Indiana Retreat

Serianna, Mercy, and Meadow at Dinner



Serianna, Me, Mercy, Meadow, Audrey, and Emmy.

Meadow playing her song

Mercy, Emmy, Cherish, Botiana holding her brother, and Kabiera. They were friends of Mercy's, adopted from Liberia

Mercy carrying baby Ivan, one of her friend's brothers.

Our elegant Dinner table!

Mercy and one of her friends being silly while shopping!

I liked the sign

The cool sign

Serianna and I



So, the next morning, Saturday morning, we girls got up, and I went down to the conference room for the worship service, and then we went to breakfast! The breakfasts and supper was held in the hotel restaurant. It was a very old-fashioned decorated place, and the tables were set really pretty. The breakfast buffet was great! There was biscuits, bacon, eggs, pancakes, fruit, and more. We 4 girls sat at a round table. It was really fun! After that, we had more sessions and worked at the Above Rubies table selling materials. In the afternoon, us girls and some other people walked into the downtown, to browse the shops and look around. It was fun. We enjoyed looking at really nice clothes in at least two boutiques. Meadow bought a really cute hat at one of them. I bought some fudge at a fudge place. Later, we had to rush back to the hotel, because Meadow had to help sing in the afternoon session. That night, we had a big dinner at the hotel. Fried chicken, grean beans, potatoes, etc. We sat with a really nice mother and daughter. In the evening session, Meadow sang by herself on the stage for the first time at a retreat. She sang a beautiful song she wrote, It is sorta informally named, "The Simple Life." She did really good! It moved some of us to tears to see her up there singing by herself. That night, we went swimming again. I tried to teach one of Mercy's friend's how to do the back float. It was fun. When we got back to our room, we played UNO. The game lasted extremely long. It was fun though. What a great retreat! I really enjoyed myself!


-Hannah