Women of Faith Conference

Adam had planned some time back to fish in his first salt water tournament this past weekend in Florida. I always try to come up with something neat for the girls and I to do while he is away... Last Saturday I got a call from a friend from church that there were 2 tickets to go to the Women of Faith in Atlanta this past weekend. This first thing that ran through my mind was how much is it gonna cost.... I mean Adam is out of town, he and I are going away in two weekends and so on and so on. She went on to tell me that they were already paid for and the hotel was paid for and it included the food... HOW COULD I SAY NO??? So I agreed to go! Then after I hung up the phone I thought about the girls.. I called my mom who was at the beach with a friend of hers and she agreed to keep the girls while Adam and I were both away. SO I am super excited baout going and Monday morning rolls around. This is our busy time at work... end of contracts, new contracts, year end, financials, new building, the list goes on and on and on... SO I sent my boss and email about this weekend and she agreed that I could have the time off and this was a great thing for me to go to. So Friday finally got here. I had to come in to work that day because it was pay day and make sure that there were no problems before I headed out fo town. Everything was fine so I went home to get my things and went by to pick up Amanda and off we went to Atlanta. We had a great time all the way there, had no idea where we were headed but we made it there with only one slight detour through the suburbs! I did stop and ask for directions! We left at 2 and made it there around 3:45 and got lost, so I must brag and say that we made great time! We got our meal box and headed to our room before the conference began. We went over to Phillips Arena and were truely blessed beyond belief! Friday night we got to hear Mandisa and this little lady that was the best speaker, Patsy Clairmont. Patsy encouraged each of us to find a firefly! We heard Anita Renfore who is fmaous for the mom song, look it up on youtube... it is hilarious! I laughed so hard at her! Then we got to hear Steven Curtis Chapman sing and tell his amazing story! He made the whole weekend worth it! The next day we got to hear a bunch of great ladies speak again... Marilyn Meberg, Luci Swindoll, Shelia Walsh and Lisa welchel. Lisa was from the Facts of Life and truely had an amazing story to tell! The best thing I heard that day was Mandisa, she was awesome! I left Atlanta in a hurry to get my babies and make it to church... I left Atlanta definitely changed! I had a great weekend away, but most importantly I made some really good christian friends. And those are the kind that are very hard to come by. I also realized who my firefly was...

Here is a clip of Anita Renfroe:


Here is a clip from Mandisa:


I wish I could post it all on here!!!