Some of the gals laughing: Vicki, Kelly, Cathy and Deb
Here is one with me in the mix. A little off center but glad we at least got everyone in the picture.
Roasting marshmallows around the fire.
Gayla, Deb and Amanda.
We thought this was pretty funny. We stayed in a boys cabin and I suppose the hosts wanted to make it more comfortable for us, so they placed flowers in the boys commode:) Ha! Clever and thoughtful.There were for of us gals that stayed up to 3:30 in the morning laughing and talking away. We had such a good time. Mostly, it was them making fun of me and my "pregnancy brain" boy did I have it bad!
The speaker was very, very funny and her lesson on Saturday was extremely powerful. I think we were all touched! She focused on the verse Hebrews 12:1 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us."
She went through her lesson picking up different weights that we so easily pick up such as guilt, worry, fear, and jealously. She talked about how much just a little weight can hinder us from crossing the hurdles in our life. Then at the end she put all the weights down and said that God never intended us to jump over the hurdles in our lives, much less with a bunch of wights in our arms, but He wants us to put all the weights down, that do so easily beset and go through the hurdle.
I am so happy that had the opportunity to go and I am so thankful that I have a husband that supports my endeavors to embrace my "womanhood". We have talked a lot about how things will change after our baby arrives and I love that he still wants me to get out and be a woman and not just a Mom. I am fortunate to have such a supportive husband.
Anyways, that was the ladies retreat in a nutshell...a very brief summary really but I am very behind on my blogging!
2 comments:
I'm glad the retreat was fun. My mom-in-law told me how good the speaker was. And ew about the toilet flowers! I mean, they are beautiful and all, but the presentation kind of ruins the affect :)
I look like a giant next to all of you and I am only 5' 4"!
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