TEC #124...Luke 23:46

Greetings! (That sounds so alien-ish)

I trust your weekend went well. I know mine was profound.

This weekend I attended my candidate TEC retreat. Great experience. It was nice to be on a retreat again after quite a few months. I hope it went well for everybody else also. It was soooo nice to have Louie and Courtney in Wichita! Having them here in mid-summer makes August seem not so far away now. I suppose the fact that it's almost the 4th of July (does anybody else find that insane?!) also speeds the summer along.

The other verse we used in the retreat was John 12:24. I very much loved the symbolism in this verse, and how the girls and I discovered AFTER the retreat the effect it's already having on our lives.

Another verse that God obviously wants me to pay attention to is Sirach 6:14...since two or three different people wrote about it in my TEC Bible.

I think the best part of TEC was the renewing of old friendships...namely my friendships with Emily and a couple of kids from high school. I think somebody told me this, that it wasn't going to be the material on the retreat that was going to affect me, but rather the community/friends I would acquire. Indeed, I am already falling in love with the TEC community...not that I didn't admire it before, but now...being in it...now that's cool.

That's all I have to share for now, so peace and blessings to you!

Chelsea

P.S. This might be a long post script, but it's worth while. I want to address my purpose of this blog. Eventually, when I'm older...ten or so years from now...I would like to move away from Facebook to this. I want to renew my friendships, make them authentic again. However, I do see the value in keeping up with people via the Internet.

I have a few topics I am going to be addressing majorly in this blog: Mary and Jesus, emotional chastity, the saints, virtues, books, modesty, family, the Bible and Catechism, and other such issues. Not that my day to day life isn't absolutely fascinating...but updating you on what I ate for lunch and how I did on tests is not exactly blog-worthy material, in my opinion. This is more of a drawing board for me...throwing my thoughts out there on the formerly mentioned topics, and drawing from you...any readers there are...of your experiences, thoughts, and findings on the topics. I want so much to learn!

I told you this post script would be long! OK, I must be going, so see ya!