Women of Faith - Telling our Story

We started off Saturday with a great surprise!  A very special guest was there.  Laura Story then took the stage and sang the beautiful song, Blessings.  It was such a beautiful song and I had a dear friend on my heart when she sang it.  Here is the live performance...

Kelly had been emailing Angie and we were trying to work out a time to meet face to face, but she was so busy with the Women of Faith schedule.  Angie said she was nervous, so we took a moment to pray for her while we were on a break. 

Then she took the stage.

As I expected, Angie told her story with so much grace and love.  She told the story of her family and her precious Audrey Caroline.  She told her story.  She told our story.  A story of a mama with a broken heart and empty arms.  A story of God's grace and the offer to walk on the water with Him.  A story of faith and a story of failing.  She gave a voice to the grieving mama's in the room and for that I am grateful. 

We all felt the words she were saying as if we were saying them ourselves. 

She says that she cries like a "deranged gopher"  but the only tears I saw were beautiful ones.  Beautiful tears.  Eleven thousand women heard her story, our story, and wept.  We all cried together.  For Angie, for Audrey, for Kelly, Holly and Erin. For you and me. 

And it was beautiful!

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We then had lunch and tried to get some photos together...we'll maybe just photos with Lainey!

After lunch there was an amazing concert from this beautiful lady...

I had heard Natalie Grant on the radio, but seeing her live was a totally awesome. She has a very powerful voice and her songs are just beautiful!  She sang a beautiful acustic version of her song, Held.  We used Held at the October 15th service we organized last year.  After her concert was over, she was applauded back onto the stage and sang "It is Well" acapella. 

Hearing 11,000 women echo after her...

It is well

It is well

With my soul

With my soul

It is well, It is well
With my soul

AMAZING!

I'm getting chills again just thinking about it!

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(Again, I have rambled on and it has gotten late!  I will have to post about meeting Angie Smith tomorrow!)