Ladies' Prayer Advance 2009

Our ladies went to Goshen, VA for the 2009 Prayer Advance. It was awesome. I didn't want to go...I just never do retreats or anything as I absolutely hate being away from my family. I felt compelled to go, but then when it was time almost chickened out. I am SO glad I went and am already praying I get to go next year. I missed my family a lot, but we were so busy and learned so much, that it was a great time. If any of you want to go next year...let me know...we'd love to have you join us!! It truly was the best "retreat" I've been on...it is so much better than just a "retreat"..it truly is a Prayer ADVANCE. :)

It snowed the first night we were there...and it was so very pretty. This is my friend, Courtney outside of the house we stayed in. We were in a room with 10 bunk beds. It was very nice. There was a common room when you first walked in where we did our group prayer time at night.

This is me on the sidewalk in front of our "house".



The view from our porch.

This is actually on the 2nd day...I have some of these out of order. I took a lot of pics outside on our way back and forth from the classes and breakfast/lunch/dinner.

One of our tables during onen of our meals. They fed us very well...I gained 2 pounds!


One of our other tables. We had such a great group of ladies.

This is a row of our ladies in the bigger meeting area.

This was one of the speakers. He was actually my favorite. I'd love to sit under more of his preaching. He'd make a great revival speaker. He did one session on devotion time. I learned a few things I've incorporated into my daily study time and prayer time. I think his name was Roger Baker. I will check my notes and change that if it's wrong! :)

Some outside shots. I love taking close ups of stuff, so was just experimenting.

Pretty, Pretty

The snow was just so beautiful!

Here we all are posing and making faces. I asked everyone to make a funny face...most complied.

Here is our "serious" picture!

Our prayer time meeting area. It was so wonderful. Also, the last night, there were 5 of us who slept out here on these little seats. We stayed up laughing and talking until 330 a.m. It was really fun...I had not done that in years!


Packing up to go home. We drove in three vans. It was about a 3 hour drive from the church.





We did have such a great time. God worked in my heart and life. I learned so much and enjoyed being steeped in that atmosphere and having plenty of time alone with the Lord, too. I made new friends and deepened friendships I already had. It was just an awesome time!!