It's hard to believe its been almost six weeks since we made our first trip to Espanola to help with the Revive mission. Those of us who were fortunate to make the trip for the second time walked around the spiritual center thinking no time had passed since the School of Evangelization in June. It was like coming home returning to Espanola.
Only this time our team was an army! Former Impacters from Windsor (Matt Johnson) and Winnipeg (Ed Bohncke) traveled super-long distances to help with the youth retreat.
Jeremy, Zak and I were joined by a whole bunch of amazing Ottawa people: Connor Brownrigg, Janice Ling, Yves Chartrand, Celine Masson, Claire Brady, and Chris Zettel.
Our mission: to assist the Revivers with hosting their youth retreat. We all had important roles to play in performing worship, giving talks, leading small groups, sharing testimonies, performing skits, and much more!
We got to meet a bunch of amazing kids who were probably some of the best behaved retreat participants I've ever met. They were so open to everything we had to share with them, with many of them experiencing Confession and Eucharistic Adoration for the first time. They also decided to give Jeremy the appropriate title of "Cool Guy".
God worked wonders bringing all of us volunteers together with this group of kids during this particular weekend! The theme of "all things are possible with God" was evident in the ways to Lord spoke through all the speakers.
As I'm writing this, I should be studying for a final exam I have tomorrow. But all I can think about is how awesome this weekend was! A huge shout out to the "Everything Skit" team; one of the most moving performances any of us have ever seen.
Thank you God for Revive Espanola and for this weekend!
Joe Murphy
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