Mount Pisgah Narrative

The day started off as a normal Sabbath morning. I woke up, had breakfast, and got dressed for church. I wasn't dressed in my usual church garb because right after the service all of us from AAA were going to hike Mt. Pisgah with our sister school Mount Pisgah Academy, and it wouldn't be ideal to hike a mountain in a dress and heels. After making our sack lunches, we piled onto the buses and started the hour and a half drive to the mountain top where we would have church. This was just the beginning of a day in which I would learn the value of keeping the Sabbath, realize that with God we can do anything, and recognize that there is a time and place for everything and that we have to consider the consequences of our actions. A day that would make this retreat one

Once we had reached the mountain top where we were going to have church, the cold air hit me like a sack of bricks. It was freezing! As I stepped off of the bus, I immediately wrapped my jacket around my body for warmth. We walked up a little hill through the woods until we got to a large clearing where Mount Pisgah Academy had already laid out their chairs, blankets, and tarps. I saw found my cousins and friends that attended the school and we talked and got caught up until church started. The pastor spoke about relationships and dating, and that the most important relationship in our lives should be our relationship with God. He made an interesting statement that has really stuck with me: the Sabbath is a day that God set aside for us to go on a "date " with Him. I had never thought about it like that before. When you go on a date, you're trying to get to know the other person better. You prepare ahead, show up on time, and wait for the date to be over before you start doing your own thing. God created the Sabbath as a time where we can get