retreating.

one week from today i will be getting ready to leave for the first annual GIRLS RETREAT. i am excited, nervous, overwhelmed with details, anxious, excited, excited & really excited. its going to be a girly weekend with lots of girly details & i absolutely love that i am able to be girly & get paid for it! to give you a little taste of the details & plans ive been working on... sitting here surrounding my desk in my office are lime green with white polka dots ribbon & clothes pins that have been painted purple & attached to little name cards with each girls name that will be clipped to the ribbon once we get there for them to write encouragement notes to each other. also my wonderful student ministry administrator & i made each girl a little rectangular scrapbook. a hand made scrapbook at that. seriously.. with chip board & fancy girly scrapbooking paper on 2 little rings. and everything that im printing for the retreat from notes pages & worship stations & daily devotionals & small group Q's and so on and so forth will fit right into their little scrapbook. AND we went shopping yesterday to buy all kinds of adorable decorations for the Luau Pool Party we'll be having Saturday night. Grass skirts & flower leis & tiki torches & flickering surfboard lights. & the precious lady that is doing food for me for the weekend is ready to do chocolate fondue for our "welcome party" on friday night. so many details, so much to work out... SO EXCITED & OVERWHELMED!!!

a little taste of what ive been working on ....

prayer cards that were sent out to some older ladies (older than me ladies) that i knew would commit to praying for 2 students for the month leading up to the retreat.

one of the pages that will be in their journal for them to take notes during each session.

sign that will be on the doors of the condos we're staying in.

ok. back to work. lots to do. thanks for letting me gush about girlyness.