Our body needs food and water to nourish us physically

Redenta C. Mamaclay, RN

Our body needs food and water to nourish us physically, but more than our physiologic needs, our spirits also needs nourishment to uplift our soul and spirit and help us strengthen our relationship with God and to “Come Alive!”
The Operating Room Nurses Association of the Philippines (ORNAP) officers had an annual retreat last August 9-10, 2008 at the Franciscian Missionary of Mary retreat in Tagaytay City. The 2 day retreat was facilitated by Bro. Jonathan Hijastro and was inspired using the retreat module developed by Fr. Larry Tan SBD.
The retreat was a good opportunity to start the newly elected officers, board and past president to ask for God’s guidance and spiritual direction for the progress of the organization and to include enhance communication, collaboration and creative thinking which can help the new sets of ORNAP officers to move forward a great year.
The officers and the past president shared experiences and insights about their personal and professional experiences which allowed them a good start to get know each other better and learned the meaning of STOP , valuing SILENCE, THINKING or reflecting, OPENING up to people and to God and to always PRAY  amidst all the difficulties and trials in life.
Aside from all the sharing and loving, the ORNAP officers also had a great time with other activities such as action songs and dance moves which really grooved the officers to scale a higher level of excellence for the association.
Indeed, having this 2 day retreat with the Lord opened a lot of opportunities and gave the officers insights about experiencing Gods Love through acknowledging each others strengths, weaknesses and opportunity. Experiencing Gods love amidst all these trials and success that we really should Come Alive! And be Gods living model to one another.