Women's Retreat

Here are some pictures from the women's retreat this weekend. The first one is me on the zip line... SO FUN! Then its me and Linda with our new friends, Rebbecca and Amanda. I tried to get a picture of me with every lady from our church who went. As you can see Linda got jealous. Finally I snuck one without her in it!

So I went to this women's retreat at Mount Hermon, which is in the mountains near Santa Cruz. Everything went so smoothly. Linda and I went up late on Friday so we got to ride together just the two of us, and it was so fun to just be together! We made friends with Rebbecca, who has been going to our church but we didn't really know well. She brought her friend Amanda and they were both so much fun! They work at the county jail so we got them to tell us lots of funny stories about drunk people getting booked into jail. There were 8 ladies in our cabin and staid up giggling and telling gross stories about peeing our pants, diarrhea, and county jail all night. It was such a blast to see each other in a different element than usual, staying up late, cheering one another on as we went on a zip line and without responsibilities. The speaker, Donna Partow, had a lot interesting things to say. I didn't agree with everything but it stimulated good conversation and some really neat times of reflection. She showed a video about this father and his disabled son. It is so beautiful so I wanted to share it, but I'll warn you, you might need some tissues. I think this really reflects the kind of love God has for us! I hope you enjoy it.



Here is another one about the same family! This is the one I saw this weekend.