For Such A Time as This...Esther Retreat

This is what the retreat looked like at about midnight on Friday night-LOL. From left to right are Angie, Ms. Lisa, Kayla, Katy, Ashly, Ms. Beverly, and in the floor are Trish and Kristy. Everyone was tired by this point, most went to bed except me and three others-ha.

Sorry, these pictures are random, haven't figured out how to switch order yet. :) Anyway, from left to right in this picture are Katy (my niece), Kayla, Nichole, Amanda, and Jennifer. They were working on a poster, one of the activities , of one of God's promises to us. Their poster turned out to be the Tree of Life and was incredibly elaborate! It was fun to see all of the artistic ability!

This is Mrs. Karen and Mrs. Carol. Mrs. Karen was the one who was kind enough to open up her home for us to have the retreat/slumber party there. Mrs. Karen is our pianist and a very talented musician. She also plays and teaches harp! How cool is that?

This is my best friend Mechele. Okay, maybe not the best picture of her because her eyes are closed, but that is all I have for now. And, she was laughing and having a good time. :) She and I planned and carried out the Esther Retreat this last weekend. It was a celebration and kickoff of our Beth Moore Study that begins this weekend.

This is Mrs. Belinda, aka Queen Esther. She did a terrific job on her dramatic monologue of the modern day Esther. She spoke of many struggles that Esther faced and how they are not so different from the ones that we face today.

We had 19 ladies to attend Friday and Saturday. We had a great weekend of food, fellowship, and fun. We all made goals for what we would like to get out of the study and learned different ways we can pray for each other during the next ten weeks! I personally learned that God can use any vessel, broken or not as long as we are willing to be molded into what He wants us to be!