Time Out For Women

I was so excited to go to Time Out For Women! It was me, my mom, my aunt Pam, my aunt Sherlene, and my cousin Kristin (Pam's daughter). We had yummy food and stayed up late giggling and talking! The messages were amazing, and the music was enlightening! The first night we heard from Michael Wilcox. His message was on "How Many Is One". He talked about how "one" can be a multitude when we each do our parts. That doesn't even touch the rest of his talk (it's so hard to share even a tiny bit of what I felt), but at the end he said something so cool that I never though about. In the movie "The Wizard of Oz" when the Wicked Witch is dying, she says "Oh -- what a world -- what a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness"?! I hadn't ever applied that part in a spiritual way. Neat stuff. Then we heard from an awesome, talented guy named Jason Deere. He sang the songs from his cd "Joseph: A Nashville Tribute." I've seen the cd a few times, but I always passed it by. I'm telling you my friends, BUY IT! I'll tell you a tiny bit about a few songs real quick:

He Walked A Mile In My Shoes - is about Christ being perfect, how can he know my pain...then at the end of the song it says from Gethsemane to Calvary he walked a mile in my shoes

Emma - is about how Emma lost her husband, burried her children, then everyone said she lost her faith (LOVED IT)

Brother I'll Follow You - is about Hyrum and his faith in following Joseph

Lamb To The Slaughter - is a tear jerker about Joseph knowing it was his time

Obviously my words don't do justice for these amazing songs! He also has one called Trek (but it was sold out). He sang a song about Brigham Young from it and it'll be a good one too. Loved how it stirred emotions about my testimony of Joseph Smith and the early pioneers!

We heard from Carolyn Rasmus (who wrote the book Simplify). Sang with Jenny Frogley! Love that girl. She was in our ward in Utah! Heard from Camille Fronk Olsen who suggested reading bible stories in a different angle, particularly the womens. Oh and we were graced with the presence of Merrilee Boyack! Holy crap that lady rocks my world! She wrote the books "Strangling Your Husband Isn't An Option" and " The Parenting Breakthrough." I desperately wanted to get the husband book, but it was sold out, darn it. I'm telling you ladies...this book will change your marriages! A must have! One thing I'll mention that she said is "when you put your kids to bed it lets mommys and daddys become husbands and wives." So true! Just thought I'd share that tip with my young mommy friends! And the closing speaker was Dean Hughes. BUT, I didn't mention that Michael McLean was our host! He was great as always, but after Friday night he declared that he and I were BFF (best friends forever)! I asked my aunt Pam to go ask him what cd the last song he sang was on. Then he came and found me and said don't be shy, we're bff. Then he went on and told us all about his new book. It's about infertility and adoption. So guess what, he did a few more songs from it for me on Saturday morning. Well he said someone requested/mentioned it and I was assuming it was me (haha)!

What an amazing experience though. Did I say amazing like 20 times in this post, because it was!