Hello my name is David Cruz. Before going to the retreat I was very depressed, I was very sad with my life and I wasn't happy.
I dealt with a lot of rejection and a lot of isolation, to the point that I couldn't be around people. I didn't want to make friends with anyone because I didn't want to be hurt again.
When I was a kid, I grew up not knowing my father and not knowing my grandfather, basically I grew up not having a male figure. During my school years I was bullied and this made it much harder for me to be happy. I was always angry and always had a bad attitude with my mom and we didn't get along. After I went to my retreat and during the retreat I felt so much love, I felt the strong love that God has for me.
I felt like I belonged to something, I felt like God was calling me to accept His love. I did not feel comfortable at first, but after the retreat I became more and more filled with His love. In His love I felt accepted, I no longer felt rejected and I no longer wanted to isolate myself from people as I did before.
Now I am one of the worship directors and I can make friends. I have many friends in the church and I also have many friends in the world who are coming to the church. God has freed me from all the rejection, all the denial and accepted me for who I am.
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