God is good

So I spent Last night and this morning at the women's retreat at church. It was amazing! It started with a wonderful dinner prepared by some of the men at church (several of which are great cooks/chefs). There was this cream sauce on the pasta that was delectable to the nth degree. For desert there was a flourless chocolate cake that was positively incredible. It was so nice to relax with friends and enjoy a meal that I didn't have to prepare. On that note, I have to say that I love how our church doesn't have age specific ministries. As a result I have met some women who are amazing at all different ages and backgrounds. It makes for some wonderful conversation.

Our speaker was Ellie Lofaro and she was amazing! She speaks nationally, so if anybody ever gets the chance to hear her talk I would recommend it. First of all, I haven't laughed so hard in such a long time. Maybe it's because she is an Italian from Brooklyn and all the wonderful things that come with that heritage. Who knows. But I have to say that her message was so refreshing and uplifting. The whole theme of the weekend was imagining. Imagine what God can and wants to do for you and through you. There was of course a lot more than that, and I still need to devote some time to looking more closely and some of the scriptures that we touched on, but in short it was just what I needed.

This morning we resumed our gathering over a wonderful spread of breakfast items. Ellie talked again for most of the morning, followed by some worship music and prayer. It was a short, but very powerful retreat. I ended up buying two of her books, which I hope will be as engaging as she was. I have high hopes (the woman taught English in NY public schools for 10 years..she must have captivated her students to have thrived in that environment as she did).

Kyle volunteered to help clean up and I ended up staying as well and helped dry dishes (gotta love the industrial dishwashers). I ended up coming home with some of the wonderful cream sauce that was left over from dinner and some very pretty flowers. I'm going to try to get the greens (Acuba) to root. Supposedly it's fairly easy to do with this plant. So with any luck, I'll get some more plants out the deal for our apartment.

So all that is left now is to enjoy the rest of the evening. I think we might rent a movie. Star Wars maybe. Last weekend we went to see the informant! and really enjoyed it. The two teens behind us certainly didn't appreciate the humor....stinks for them. So anyhow, as soon as my dorky husband finished up his computer game it's off to the video store.