This past weekend, we had our annual Wesley Women's Retreat. I (Leah) am in charge of planning and running the retreat. This year, 70 people joined us in the North Georgia Mountains at Cohutta Springs Lodge for the retreat. Annie Downs, a wonderful, writer, speaker, blogger, and incredible woman of God was our speaker this year and it could not have been better! She talked about courage and how to have and CHOOSE courage in the hard and difficult situations. She challenged all of us to daily and intentionally live a lifestyle of courage. I was personally so blessed by her and hope to partner more with her in the future. She has actually written a book called From Head to Foot and is coming out with a new book later this year called, Perfectly Unique. You can find those on her website or on Amazon. It is SUCH a good read for all ages. I highly recommend it...and knowing the author, I would read ANYTHING that girl publishes! It was such a great weekend all around. One of my biggest prayers going into weekends like this is always that the girls that come would encounter the Lord in a new way, find community, and leave transformed. Looking back on the weekend, I think that all of those things happened! It was one of those weekends where I was refreshed by what I do--I truly love my job and getting to minister to girls. Here are some pictures from the retreat:
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| Decorating before everyone arrives :) |
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| The retreat facility was beautiful! |
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| Annie speaking |
Women's Bunco Night!
Every February, we have a Bunco Night sponsored by the Women's Ministry. In case ya don't know what bunco is, you can look it up here...you will definitely want to find some girlfriends (or guy-friends...Aaron thoroughly enjoyed himself!) and play a few games. All you need are a few friends, dice and a bell. That's it!
We had the event at our house and decorated it with pink and red for Valentines Day. I won't lie--I always love an excuse to decorate girly :) We had desserts and shirley temples and had so much fun hanging out and getting to know the girls in the small groups.
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| Our living room transformed into a Bunco tournament! |
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| We let Aaron play and I think he had more fun than all the girls! |
February has been a great month! Thank you for your continued support and prayers for us and our ministry here!
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