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Women’s retreat, Blue Mountain, PA (June 2010): reactions, reflections

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view from Blue Mountain, PA

Two days home now. Here is what I’m thinking:

I ate too much. I’m afraid to get on the scale.

I know in my head that if you gather a group of women together, the odds are good you will find victims of abuse and neglect. At the retreat, I heard several of these stories from those in our group. My heart had a harder time accepting it; I was shocked, angry, and now I’m just sad for what these ladies had to endure.

It’s fun to act silly.

Gwen Mouliert is quite funny. Better yet, she knows her Bible.

Girls suffer at the hands of women too. Negligent mothers, take note.

I have great talent for eating Doritos.

As a girl and grown woman, I have suffered little compared to some of my sisters-in-Christ.

I love my friends.

I like sleeping on the top bunk in my sleeping bag.

I prefer less air conditioning.

We serve a powerful, loving God who heals the brokenhearted. Thanks be to God!

Three hundred women singing It is Well (With My Soul) is beautiful.

another view at Blue Mountian Christian Retreat

Leaving (not) on a jet plane

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This afternoon I’m off to the wilds of Pennsylvania. My first time to attend a our church’s Ladies Ministry retreat. How I have escaped tagging along with this group of sisters for so long is a mystery. I should’ve done this years ago.

So, I’m attempting to pack, do laundry, rid the hardwood floors of the dog hair, put away groceries, shower, and referee sibling squabbles before I go. And I would like to write a blog post for tomorrow, since I can’t exactly bring the Dell with me. Or I guess I could, but that kind of defeats the purpose of a spiritual retreat, doesn’t it?

Husband will be on Kid Duty. I’m even leaving him with the Mom Minivan. Tomorrow is strawberry picking, drop eldest girl at her 4H jam making activity, pick up girl from said jam making activity (can’t forget that!) and whatever else he can come up with. He says the plan is to run them out so they crash good at night (good luck with that, Babe.)

I know when he goes on the men’s retreat the time feels like forever, not because I miss him so much, but because it’s intense to be the only parent with four children 11 and under. But he’s not me. I’m the intense one, hubs is the fun one. Hopefully, he will still be laughing when I get home on Sunday.

Since I will have my phone with me, I’ll be updating Twitter. All of my followers need to know what we eat for breakfast, who the speaker is, what the worship songs are like and what general tricks we ladies can get into when away from hearth and home.

Though the power of Twitter, I shall let the world know just how much fun we evangelicals can be.

And I will enjoy my break from mommy life.

Have a great weekend. Pictures and recap of my adventures Monday (or Tuesday, depending how tired I am when I get home.)

Loyal commenter no. 3

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And it’s Mel from A Voice for Moms.

From her website:

I challenge all of you to pray daily about how your voice, gifts and talents can best be used. Your voice and ministry may not be the same as mine but we all have gifts and talents that God will use if we allow Him to.

Amen, Mel! Very well said.

Mel blogs about politics from a Christian perspective, a fact that amazes me. Not the Christian part, I’m down with that no problem; it’s the political commentary. I’m not much for blogging politics, so I’m glad Mel has it covered at her site.

Thanks for being a loyal commenter here, Mel. Keep up the great work at A Voice for Moms.

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