Oct 31st (day 6)

Last night, Rhonda had a vision confirming the start-up of a school at the "Crestwood Estate". She saw rapid digging in a school environment, and knew that it was Crestwood that God was speaking to her about. The school is designed to become an essential ingredient in the restoration process of pastors residing as guests at the retreat center by providing them with new spiritual experiences, occurring as a result of witnessing students engaged in campus activities or perhaps even engaging themselves with the students if they so choose.

Pastors Retreat Center (Revive, Restore & Release)
The vision for this retreat center involves providing two essential ingredients of restoration to pastors that are not found in any other single environment.

First, we are providing pastors with housing (board and room) in a serene environment (16 acres of mountaintop fields, flowers, trees, and 120 mile views into three states) in an effort to help them peak their spiritual awareness, and there will be plenty of opportunities to find solitude throughout the 157 acre estate.

Second, we are also exposing them to "events" and "daily activities" (due to the school, and other community efforts) going on within the center in an effort to heighten and perhaps even peak their spiritual experience. This is accomplished by observing God in their environment, and in the people participating in various events on campus.

It is in the combination of these efforts to heighten both spiritual awareness and spiritual experience that sets Crestwood Estate apart from all other pastoral retreat centers currently in existence today.

Events
To give you more clarity, there are events such as bringing in Christian musicians, artists and dancers from the seven-state area in a "Gather, Grow & Go" program, designed to network artists, performing artists, and musicians. These gatherings will also provide a platform for these talented individuals to be seen and heard in the northeast. Pastors on retreat will be exposed to, and may even participate in these events.

Education
(More on this later)