Last weekend my Mom, Aunt Karen, Debi and I made our way to Portland (with a few shopping stops) for the Women of Faith Conference. What an amazing time. I'll admit, the motel (and I do mean MOTEL, not Hotel) lived up to it's 2 star rating but it did have a pretty big TV. Making up for our motel in the ghetto were the 3 Starbucks all within walking distance. Although on Saturday morning as Debi and I were walking to Starbucks we started wondering if people driving by were thinking, "Hm, those two gals must be from out of town. No two women walk alone in this part of town." Nonetheless, the shooting that happened during the night wasn't TOO close to our motel. :0) Okay, enough about the motel.
The first session was Friday night at 7:00. The conference was held at the Rose Garden which held all 18,000 women for the weekend. There were amazing speakers, singers and even someone who performed drama monologues. We laughed A LOT and at times had tears in our eyes. These women had been through a lot and yet they were able to stand up in front of thousands of women and tell their stories. None of their stories were fun ones to share but yet they shared anyway, hopefully benefiting someone else. We were there until 10 o'clock or so Friday night and then back again Saturday morning at 9 o'clock for the next day of speakers. It also was a wonderful day full of laughter. We were able to meet up during the lunch break with my Aunt Kathy and my Aunt Sherri who were there but in a different seating area. Then after the day was done, we met Aunt Sherri for dinner in Portland and then Mom and Karen rode home with her.
I am so glad that I was able to spend this time with my mom, aunts, and Debi - it was a blast. Hopefully we'll be there again next year!
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