EPIC Black Butte Retreat 2013

I'm finally getting around to posting pictures from our annual EPIC Black Butte retreat that happened about a month ago.  It's something I always look forward to.  It is definitely alot of work, but its such a sweet time.  It's always amazing to see how God takes all of our plans, filters out all the self-seeking/frivilous/unnecessary stuff we planned, and has His Spirit work out an amazing weekend even better than we could have imagined.

Our theme for the week was the armor of God.  How necessary it is to equip ourselves daily with them wonderful armor tools God provides, because it's so crucial to persevere in our faith and not fall to Satan's attacks.  God brought a variety of young ladies to the retreat, 14 in all, and it was neat to see them focus on Christ and encourage each other throughout the weekend.

We played lots of games, shopped a bit, ate lots of food, shared devotionals, swam, walked, competed in the "Amazing Race", and just had a great time.  We shared a lot of laughs and made great memories.

I think my favorite part of the whole weekend was working with the other women who served as leaders.  It is so beautiful when God brings different ladies with different gifts together to seamlessly create weekend retreats that go off without any hiccups.  We work so well together and I am so blessed to work in ministry with them.

EPIC is on a little break for the summer, but fall will be here before we know it, and we'll wait to see what God has in store for our group!!