Wrapping Up and Heading Home

I promise I'm almost done telling you/reminding myself about the leadership forum!

So here's a funny story to start you out. Last Friday's lunch break was from noon through 2 p.m. Of course noon CT is 1:00 in Bekah's belly. By the time we arrived at the restaurant and ordered our food, it was 1 p.m. CT, which is 2 p.m. in my belly. (If you're new here and don't know, I eat at noon on the dot. Not 12:01 or 12:02. So 2 p.m. was stretching me.)

And then get this! TWELVE WOMEN in our party and I was the last one served.

So for a while, I sat and watched women eat pizza and then I received one of my own! We ate at Brixx Pizza - another new place for me!

When we went back to the conference, I heard Kelly Minter speak again, because she was both a general session speaker and a breakout session speaker.

And right before dinner, I heard Karen Ehman speak. I remembered her name from my radio days. I remembered Lynne had interviewed her about her first (I think) book.

The final session that evening was the one that made me cry. If you heard this week's podcast, you heard me talk about Jonathan and Alena Pitts. Jonathan's wife, Wynter, passed away suddenly last year, and he talked so candidly about their marriage and the loss of her presence in his life. Alena is the oldest of their four girls, and she played the daughter in The War Room if you've seen that. I really appreciated their tribute to Wynter and Alena's beautiful solo, too.

The final speaker that night was Whitney Capps. I had only recently learned about her at all and it was (obviously) my first time to hear her speak. LOVED HER SO MUCH! She brought a powerful message and was a good southern girl with all the gushy additives to her talk. (I need that.)

The conference ended on Saturday with a final breakout session, time of worship, and speaker. I was SO EXCITED to get home to Ryan that I took virtually no pictures throughout the day. I just wanted to get home and see him!

We stopped at a cute little BBQ place on the way home:

I about squealed when I saw this:

And this:

And him:

I jumped straight into his arms the minute I saw him. I sure did miss this man. Glad to be home with him - and glad for the chance to learn so many things while I was gone!