my last weekend

Ok, So I did not spend all of my Thanksgiving with my family this year. I helped out on a retreat this weekend and I had to be there 5:30pm on Thanksgiving day. It was really cool though. I met a couple of awesome people. I will talk about 2 of them. First I will start out with Lauren.
Lauren is 16 years old. She is in a wheelchair all day long. I never really asked why. But I can say that she had so much more faith and personality then I ever could have. She is such an insperation to me and she helped me out this weekend soo much. I never thought I could learn something from someone that was making the retreat, but I did. I really learned alot from her. She taught me that no matter what life brings you YOU CAN MAKE THE BEST OF IT. She also taught me that she has had to overcome things in life. She is so high spirited. Her mom was so worried about leaving her, but she had faith in everyone helping out this weekend.
The other Person that really helped me is named Dustin. I was suppose to be at the same table as him, but plans changed. I was moved to another table. Dustin had made tec before, he was working just like I was, but he gave a talk that really made me cry. He stood up in and did the talk in his Marine uniform. I found out so much about him and how he has trusted God through it all that I realized that no matter what, God is always there. He has been shiped over seas twice so far, and it could be more, but he has stuck with his faith. He made me cry, but he also made me lagugh alot. I never thought I could laugh so hard. I meet his mom before him, and so I now think I love his family. His mom and him are so awesome and I am glad that I know both of them. God is so strong in his life, that I think whoever does marry him will be really lucky to have a husband like him. He has so many good things to say that it is hard not to like him or what he says.
I learned so much this weekend, but I have to now try to spread everything into who and what I meet in the next couple of weeks.