God and Awesomeness.

The last couple of days have been just what I needed. My man and I went to the Catalyst conference in Atlanta, GA.  At first, I thought we were crazy taking a trip right before we take a 5 day road trip. But boy did God use the conference to refresh, restore, and reassure my soul. 

This is Brad and I on Thursday morning. SO EXCITED.  You could feel God's presence just waiting to errupt. Come to find out, there was 13,000 people.  It felt so amazing to be worshiping with that many fellow believers. 

This guy right here has been influencing my life for about a year and a half.  It's Andy Stanley. I don't know what it is about him but when he speaks it clicks in my head. So if you are looking to grow and stretch make sure to pick up his books or listen to his podcast. 

Look at all the people!!! The theme was "On your mark"... the reason for the X stage.

After having two days of mind blowing information put into our heads this was all we could do at the end of the day...play the peg game in silence at Crackel Barrel. :)

Some of the things that went on at Catalyst:

1. Guy jumped from 35 ft. into a kiddie pool of 12 inches of water. 

2. Armored truck and limo pull into the Convention center. 

3. 13,000 people played football in the arena.

4. Heard from over 20 speakers in less than 48 hours. 

5. A grown Compassion kid meet his donor for the very first time. I was a puddle on the floor when that happened.

6. Got to hear from Andy twice.

7. Speakers that spoke to me - Dave Ramsey, Chuck Swindoll, Andy of course, Louie, Rob Bell, Marcus Gladwell, etc etc

8. Learned that Chuck Swindoll's sister taught him how to smoke. 

9. Learned that Chuck Swindoll hit his wife on purpose with a battery while checking the fire alarm.

10. Most important, God was there and speaking to my heart. 

Go here for podcast from this conference: 

http://www.catalystspace.com/content/podcast/archives/

Much Love!!!