Set Apart Girl Conference

July 11, 2009

Before the Set Apart Girl conference, I was blessed with a special treat. Five whole days with my dear friend, Katherine Huber! We talked, and talked, and talked and . . . well, you get the picture. :-) We also enjoyed a refreshing visit to Hume Lake, a few hours weeding the garden with Jeremy, (thanks Kath!) and a lunch out with just us two. We had not spent time together since 2006 and I soaked her in as much as I could. :-) Thankfully, she was able to join our SAG group as well. Love you Kath!
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Kaylee McCracken and Raylene Werzinski have both written beautiful tributes to our time together in Colorado. It was a close time of fellowship for each one us, during the conference, but especially spending hours and hours together in the car. I truly felt as though each girl had become my sister! A big thank-you to Eric and Leslie Ludy, and their team for the incredible conference! It was a time of immense encouragement to me personally and as Kaylee said, difficult to describe. I came home feeling renewed and filled up with zeal for Christ, our great and mighty Lord and Savior.

I enjoyed visiting with Mrs. Callis and Mrs. Werzinski during my time in the front seat. They were our adopted 'mothers'l during that time, and did an incredible job. Thank-you both for your patience, your energy, and your effort in organizing this trip!

Thank-you for driving all that way Mrs. Werzinski!

I hadn't met Rebecca Kinabrew before the trip, but am so glad for the opportunity! She is a sweetie.

Here are a few dear girls I met in the dining room.

The Colorado campus was beautiful!

On the road again.
Eden was our trip photographer and did an amazing job. She was never without her camera and worked tirelessly to document our memories in film. Thank-you Eden!


A few more girls I met . . .

I met Brittany through Katherine. She is a CollegePlus counselor, and a caring, friendly, beautiful young woman with a heart for the Lord. We three strolled the paths along the campus during a break, getting to know each other better, and connecting as sisters in Christ. Meeting other young women who are also traveling the narrow path is greatly encouraging.

Here we are getting registered. We're still discovering we have legs after sitting so long. :-P



After each stop, we mixed up the seating arrangement. Doing so provided opportunity to connect with each girl in the van.


This is an example of two things that happened often in the car. Sleeping, and laughing!



Deciding the best route.
I couldn't help but smile whenever we stopped and got out to eat. Coming from a family of mostly boys, being in a group of 13 girls was such a novelty.