Welcome back everyone! For those of you who didn't know, this past weekend Nghia and HT's attended Khoa Tinh Huan. This is a special spiritual retreat for our older TNF members to be recharged spiritually and for some to move onto a new spiritual chapter as Du Truong and Huynh Truong. Thank you to all who answered God's calling by coming this past weekend to learn more about what we stand for as witnesses of Fatima. And we can't forget all of those who came out to support all of us and prepared such delicious meals that made this weekend even more special!
Friday afternoon everyone came out packed and ready to head out to the road for Khoa Tinh Huan! After we prepared our rooms, we were all pleasantly surprised by the beautiful bathrooms and warm welcome from Cha! After we settled in, we started off the retreat to a welcoming slideshow, ice breakers to reunite with our other TNF friends, and got into inspiring lecture with Chi Brenda and Anh Thuan to further explore what exactly TNF means to each of us.
Saturday surely a jam packed day! After breakfast and fun dance exercises with Anh Long, we dove into many inspiring lectures such as understanding more about the beauty and honor of praying the Rosary or learning more about Mary our mother.Near the end of the night we all dressed up for our night formal while enjoying hilarious skits to our theme "witnesses of Fatima". Each group portrayed their interpretations of why it is important to be a witness of Fatima. Whether it was Yu-Gi-Oh references or heart warming acting, we all enjoyed laughing till our stomachs hurt and smiling till our cheeks were sore. We ended the night with Doan reflections where we had special time to get personal,express our feelings with one another of our spiritual journeys, and announcing our new DT's and HT's. This special night being able to sit all together as Torrance felt absolutely amazing and revitalized each and every one of us to realize the amount of love that is in Doan Torrance.
Sadly the last day of KTH crept on us fast, but Sunday was a unforgettable day. The morning kicked off with a dance exercise to "Hotline Bling" with Anh Thuan and Chi Diana after Dang Ngay to get out blood flowing for the rest of the day. After that, each of us had a chance to get more personal with each other and especially our HT's to understand the purpose, intention, and calling to becoming a youth leader. With our Q&A panel, Nghia had the opportunity to express their concerns and curiosity to the path of becoming a future HT. We ended the day with a special mass to welcome our new Huynh Truongs. Saying our goodbyes to our other TNF friends made us even more excited to reach the next time we would be able to to see them again.
This weekend will be something we will all never forget. We have gained so much knowledge about being a witness of Fatima and most importantly learned more about ourselves and our commitment to devoting our time and love to TNF. Mother Mary of God please look over us and guide us closer to God and please guide our new youth leaders.
Sadly the last day of KTH crept on us fast, but Sunday was a unforgettable day. The morning kicked off with a dance exercise to "Hotline Bling" with Anh Thuan and Chi Diana after Dang Ngay to get out blood flowing for the rest of the day. After that, each of us had a chance to get more personal with each other and especially our HT's to understand the purpose, intention, and calling to becoming a youth leader. With our Q&A panel, Nghia had the opportunity to express their concerns and curiosity to the path of becoming a future HT. We ended the day with a special mass to welcome our new Huynh Truongs. Saying our goodbyes to our other TNF friends made us even more excited to reach the next time we would be able to to see them again.
This weekend will be something we will all never forget. We have gained so much knowledge about being a witness of Fatima and most importantly learned more about ourselves and our commitment to devoting our time and love to TNF. Mother Mary of God please look over us and guide us closer to God and please guide our new youth leaders.
Chị Diana
Huynh Trưởng
Đoàn Thiếu Nhi Fatima
Đức Mẹ Truyền Tin Torrance
