[Faith-talk] confirmation retreat advice

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
I think you could go ahead and go.  Maybe the annoying boys will be 
better-behaved there.  Maybe you'll make some new friends.

I know it can be kind of scary to be the only blind person in a group, 
because, if we are quiet, we often are ignored or excluded.  But we just 
need to make sure we get included.

Maybe some of them are worried about going, too, but I bet it would all turn 
out okay.
Thanks
Lauren

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "vejas" <brlsurfer at gmail.com>
To: <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 4:19 PM
Subject: [Faith-talk] confirmation retreat advice


> Hi.
> My name is Vejas.  I'm a 16-year-old boy and I have my confirmation in 
> May.
> However, next month, I have a 3Day confirmation retreat.  We're going to 
> be staying in cabins.  I don't really want to go.  The main reason for 
> this is because I don't have any friends that are boys that go to my 
> church, so I can't really choose my cabin mates.  There are only 2 boys in 
> my class but they're very annoying and distracting, so usually I hang out 
> with the girls.  Most boys enjoy talking about sports or girls, but I'm 
> not into ei; I'm more of a person that keeps to myself and likes to read 
> my braille-note, and only have a few friends; we are more academic-based. 
> During our retreat, though, we're not allowed to use cell phones and 
> computers, but I understand why.  My main concern is that without friends 
> or electronics, I won't have anything to do and that I will be completely 
> ignored by people who have known each other for quite some time.
> Has anyone else gone through a similar time in their life? Because if it 
> weren't for not having many friends, I'm actually quite looking forward to 
> going.
> Thanks so much.
> Vejas
>
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