Showing posts with label conference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label conference. Show all posts

Monday, September 21, 2009

Amazing God

Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, "We have seen remarkable things today. ~~Luke 5:26, NIV

I attended the Living the Life women’s conference this past weekend in Corpus Christi, Texas. This event was AMAZING.

“Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God.” We were “fill with awe and said, ‘We have seen remarkable things today.’” God’s glory filled the Selena Auditorium this weekend. Women made decisions to follow Christ and draw closer to Him!

My friend, Esther and I traveled the five hours there on Friday. Esther drove the whole way. Once we arrived in Corpus, we checked into the hotel, freshened up and stopped at a fast food place to grab a bite before the evening conference started. Perhaps this next part was a clue to how the weekend would turn out. She pulled her van into the handicap parking, so being the good friend that I am stated, “Just because it says van accessible doesn’t mean you can park here.” Laughter burst out of both of us. We couldn’t contain ourselves. God is amazing!

The last speaker for the evening, Tonya Webber, spoke about Jesus as our playmate. The message was about having childlike faith and having fun in the Lord. We blew bubbles as we heard about the joy of the Lord. Esther had trouble with her bubbles, as they would not fly up, but fall to the floor. We rationalized that her bubbles were overweight. We couldn’t contain our laughter. God is amazing!

As an editor for Take Root and Write (TRW), I passed out flyers for our online magazine. After the evening session, a woman came up to me to ask about the flyer. I told her about it and she told me she was just accepted to write for Take Root and Write. Alisa Hope was so excited to meet me and I was excited to meet her. And I learned it is her twin sister, Crissy that is re-doing my blog! That was a kiss from God show each of us we were in the right place. God is amazing!

Saturday morning was just as phenomenal. We arrived, prayed with the Living the Life team. Then Esther and I went with Tonya to set up the PowerPoint for the breakout session. This session was on Vibrant Relationships where Rochelle, Tonya and I were speaking. Earlier this year while planning, Tonya wanted to use PowerPoint as she is a visual person and wanted others to see the presentation visually as well as hear us. So she procured the screen, projector and laptop. Thank God Esther was there as she’s learned in her new job how to use LCD projectors. Esther set up the screen, projector and made necessary adjustments for the presentation. Without her help, I don’t think the PowerPoint would have been used. Thank you Esther! Esther was meant to be there for “such a time as this.” God is amazing!

I needed to laugh. I needed the messages I heard. And I needed to see God work through others in such beautiful ways. There’s so much more, but don’t have the space to share here. I want to thank the LTL team, the James Roots band, and all the wonderful volunteers that worked so hard to make the conference a success! God is amazing!

We don’t have to go to a conference to see God do amazing things. We can be filled with awe as we see God work in our everyday lives. Please share your Amazing God stories in the comments.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Women of Faith Pictures

Here are a few pictures from the Women of Faith Conference.



Mark Schultz blessed my socks off with his music. I'll be downloading his tunes from iTunes.

Anita Renfroe performed her MommySense song right away. She has a new one that she performed that will be out later this year called "Before I Eat" done to Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats." I rolled out of my chair on that one and I'll be getting that DVD when released.

Patsy Clairmont! What can I say? She's such a hip lady. I want to be more like her--her laughter, light-heartedness, and cool clothes!

On the concourse with my friend Tiffany, me, and Marina. We had a hoot of a time between the shows!

Mandisa! She shared her testimony of the trials with American Idol and her food addiction. I could so relate to her issues with food as I have the same problems. I'm glad I had the opportunity to have my picture taken with her.

Thelma Wells! I just wish I could hug her!! I would love to adopt her as my grandma. She told her escort to stop and let me take this picture. Thank you Thelma! You're so sweet!

There's so much...but if I posted it all it would take me three days to write it and you three days to read it. To summarize:

I received encouragement from the Women of Faith conference. I didnt know what to expect. This conference was a lot of entertainment--comedy, drama, singing and very professionally done. Fabulous men and women of God spreading the gospel through their talents. After Max Lucado, it was reported that 640 people gave their lives to the Lord!!

I'm glad I had this experience. I want to thank the Lord, for He opened so many doors for me to attend and paid the way for many of the expenses that made it possible for me to go. Thank You my Lord!

Hop on over to Marina's blog. She's posted lots more pictures of us at the conference.

Blessings in Christ--

Thursday, February 7, 2008

High Heels, High Hopes, High Calling


Oh the joy and excitement I'm feeling. And I must declare the praises of the the Lord who made this opportunity possible!!

Today, I'm going to San Antonio with a friend and we'll meet up with Patsy Clairmont, Mary Graham, Nicole Johnson, Marilyn Meberg, Sandi Patty, Anita Renfroe, Lucy Swindoll, Sheila Walsh, Thelma Wells. Mandisa, Max Lucado and more!! My new friends!

This will be my first time to experience a women's conference. Did I tell you I'm excited!!

I'll also be meeting up with my blogging friend, Marina!! Cant wait to see you girl!!

I'll be glad to share my experience when I return.

Blessings in Christ--