November
20
After the result of the final exam came and there was nobody got the bad score and everybody was goingto the junior high school decided to go to Batu with the Gloria Kupang school and had a Retreat in Batu for two days. I felt very happy because I could meet a lot of finds. Our school decided to go to Batu on 30 until 31 May. 1 day before we want to Batu, I prepared a lot of things that I had to bring in there like shirt, pants, training pants, shoes, and many more. And before I slept, I prayed to God, wished His blessing for us so that we could arrive at Batu safely.
The next day, it was the time for us to go to a retreat together to Batu. We went to Batu by bus and we took about 2 hours until 2 hours 30 minutes to arrive in Batu. For the hotel, we choose the "Villa Gardenia" hotel. We aarived at "Villa Gardenia" hotel at 1.00 o'clock in the afternoon. All of us stayed in a different rooms. My rooms was 201 and there were 4 people who in my room. There were Alvin, Dwi, Yosua Irawan, and me. When we got the room key, we put a lot of things in our rooms neatly. Then we took a rest about 15 minutes then we did the praise and worshup together. There were 3 session in one day.
The first session was praise and worship together. The second session was the praise and worship together and the last session was watching video together. We watched about the "Simon Birch" film until night (9.00 o'clock). Then we slept.
The next day, we had 4 sessions. The first session until the third session was praise and worship but the last session was outbound. We considered into 12 groups and before the outbound started, we must make a yel. Then we did the outbound. There were 7 until 8 posts. We did the outbound with enthusiastic and the big spirit and we sured that we could be the winner. 5 hours later, the outbound finished and we ate the snacks and we went to our rooms and took a rest. Because at that hotel there was a big swimming pool, so that I swam and playes with our friends.
At 2.00 o'clock in the afternoon, we did the praise and worship again before we went backed to Surabaya and went home. But at that praise and worship, there were many announcement about the winner.
The first category was the neatest of the rooms.The second category was the most creatives and the best yel. The third category was the winner of the outbound ( which groups got the highest score ). The fourth category was the fastest group that finished the outbound and the last category was the best leader of all the groups.
Room 200 became the winner for the first category. Group 5 became the winner of the outbound ( got the highest score ). Group 7 became the fastest group that could finished the outbound. Group 3 became the group that had the creative and the best yel and one person from Gloria Kupang school became the best leader from all the leaders of the groups.
Eventhough I couldn't become the winner of all the categories, but I was still happy. Then we went back to our school and ate dinner in the bus. We arrived at our school at 5.00 o'clock in the evening.
Then I went home and told to my father, my mother, and my sister about my experiences in Batu. When I arrived at home, I took a bath and watched television until night. Then I ate dinner and at 8.00 o'clock ( at night ), I brushed my teeth and slept but before I slept, I prayed to God and thanked God for His blessing to all of us so we could go to Batu safely and go back to Surabaya safely too. The next day, I went to my grandmother's house and told about this.
