually feel that change in me and I'm so blessed that I got this gold opportunity to go for awaken and I'm really grateful for our Youth Coordinator for introducing this to us.

So this is the whole YOUhf group attending together (:

Altogether there was about 131 retreatants. It was the biggest number of retreatants in the  AWAKEN history.
To be honest, I didn't have any intention at all to go for AWAKEN. It was actually the persuasion of my fellow facils and I gave in. Weeks before Awaken, I felt uneasy that I was going for it and I opted to back out until one of my friends whom apparently was going for as well said,
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"God is calling you for a reason. There is a reason why you're one of the 131 retreatants."

Yeah those words really got to me and I decided to just give awaken a try.
First 2 days were a torturous and I wasn't feeling great at all. I felt so disconnected and I wasn't feeling any emotions towards Praise and Worship and I felt really uneasy and guilty because I feel like I wasted my parents' money attending the retreat. honestly I wanted to go home and sleep all the guilt off and yeah I left half way during P&W. One of my facils, Estelle, came out with me and we had talk and she told me not to run away from all this and in fact, just face it. Yeah, I picked up courage and just continue the camp.

On the morning of Day 3, I decided to go for adoration and I prayed really hard to God. I wanted to know the reason why I'm attending awaken. I was growing desperate and I didn't know what I should do , so I prayed hard. As I was walking towards the session room, I was greeted by this lady in her mid 30s, we had a small conversation and she gave me advice, "open your heart and trust in God". Those words really caught me by surprise. I didn't know God actually answers your prayers almost instantly. I really thought about the words she said throughout the day, and I decide to open up a little and I felt like God Just broke open all the doors and just zoomed in. It was really great feeling. I feel as if the holy spirit has rested in me, and I feel awesome. Fortunate enough, I got to share my testimony on the last day after mass. It's a great experience.

Sorry, I can't share much about the content of the retreat. We're not really allowed to. But I suggest you go for it, because a really amazing retreat.

Not only was the retreat really good but the accompany as well. I've never met such awesome people whom I can click with almost instantly, and I'm very blessed to have met them (:

Pictures!

Failed Paranoma

Nigel, Jasmine, Amanda

Sup sup

(L-R) Mama Estelle, Amanda, Jasmine, Nat

Can't believe they made these pretty desserts for us!

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We have the cutest Archbishop ever!

Archbishop William Thor :)

I'm really so grateful for having this opportunity to attend AWAKEN.
It's really a life changing experience for me and I cannot thank everyone for this awesome time I've had. And of course Daddy God for calling me to this retreat.
Thank you guys. Really, thank you. (:



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Anyway, The haze these days are really bad so guys please look after yourselves and wear masks okay! Even when the haze doesn't look threatening, please do wear masks. One way or another, they will affect your lungs and cause idk whatever nonsense to them. So yeah, take precaution! Like us!


Now hide you wives hide yo kids coz we comin for you homie.


Really random guys. Have a great week ahead :)


xx