Retreat Cancellation

It is with my sincerest regrets, that the Sea Glass Soul Weekend Retreat has been cancelled due to low registration. I’m working on processing refunds this week.

Am I disappointed? Oh absolutely!! This retreat was dropped in my heart more than 2 years ago and I have been so excited to plan it, get it off the ground, get all the things in for it. But sometimes things just don’t happen the way we want them to.

Do I get a refund on the rental? Unfortunately, it was non-refundable for me. I am still praying about what to do with that. It is what it is. And sometimes we have to be brutally honest with ourselves, cut out losses, re-structure, gain support from different people, research more and allow God to do what He does best in His timing.

And even though it is extremely defeating to feel failure, it’s still ok. I love this quote by Catherine Plano, "The comeback is always stronger than the setback" Maybe in a different season, in a different year the next retreat will be better than the one I planned for 2025.

I took a chance and it was a bust, and in this economy, it wasn’t something I really wanted to lose with. But anything in life you are going to have risks, chances, dreams and sometimes they don’t work out. Sometimes it’s a hey let’s press pause and re-figure this out.

Do I think I heard from the Lord incorrectly in doing this retreat? No, I do not. I am passionate about seeing women have freedom from things this world and the enemy want to destroy us with. Those hurricanes of life, I believe are worth staying strong in because I have seen the calmness after they pass and there is peace on the other side.

For whatever the reason this just didn’t work out to be a bookable season.

To be quite honest and vulnerable, the enemy is equally trying to get me discouraged because I see other women’s events being planned after this retreat was posted and they are booking up. I have all of the real and raw why’s, what if’s and in the ditch thoughts. It honestly feels like a punch in the gut. But I am human too and we are made with emotions, lol, sometimes big ones, but that’s ok too. Even with being completely vulnerable in that, God has a purpose for it all. I don’t know what it is yet, but I trust and believe that He does.

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.” Brené Brown

Here’s to the next chapter being better.

-Jamie Zenteno Ministries