Women of Faith 2008

I had a wonderful weekend in Indianapolis at Women of Faith. This was the second year I have been fortunate to go. Mom, Aunt Cherie, Danielle, Grandma Hose, Kathy Sanders and I all stayed in the Marriot Hotel. It was fabulous. Becki, Manda, Kris, and Sam were all supposed to as well, but they got there later than we did, and they were told that the hotel was overbooked. They were then sent to Comfort Suites, which was a brand new Hotel, and they were given a free hotel suite. God is good. Wow..

We had a Starbucks in our hotel, which was awesome. We just walked about four blocks to Conseco Field house for the conference both days. There were sooooo many women. The speakers at the conference each year are always hilarious and can bring you to tears. They are the best story tellers. And Nicole C. Mullens was the main singing artist this year. She has a heart of gold. She is married with 5 kids and also has a youth ministry with kids that she mentors about the Lord and also teaches them to dance and sing. What a busy woman!

I posted a video of Nicole and the next one is of the AMAZING Sandi Patty. Wow. She still blows me away after all these years, and her husband is quite the singer too (in the video with her). He is one handsome little fella. :) We are so fortunate to live near Anderson, Indiana where Sandi lives because our conference is the only one every year that her family/husband comes to. Her extended family (in the picture) actually got up and sang a song accupela for us. It was gorgeous and heartwarming. Her mom and dad were up there too.

My dad watched the boys for us on Friday night because Nik traveled to Chicago for a Cubs game with his mom's side of the family. It was his grandma's birthday and they all thought it would be a great surprise. Nate flew in from California to add to the surprise. Sadly, the Cubs lost 3-0.