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Charged Up!!

Went to a "Missionettes Mini Retreat" today. Sooo fun, sooo relaxing, and so much accomplished. Diana hosted it at Furmin Park (sp?) from a house there overlooking the ocean ... right next door to the amazing lighthouse.

We had a yummy breakfast .... fruits, muffins, bagels, fruit salad, etc.

and this was the view as we ate our lovely breakfast and lunch. Pretty cool, huh?!

I think this year we will be more organized and cohesive. It's a lovely, fun bunch of ladies with some great ideas. I'm so excited for the year to start!

I wanted to take a bunch more pictures, but time would not allow. Well, let me re-phrase that: I did have time while everyone was eating (that would have been a nice shot as well), but I was too busy enjoying the conversations at my table to get up and miss out on some good conversation by taking pictures. Oh well.

Comments

tjep said…
I'm glad you had a lovely time at Pt. Fermin! I'm glad that you are looking forward to another year of Missionettes!
Debbie said…
Great pictures. When I saw you taking the picture of that bowl of watermelon, I wondered - hmmm, what's that going to look like - but it's really cool!! Nice and refreshing for sure!! Even though I was only there to serve you all it was great to see everybody come together and make a plan to minister to the girls in our church!
DonnaG said…
hey carmela...I love that house too. So does Jacob. He wants to live there (like everyone else). Glad you had fun at the retreat. Missionettes is gonna be great.

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