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When we begin life, we start on this journey. This journey is long, difficult, and very complicated depending on the person. This is our faith journey. This weekend I was able to attend Search, a retreat for young adults who are trying to figure out the next step in their faith journey. After a long weekend, and several blocks of time measured in hands instead of hours, I have to say it was truly an amazing experience. Given events of this story we call life, I can say that I have had several issues involving trust not only myself but God as well. It is all linked together. I like many people my age, questioned my faith. It is not that I stopped believing in God, on the contrary, I was unable to completely understand my complete journey of faith. Knowing my faith story and trying to answer my questions (and there were a lot of them), a friend suggested that I attend Search. After much debating, I decided to give it a try. I mean what was the worst thing that could happen. So I sent in my application. I really did not know what to expect and he would not really tell me much, except I attended this several years ago and it will be good for you. So I left my house on Friday night and only got a little lost. When I got there, I got to meet the people I would be spending the next three days with. They really were some amazing people. The entire weekend is based on a series of “talks” and various activities. Looking back on the parts of the weekend, I have to say the hardest part for me was letting go and allowing myself to trust, not only myself but God and others. So, I spent the entire three days searching for me, challenging my trust issues, and looking at my faith journey. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be, but I kept going. After it was all over, after a weekend of thinking, talking, and crying, I have to say this was one time when I could not argue. This weekend was truly amazing and as he said was good for me. This experience has really been a POSITIVE experience and a large step in my faith journey. I think I am also ready to take on the fourth days to come and I only hope (although if the past two days show it) that I can apply it to my everyday life. With Student teaching coming, I think that this is more than just a positive experience. I am up to the challenge and with a little trust and a lot of faith; I think that I can do this.