Sunday, October 27, 2013

Another Retreat/Conference

Last weekend was yet another conference/retreat for me...yep, that was 3 in 5 weeks, and one of those 5 weeks Stephen was at a men's retreat!  'Tis the season, apparently!  :)

This one was called Come to the Fire, and Stephen's sisters and mom go every year, and have been asking me to join them for several years now.  This year it worked out for me to go, and was only in Holland, MI, which is pretty close considering they have had conferences in several states so far!

Here are some pictures, thanks to Stephen's Aunt Bonnie, because I completely forgot to get my camera out!!

Aunt Bonnie and me

Me and Amielynn

Stephen's cousins, Leah and Kayla

Stephen's (great aunt??) Helajean and her daughter Dewanna
(Sorry if I spelled their names wrong!!)

Aunt Bonnie, Linda (friend of the family), and Helajean

Stephen's sisters Bethany and Valerie, and Leah

Stephen's mom and her good friend Sandy

There were a lot of women there...this is just a portion...

Hanging out at the end of the day...

All of us...unfortunately my eyes are closed :(

The theme of the conference was "Celebrate Your Freedom" which I felt was so fitting...mainly because I feel like God has really been working on my life in so many amazing ways in the last several weeks, and I have felt such a sense of freedom in the midst of that.  I needed to think about being grateful for the freedom I have found, only through Him!!!!

1 comment:

Joan said...

Helenjean is a 2nd cousin to Stephen.

Glad you joined us in our silliness and adventures.

Next year we'd love to include you. Ohio