A Beloved's Journey

Me, Lisa Harper and Mum Most of you will know about Lisa Harper and how her story has significantly impacted my own. If you don't follow this link to read my blog about this incredible woman. https://abelovedsjourney.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-people-who-inspire-us.html I wanted to include this story in my post about Sistas but I found that there was too much information that would take away from the insights I had gained over the weekend. Going after your dreams is not always easy. And with chasing this one I learned a lot about myself, God's calling and perseverance through the journey. When I found out that Lisa was speaking at Sistas I contacted Sistas to see if it would be possible to meet with her. They seemed positive about this and said they would see what they could do. I didn't hear from them for awhile so emailed them again a few months later to see if progress had been made, to which they responded that it was difficult to organise and that I should e...

It is difficult to sum up the incredible time at Sistas 19 over the weekend. There were plenty of tears, amazing speakers, much laughing and bonding with others and hearing God speak. I had never been to the Sistas conference in Auckland (a Christian conference for women) but Lisa Harper was speaking this year and I wanted to take the opportunity to meet her. It was an amazing weekend listening to inspiring women about God, worshipping our Creator, catching up with friends and making dreams come true. The mornings started at 6:45, leaving the hotel at 8 to catch a bus and arrive at Conference by 9:15 - 9:30am. At 9:30pm we hopped back on a bus, arriving back at our hotel some time after 10 and rolling into bed before 11 to do it all again the next day.  We had a treat with incredible women of God inspiring us to love louder. Love ourselves, our God and His people. On Friday and Saturday we heard from the energetic Christine Caine. She is a fire-house of passion for God's ...

Today, on this 11th September, I have finished paying off the $10,000 loan that I received late last year. I began paying this off in January and have managed to pay it off in 9 months and 8 days with God's grace, two fundraisers and some pretty epic budgeting skills. It feels good but I know the celebration will be in my next pay when that money will go to increase my savings towards adoption. How did I celebrate? Well not with anything today but recently I bought a beautiful darker-skinned doll for Bunny and that felt like a way to celebrate. In the next week or so I will take my incredible friend, who lent me the money, out for a meal to celebrate. And tomorrow I hop on a plane and fly to Auckland to attend the Sistas Conference and hopefully meet Lisa Harper and her daughter Missy. I'm so excited, I don't know how much sleep I will get tonight. I've been beavering away over the past few days sewing a baby blanket as they are collecting these at the conference to...