On the weekend before my 41st birthday I was blessed to be a part of something truly amazing. Nearly 4,000 women from around the world gathered to celebrate Jesus and learn more about the gospel. We were all hungry to know how to better apply the gospel to our lives and the lives of our families and friends and our local churches. The event was put together by the Gospel Coalition and it was their first ever women’s retreat. It was held at the Hilton Orlando on a rainy weekend in June. I was there with over a hundred of my church friends from Four Oaks and was roomates with my sweet friends Ann Ross, Cindy Stockstill and Pam Post. What a blessing to spend so much time with these three beautiful people. The conference started on Friday afternoon and ended on Sunday at noon and nearly every hour in between (that we were not sleeping) we were learning from some of the most respected and well versed Christian scholars and teachers in the world. We heard from Tim Keller and John Piper and Paige Benton Brown and had the Getties play amazing music to us all weekend. The power of that many women singing hymns of praise together was awesome on so many levels.
I am thankful that Four Oaks made the investment in the women of our chruch by paying for our transportation and hotel rooms! I am thankful to my family for taking care of everything on the home front so I could be there without worry. I am thankful to God for the blessings he showers on me everyday but in particular for the blessing of women in my life who love me and pray for me and care deeply about my soul!
It was very hard to get a good picture of the entire group at one time – but this is the room we would all get together in
This isn’t everyone from Four Oaks – but not bad for putting together a group shot at the last minute.
Here we are being silly – what fun!
What wonderful roommates – Ann, Pam and Cindy
My sweet sister in Christ
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