epic con.
I really should be sleeping but I’ve been so filled with emotion this weekend that I can’t let any of it slip from my mind yet.
friday was a really long drive down. aaron let me drive his car so we went speeding down I5 and caught up with the rest of the cars that left before us. gilroy for food and then finally got to the hotel. small groups-ish and then late night talks with the roommates(:
saturday woke up somewhat earlies for first session. meals then seminars. first was media second was about dating. definitely eye-opening stuff haha. women’s time was awesome. dinner, second session, small groups, catching up with friends. speed-friending! definitely made lots of new friends haha(:
sunday was outreach. barted to chinatown. made me so homesick): but it’s kay. froze in chinatown while we tried talk to people. didn’t get anyone to talk much but still 100% success rate haha(: more chilling with friends til 5 am. learned how to breakdance. made up my own dance. pretty embarrassing stuff. but I guess my friends enjoyed it haha.
last session today. definitely amazing stuff. father and sister came to visit for a bit and drop some stuff off(: said goodbyes forever, took pictures, ate lunch and finally came back to irvine at 930 to do homework.
I guess that overview was kind of vague but I learned so much. learned that God loves me, approves of me, and affirms me no matter where I am. that I shouldn’t depend on people’s approval just to find my worth. and I’m so so so tired of it.
the biggest thing I took away from this conference is definitely what I want to do in life. I’m tired of doing what my parents want me to do just to please them. it doesn’t make sense if I feel like I know where God wants me to go which may be different from what my parents want for me. I’m so thankful for the instant support I got from people I met literally less than 24 hours ago. instant support for when I say that I’m undecided/undeclared but maybe I’d want to go into education. so I’m praying. praying for courage to follow through, praying for strength, and praying for guidance to show me that this is what I really am meant to be doing.
