Women of Faith 2011

Remember Bible camp? How you made new friends, worshipped your guts out, cried during skits and dramas, danced, praised, learned, were stretched and filled with God's spirit? I'm pretty sure Women of Faith is like camp for grown up girls.

This weekend I have the joy of attending (thanks to booksneeze) the Women of Faith event in my city!!! I went to my first WoF event two years ago. It was during a difficult time of my life, and I was so overflowing-ly blessed by that weekend. It brought healing, inspiration, peace and joy - right when I desperate for all of the above. I was able to bond with a new group of friends, hear incredible speakers like Sheila Walsh, worship God with Natalie Grant leading, and refill my heart.

My posts about that wonderful weekend are here and here. Gosh, in linking to those I re-read them and am all fluttery and gooey and joyfilled with memories. Seriously, that weekend blew my heart to another level.

In case you don't click over to read them, I have to share my favorite WoF weekend story. I'm going to straight copy and paste it from that previous post. Take a peek:

God seriously spoke to my heart this weekend – through the speakers, the worship, the concerts, my new friends, and His word. Sheila Walsh’s presentation was particularly close to my heart. I had one of those, “holy cow, she’s been reading my diary!” moments. So I tweeted those words. A minute later, Natalie Grant wrote back “me too!!” WOW! Again, that exchange was sweet on its own! But God is bigger than… During the final presentation of the weekend, all the porch pals came up onstage to ruminate on the happenings of the weekend. Sheila had the mic and talked about why Twitter was so neat in that it connects women everywhere. She talked about a girl named Cassie who had brought her aunt to the conference. Over the weekend her aunt decided to quit smoking and put all that money towards sponsoring a World Vision child. How cool is that?! So then Natalie Grant took the mic and talked about why she thought Twitter was so cool – it allowed her to connect with conference attendees in real time. During Sheilas’ talk, Natalie said there was a moment where she thought, “boy! She’s been reading my diary!” And then on twitter, a girl named Anna (that’s me!!!!) ‘tweeted’ that very sentence! It was so cool! She said, “So Anna, I got your tweet, and I totally agree!” I’ve never been called out, by name, by a celebrity in front of thousands of other women. I was humbled and grinning like a fool. God knows how to throw icing on a cake, huh?! *grins*

I'm grinning all over again. Because Cassie is now one of my besties. We connected that day as the 'girls who got shout-outs from the stage' and have stayed connected since. She is the real deal, and I get to actually hug her in one week.

Want to know more about Women of Faith events? Watch their promo video:

I'll be back to post after the event. I cannot wait.
-anna
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DISCLOSURE: I was provided complimentary tickets for the WoF event from booksneeze.com. All opinions are my very own.