\u2013 Michael Cotton \u2013 Columbia University student\/Writer<\/em><\/p>\u201cWe invited Jeff Pratt to lead our annual World Relief HQ Staff retreat on February 25th. It was an incredibly refreshing time as he led us through a day\u2019s journey of encountering Christ and as a result learning\/knowing our missional purpose. While the time was short (a day), Jeff engaged us through several mediums \u2013 silence, video, music, visuals, stories, writings\/meditations from Scripture and Christians, and fellowship in small groups. While we were encouraged to identify the false indentures that hinder us from God and people, setting them aside, we were encouraged to listen to the voice of Jesus calling us by our true names and to our true identity. Jeff is a master story-teller and drew us in with gentle words that are likely spoken because he hears the voice of his Beloved, Jesus.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0Sammy Mah \u2013 President\/CEO, World Relief<\/em><\/p>\u201cI feel like I was born again, again.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Nancy Roberts<\/em><\/span><\/p>\u201cI attended a Silent Retreat in May 2009. What an amazing, intimate, beautiful and incredible experience! What God did in my life during the retreat was absolutely amazing and I am forever grateful for having the opportunity to attend. It is evident to me, that God has placed an incredible call on the lives of those at Axiom!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 Sandy Begerstrom<\/em><\/p>\u201cHey Axiom, just wanted to let you know what a huge influence your \u201cthin places\u201d meditative retreat has been for my wife and I. We consider our experience at your silent retreat a time which God spoke to our hearts about who He has created us to be in life and in which the seed of our specific mission was planted.\u201d \u00a0\u2013 \u00a0Tobey Aubert \u2013 Church Planter\/ Lead Pastor<\/em><\/p>\u201cMy life is pretty crazy. I have 6 kids, ranging from 15 to 3. I am in senior leadership at a Youth With A Mission campus in Ensenada, Mexico. As I have said my life is pretty crazy. Last year I attended a Silent Retreat up with Axiom in Connecticut. For me it was like learning how to breath again. You know when you\u2019re in a swimming pool and you stay under the water a bit too long. When you come up, first you gasp, then you slow down and you are so relaxed and thankful to be alive. The retreat was like taking a refreshing breath after being under the water in the craziness of life for a long time. It also gave me thirst, a longing to regularly find that silent place in our fast moving world.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Tym Kemp \u2013 YWAM Training Director, Ensenada, Mexico<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t