Stake Women's Conference

Dear readers, I'm back.
Life sometimes gets busy.  After Christmas, my Relief Society presidency and I got busy finalizing the plans for our stake women's conference.  It was held on February 25, and it turned out just like we hoped it would.  I'm so grateful for all those women who spoke and shared experiences from their lives when they had to trust in the Lord. Many sisters helped us decorate and un-decorate, many men helped us in the kitchen and with tables and chairs and we appreciated all their help.  My WONDERFUL presidency went above and beyond to carry out their responsibilities and assignments.  It was a great conference and we felt like we reached our goal to share messages of hope and encouragement, even in the face of all the challenges of life.  Our theme was Proverbs 3:5-6 - "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."

We asked eight women to share experiences in their lives when they had to trust in the Lord and not lean on their own understanding.  They each shared pictures in slides in a powerpoint to show images that helped tell their stories.  It took great courage for many of them to share stories that were about times in their lives that were very hard.  The spirit was present and we heard many good comments about how their personal experiences touched the lives of those in the room.  Our new stake president gave an inspiring talk at the conclusion.

We had Hawaiian haystacks and grapes for lunch with a darling cupcake, commemorating the 175th birthday of the Relief Society organization.  I was so happy when my counselor in charge of decorations chose purple (my favorite color) as the color for the table coverings!  Every detail was so well done.
It was a wonderful conference.