"Women of Faith" Recap

NATALIE GRANT... LOVE HER!!!

ANGIE SMITH-LOVE HER TOO!!!

NICOLE JOHNSON

SHELIA WALSH

MY TRAVELING BUDDY!!!

If someone offered you free tickets to go to a "Women of Faith" conference what would you say? Well I hope that your answer would be a resounding "YES". Book Sneeze (Thomas Nelson Publishing) offered me 2 free tickets to a "WOF" event anywhere in the United States, and I gladly accepted. In return for the complimentary tickets I agreed to write a review of the conference.

I invited one of my good friends to go to the conference with me, and we headed to Indianapolis a couple weekends ago. Before this event, the last time I went to a "Women of Faith" conference was probably about 8 or 9 years ago. I had heard that the original team of speakers (or at least the team I had seen last) had divided up so they could cover more of the United States. Honestly I was a little sad because I wanted to see all the original "WOF" speakers together. However, it didn't take me too long to fall in love with the new "WOF" speakers and realize that nothing was lacking from the conference... NOTHING :)

The theme of this year's conference that I attended was "Imagine". Throughout the entire event that little word "imagine" popped up here and there as the speakers gave their talks. I forgot how much I really enjoyed the "WOF" events, and it didn't take me long to immerse myself in the atmosphere of love and encouragement amongst thousands of women. I laughed out loud and cried more times that I wanted to...Actually that is not true, I LOVE TO CRY :)

I totally love the "WOF" conferences and I highly recommend this event to any woman or man, although a man might feel real out of place :) But before I close I just want to give a little informal shout out to the "Women of Faith" event team.

-Shelia Walsh- Love her, and her rendition of "How Great Thou Art" brought the whole arena to a place of worship.

-Lisa Harper- This was the first time I saw Lisa. She is a wonderful story teller and she is funny (in a good way :)

-Luci Swindoll- Luci is fearless and her whole life has been an adventure. She is honest and she is a hoot. I laughed many times as she spoke.

-Nicole Johnson-I have always enjoyed Nicole as the dramatist of the "WOF" conferences. She is so talented, but I especially loved that at this conference she shared her personal testimony. Nicole Johnson as Nicole Johnson :)

-Angie Smith- This was the first time that I had seen Angie Smith and she was a new speaker to the "WOF" team. Oh my goodness, Angie was delightful and her personal testimony was heart breaking, but through her sorrow God's light shined through. She was witty and it was just a joy to listen to her.

I could go on and on about the conference, but I will stop here. I am already thinking of planning another trip to a "WOF" event in 2012. I need to start saving my dollars and may I suggest that if you are reading this blog entry you should save your money too.

Thanks again Book Sneeze. I had the most wonderful time :)