one day women's retreat.

this year, we decided to change it up a bit and do a one day retreat with the emmaus women.  we found the perfect facility for an incredible price and booked it for november.  we just needed a break from the very labor intensive weekend retreats, but we still wanted to provide a refreshing getaway for the ladies.  kerri and i asked jill randall to be our guest speaker.  she is our pastor's wife from the church we both went to in redding. she is an amazing woman of God and we knew the women at emmaus would love her!  she also brought a few other ladies with her to minister to us.  so wonderful.

the day couldn't have gone better.  the room looked so cozy and cute, there were 30 women that joined us, and our time together was so meaningful.  we spent a few hours together in the morning, took a break for lunch, and then got back together for more time for prayer and reflection.  God really met us that day.  our hearts were ministered to, through jill's words and testimony.  i felt it was just what so many of us needed to hear.  thank you, Lord, for blessing all of us with relaxing day connecting with you and the women at emmaus. 

table decorations.

ladies ready to start the day!

welcome table.
we made little notebooks for each of the women.

beautiful centerpiece for the snack table.

the redding clan.

jill was a part of leading sandie, kerri and i in our move to lincoln to plant a church. 
can't believe that was 7 years ago!