The 2009 Retreat

Retreat 2009
A retreat to remember.......it happened on Saturday. The theme was Outrageous Joy....and there Joy met us. Jesus that is. There were awesome testimonies of God's touch on lives. That was the goal...or rather...the goal was what ever God wanted it to be....the people he wanted to send and the results he wanted to see. I trust His Spirit is still lingering on many today.

Because of a snow warning north of here, we changed our speaker's hotel reservation from the Radison in Merrillville to a quaint B&B in Rensselaer. As it turned out, the move wasn't necessary because of weather but, the owner of the B&B accepted Glenna's invitation to come to the retreat to hear her and her life was touched with new Holy Spirit energy. It was a beauiful thing to witness.

Two Catholic gals came to Glenna after day's end with tears streaming down their faces and their words were that they never really understood salvation before. What joy that turned out to be for those young ladies.

The Holy Spirit was busy that day. I could see it as I watched the dynamics. It all had so little to do with the beauty of the setting that our committee so tirelessly worked at creating. But yet, I think the beauty softens the heart so it is in a good state to listen and receive.To God be the glory.