Skip to main content

On Fire for Jesus

By

By Christina Beaman
 “Spill the tea, lets go!” said Mr. Ronzheimer as Lydia Brooks (12) and Hannah Peek (12) started sharing funny stories about their past, but this was cut short by a voice from the back of the van.
“Dad, I’m hungry!” said Joseph Chandra (12) to Mr. Kirk Ronzheimer, the “dad” of the 15 students in a van on the way to Cameron highlands for the leadership class retreat.
“Do you want a granola bar?” yelled Luke Lindsey (12) from the front seat as he chucked a granola bar at Joseph.
“Dad, are we there yet?” added Duncan Magruder (12). Some people put in their headphones to block out the loud noise, while others laughed and added to the sound by yelling “shut up” to Joseph and Duncan.
After a five-hour bus ride, the van pulled up to the guest house where the students would spend their retreat. Since it was already night time, they ate dinner and then went to bed.
The next morning started with a solo reflection time and then a group time where guys and girls were able to split up and process through stuff and pray for each other.
“The purpose of this retreat was time away to meet God. I sensed with seniors a weariness and purposelessness. This trip was a space to reconnect with God and let him give us his passion for why we are here” said Mr. Ronzhiemer.
The second night there was a time of prayer for each person. This turned into a wonderful time where the Holy Spirit really spoke to others through people and it was a time of declaration that identity is found in Christ, not in anything else.
Students spent the next couple hours praying for one another and speaking to others through what the Holy Spirit was telling them. This went late into the night. As the fireplace burned with flames and kept the room warm, the fire of the Holy Spirit was also in the students.
“It was so good, I loved it, even though it took five hours to get to Cameron highlands when we were praying it didn't seem like that long even though we spent five hours praying, it was amazing,” said Dael Kim (12).
Students left the retreat refreshed and on fire for Christ after experiencing the Holy Spirit in a unique way on the retreat.



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

DINGBAT DALAT STUDENT SPENDS PRECIOUS TIME CONJURING UP SELF-REFERENTIAL SENIOR SCRIBBLE RATHER THAN GATHERING LEGITIMATE WORK

By Anonymous
Yusoof Monawvil PENANG, MA - As the deadline drew near and the stars aligned in the night sky above the majestic waters of the Strait of Malacca, one particular Dalat student—Yusoof Monawvil (12), despite a plethora of school events to select and report on—opted instead to spend a remarkably well-wasted 24 minutes staring at a blank Google Docs page, fruitlessly drawing up and shooting down brainstormed ideas.  In a moment of sheer and undeniable epiphany, Monawvil deemed it only fitting to self-referentially satirize his own ingrained incompetence and dingbattery. Commenting on the flash of insight, Monawvil quoted himself, saying: “It all just kinda made sense. I went on DISCourse to look at the little rubric thing Ms. Grad and Mr. Hieber posted, and I checked if I was following all of the guidelines... And I technically am/was; [N]ot like there’s any specific direktive [sic] prohibiting self-quoting.”  In a turn of events, Monawvil did come to find his self-quoting en...
6 comments
Read more

“I Miss Her” by Nikhil Pillay

By
While most people had a fun week for mid-semester break, whether it was spent with family, or with friends on impact trips, no one had a more emotionally confusing week than Judson Kenneth Robert Nosker (12).  In the light of recent events, Judson, despite all odds, had gotten in a relationship with one of his classmates, and as the break started, he had started to spend a lot of time with her. While with her, he started to experience a new level of joy and completeness that he had never felt before. In the words of Judson Nosker, “The first half of the break was good, but the rest of it was horrible.”  The reason for such a quote and the roller coaster of emotion was because half way through the break, disaster had struck. Judson’s girlfriend had gone on a trip with her family to Thailand, leaving Judson all alone. For the rest of the week, Judson was in a state of longing for her presence.  His friends have reported numerous occasions when Judson would be sitting with t...
Post a Comment
Read more

Varsity Sports Award Ceremony

By
By Amos Koay On April 22, the Varsity Sports Awards was held in Harbor Hall. This was when people who had joined a Varsity sport would get acknowledgment for all the blood, sweat, and tears they sacrificed to fight for Dalat.  Many amazing athletes got the recognition they deserved. Some notable people are Romeo Kontsas (11), Isaac Lee (12), Naomi Weidemann (12), Josia DeJager (12), Joshua Morrison (12), DJ Yost (12), Caitlin Chan (11), and Alexia Nyul (12), who all got awarded MVP in their respective sports.   Although many people got different awards, one athlete stood above the rest of the players. One exceptional athlete who was in soccer, basketball, and track, where he broke multiple ACSC and school records for his sprints—the Male Athlete of the Year, Kyle Tang.  The following quote is what Kyle Tang (12) had to say about his achievements: "Winning athlete of the year is an incredible honor, especially with the amount of sacrifices I've spent improving myself ...
Post a Comment
Read more