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Wow, what a weekend.

There is only one reason I have for always wanting to journal after coming back from a conference and that is, “God”. I feel like this weekend shouldn’t be over so fast. I feel like sensations such as these should not have to end after the conference. I wish a time to get away from life and reflect with community occurred more often. I feel the same as everyone else coming to this conference; I didn’t know what to expect. Granted I wasn’t pessimistic but any expectations I had were blown out of the waters.

I can’t be specific and I can’t write down EVERYTHING I learned this weekend because the substance was way too deep and I feel it would be a whole lot. But I would say that the things that stuck with me til this very moment are issues with Identity, thoughts of family, with sisters and with parents, ideas of judgment, and most of all grace. I’m still pondering about the topic of the true grace of God and the truth of his unconditional love; something that is not based on anything we could ever do or be.

And of course what I loved most about this conference was meeting new people and getting to know more about those I already knew. Having personal conversations and being real with one another was some of my favorite times these past weekends. I feel truly blessed that God allowed me to feel even closer to those in the InterVarsity at Davis and also allowed me to get to know more people from other fellowships such as UC Berkley, UC Merced. This conference definitely put some things in prospective for me and allowed me to see what I still needed to work on. Talking to Kat Ng, a staff member from the Davis InterVarsity, definitely helped me to think about what I saw myself as and what I saw as an identity that others labeled me with. With my true identity still being revealed to me, I have hope that I can some day truly TRULY be vulnerable to people and not be afraid that I will be shot down by it.

One thing I’m definitely looking forward to is Discipleship!!! I’ve never had anything official, so having an official discipler is kind of exciting. I love my Discipler!

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