Women of Faith Friends

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Women of Faith Imagine

 

Wellas Promised here is the second installment of  my Women of Faith Blog posts…remember there will be five in all!!!

 

So lets talk about friends.  There were  NUMEROUS people at the conference that I knew.  There were people from the Bible College I  attended and graduated  from.   C.M., Mrs. P. (who was my guest))) And H.F…..(Common guys you know i don’t use names ) So bear with me 🙂

I also have  some friends that are with our local christian Radio Station FLN that spans western and central NY and Parts of PA

That would be Terese who is a Morning announcer and Rachelle who is on the morning show.  Terese and I became friends via another friend on FB.  What a blessing her blog has been and you can check it out here Mommy Manna

 

 

Then there is Kalyn who blogs at The Feminine intellect.

The funny thing is that she and I were sitting in the same row as I was  and after talking we realized we knew each other and that she and her husband are VERY good friends with My brother-in-lawand his wife. And that we have met before!

 

And Thirdly I have another Blog friend who i knew would also be attending this conference BUT we didn’t have a picture together.  Her name Is Jen and she blogs at Reflections in the Window.

Go check out these women’s blogs as I am sure you will enjoy reading each one of  them as I do!!!

And Finally the coolest maybe of all is the sense of friendship you get from the speakers at Women of Faith.  Because of their willingness to share sometimes the deepest and darkest of  things it gives as sense of friendship. The stuff they share  encourages you because you may very well have experienced the very same things OR know someone who has.  their willingness to to share their grief and joy and God’s handiwork in their lives  makes you feel as though you are a most trusted friend!  And that right there is what makes  this conference so different from all the others I have attended!

Thank you WOMEN OF FAITH for including little old me into your circle!

Can you IMAGINE?

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Women of Faith Imagine

Can you Imagine 8,000 women?

Can youIMAGINE 8,000 women doing anything together?

Can You IMAGINE 8,000 women singing?

Can you IMAGINE 8,000 women Cheering at thetop of their Lungs?

Can you IMAGINE8,000 women sobbing?

HOW ABOUT THIS….can you IMAGINE 8,000 women laughing hysterically?

I will tell you this, it is a hard thing to IMAGINE BUT i don’t have to IMAGINE it …I LIVED it.  I was one of those 8,000 women.
well This is my post (or the first of five I will write about my weekend)  i can’t fit all that i have to say in just one!

Let’s Start of with My confession…AAhh yes a confession.  I went into this weekend Skeptical. yes skeptical.  it’s no secret that I am pastor’s wife.  And it is no secret a conservative one at that.  Though my conservativeness does not lie in Music, or  attitude. i am a stickler on theology and modesty though not overly so and I tend to though am not limited to standing still…LOL.  But I went with an attitude of work.  i was asked by Book sneeze two go and write two blog posts, one before and one after.  And i intended to give a very thorough critique….Well when you have this attitude you set before god a challenge though I did NOT think of this before i left.   i will try so hard to Never do that again !!!.

I heard some amazing speakers and everyone of them challenged me in some way…

DDr Henry cloud

Shiela Walsh

Natalie Grant

Mary mary

Lucy Swindoll

NicoleJohnson

Angie Smith

Lisa harper

AND

Ken Davis!!! (he would be the reason for the hysterically Lauging 8,000 women though all the other speakers made us laugh too)

One of the things i learned was that i am one of these speakers.  Though I may never be a women of faith speaker, I  have an amazing story to share .  And i need to make sure I do just that.  I need to not fear what will become of  sharing It….and until i become bold in doing so i will not be blessed the way god has intended tobless me.   God has rescued me and saved me  from some amazing things.  SOOO expect to see a lot more of that from me here on my blog and on  my Fb page It’s all about the Walk Ministries.

 

Also As a fair warning there will be another 4 posts all about Women of Faith.

i will share all about Monkeys, friends Met, Speakers, and Lessons Learned and i will send all of them to women of faith!

Check Backwater for all of the not so gory details and prepare to be amazed!

 

Happy Homemaker Monday- 11/7/2011

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The weather in my neck of the woods:

overcast and brisk

Things that make me happy:

Growing….especially when it is spiritually.  Its so neat to have your eyes opened to something you have been missing .

Book I’m reading:
All the women of the Bible
understanding people

The Bible

What’s on my TV today:

Nothing

On the menu for dinner:

UMM I have no idea

On my To Do List:

Laundry, dishes and deep cleaning Kitchen cupboards!

New Recipe I tried or want to try soon:
Im thinking  a new soup is in order for today since everyone is seemingly coming down with something

In the craft basket:
Lots of things..EVEN CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!!!

Looking forward to this week:

Friday night is ours church’s Ladies Movie night and Saturday we are having the teen’s over for dinner and games
Tips and Tricks:..

don’t ever go to a conference with the attitude I’m only here for the blogging…LOL  It’s a challenge to God and He will win!

My favorite blog post this week:
None this week…No time to read

No words needed (favorite photo or picture, yours or others you want to share):

A fellow Blogger and i at the women of faith Conference In Rochester NY

Lesson learned the past few days:

OH BOY!!!!  there really is not enough space here at this moment.  You will have to come back and Check out my Women of Faith posts

On my mind:

Sick friends, people going through some major life challenges and Some changes i am working to make in my own life!

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:

Colossians …

Thankful Thursday- Safe Travels

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Hi guys,

i know it  has been a few weeks since i posted last for thankful Thursdays BUT I’m back.  We were away for about a week while we visited Answers In Genesis and the Creation Museum in Kentucky.  Hubby went to the Answers for Pastors Conference while we were there (that was the reason why we went in the first place)  🙂

 

Soon the way out we had a huge struggle with the wind.  Wewere towing our 32 foot camper with our HUGE SUVand we were fighting 50mph wind gusts and suction from Tractor trailers going faster then we were…When towing such large  camper you have to (or at least should :)) go under the speed limit.

Needless tosay Poor hubby was exhausted.  But we were blown off the road far enough to hit the rumble strips once on the outside of the highway.  We also had to pull off a LEGAL u-turn in  in Cleveland due to a cement truck parked in such a way that we could not wing far enough with the camper to make it on our exit for the highway.  And thankfully other than these two incidents we had an uneventful trip there and back…We didn’t see and loose Lions, tigers  or bears in Columbus (OH MY)  while we stayed in the area.

And remarkable we only saw two accidents one of which was horrible. But only involved one car and I am still praying for the  people who might have been inside.

Thank you all who prayed for us and our travels…and Thank you Lord for seeing fit to answer them!