EWomen! (Friday)

I was so blessed to attend the Extraordinary Women Conference this weekend. We experienced the typical conference emotions and we laughed, cried, and even danced. ;-) 

President Julie Clinton was with us for Friday evening but had to fly home Saturday for her son's prom. 

 The first performer was Joe White and he did a drama. He brought his "adopted" daughter Heather Headley (picture above). She has a wonderful voice; she has been on Broadway several times. During Joe's drama, he played a video of Dick & Rick Hoyt. Click on their name or here to see a similar video. His use of the story was to illustrate that God will "do" the same for us as the father in the video does for his son. I can't find the exact video he used, but what an awesome story!

The theme of this year's conference: Passionate FAITH !

The big act of Friday evening was Mercy Me, but first we saw Moriah Peters - a fabulous 19-year-old performer.. (She was so cute!)

MERCY ME

Getting to meet "D.J. Tanner!"

Love my girlfriends!

Motor City - Motown - City of Champions - The D - D-Town - Hockeytown - The 313

There's not much commentary needed here. I took these pictures on my recent trip to the Detroit area. It was neat to see the influence of Ford, GM, Chrysler in the city. (Granted, my view of the city was mostly from the car while on the interstates.) I was amazed at how many instances of run-down homes I saw. If I recall correctly, that's also known as the Detroit ruins.  Every bridge we went under, had at least one person walking on it. The building in the fourth and fifth pictures looks like it is being revitalized (why else would there be cars in the parking lot!?). 

-get loh