Mother-Daughter Conference

This weekend, I worked a mother-daughter conference.  Needless to say, it was probably one of the most nerve-racking weekends ever. Serving around 55 women and their daughters was very eye-opening.  It was amazing to see how God worked through this weekend.  Part of the conference is that we don't allow the mother's to serve any of their children food or drinks, the staff pour all the drinks.  The look on the mother's faces when they didn't have to clean up or even take their plates, or pour their kids drinks was awesome.  The were allowed to sit back and enjoy the time with their daughters and think only about that!  75% of the mothers confessed that they had never prayed with their daughter alone until Friday night.  God began breaking those "traditions" immediately.  Then, through other events, mothers and daughters had the opportunity to spend quality time together.  One of the best parts of the weekend was seeing the mothers and daughters go ziplining together.  I was working the zip line and the daughters sometimes had to encourage their mothers!  What a change of role.  It was a very beautiful thing though to see the cohesion happening. 

Serving them was absolutely amazing though.  Even though I was tired and sometimes not excited about being on my feet, putting myself aside to make their weekend run smoothly was awesome.  God showed me a lot about himself through that as well.  He gives strength to the tired, rest to the weary, and the list goes on!  Serving others is so much more rewarding than serving yourself any day of the week.  It's a great opportunity to put what I am learning into practice!