This past weekend I had the opportunity to speak at a women's retreat! Events like these are picking up again after having been canceled for so long and speaking at them is truly one of my favorite things to do!
The church who invited me to come is located in Huntington, but they held their retreat in...Shipshewana! We were just there a little over a month ago for our family vacation, and I told Ryan I think I've stayed at the Farmstead more than I've ever stayed anywhere else in my life. I'm trying to think if I even have stayed at another hotel or Airbnb more than once in my adult life. I'm not sure I have! But if I have counted correctly this weekend marked the seventh time I've stayed at the Farmstead. I actually happen to love it, so it all works out!
Our room was HUGE! It was completely comfortable, and Ryan turned the wardrobe in the corner into a whole Narnia experience.
Because of things like...working all day...driving an hour and a half to get there...an accident detour...and such, we arrived
right when they were starting to have dinner. They brough their own food and ate there in the retreat room. Ryan helped me get my table set up, and I had to grab a picture of the little "Be Still" wood pieces they had on each table.
After dinner on Friday night, we had the first of three sessions. A trio of ladies led worship before I spoke, and they did a fantastic job.
After the Friday evening session, the ladies had breakout sessions to attend, but we went back to our room. We were flat out exhausted from all the events of our last month, so we hopped in our jammies and crawled in bed. (Remembered our weighted blanket this time!) We turned on Dateline and neither one of us has any idea how that turned out, because I'm pretty sure we were asleep by 10 p.m. ON A FRIDAY NIGHT! We are the coolest. Call us for all your entertainment needs.
I'll tell you about our Saturday adventures tomorrow!
1 comment:
That room is so spacious! Glad you had a good start to the retreat!
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