05/17/2009 - Conference in review

So we got back from the conference at about 4am this morning. It was an awesome time and just what I needed. Of course it was really hectic, but it's all in the way you look at it :)

Leah ended up getting sick (congestion - couldn't breathe when sleeping) before we even left Wednesday night and we were highly debating even if Christina should go at all. We prayed about it and she came anyways - it was a tough time, but I'm glad she did. Leah didn't sleep well (kinda meaning at all) until the second night there. She is better now though.

The teachings were really great too, but I won't go into much detail about them because it'd be too much to talk about. Personally, the greatest thing I took away was something John Chubik spoke on. John is one of my favorite speakers of the many I've listened to and really preaches God's word with such simplicity. The part which grabbed me the most was a brief few minutes he spoke on marriage relationships saying that the way we treat our spouses is an indication of the direction our marriage is headed. I'm an emotional person and get easily offended - especially at my wife, but I need to maintain that levelheadedness (I checked the spelling - that's actually one word!) around her especially.

Traveling was hard too, but well worth the trip. It seemed everyone who went from our church ... 28 total! ... had a great time. There are other things that happened, but I don't want to share them due to lack of permission :)

By the way ... pictures will be incoming once I get them. Our camera's batteries died on the first night so I asked another guy if I could get him to send me his pics.

[EDIT] Our pictures are now up here. I am still working on gathering and hosting the other pictures from various sources.