Over the years God has shown me so much at ALR. I can look back at times when I would be dealing with a certain thing and how I got the answer during my quiet time here at the retreat. There's something special about this place... it's hard to describe -- maybe it's the fact that we're so removed from normal life with all it's cares and stresses. All I know is that God meets me every time I come out here. I used to feel a kind of "pressure to perform" you know, to get something profound from the Lord that I could share with others. But now I realize that what God wants most is relationship -- he just wants me to spend time with him, and to want him more than anything.