November 8, 2008--Women's Convention

I just got back from the Women's Convention in Indianapolis. It was so good! Lisa Bevere (wife of John Bevere) was the special speaker, and she was so funny. She has such an amazing testimony, too, and the messages she gave really spoke to me.

I went with a friend who is sort of from our church (she actually goes to another church, but comes here Wednesday nights) and we had lots of fun. We set up our booth to raise money for The Voice of the Martyrs. I had made a big, tri-fold poster and it looked really good. I was proud of my handiwork.

The tickets for the quilt sold really well, although I didn't have as much time to sell them as I really needed. We got there later than we intended to, because we stopped to bring breakfast to a friend who had wrecked her scooter Wednesday night, and so we only had an hour to sell tickets before it started. We had to close up during the sessions. We opened up again after the evening session yesterday, and today we got early enough to get another good hour or so in before it started and stayed open again when it was over.

So far, between the seafood festival, and bringing the quilt to co-op, and the people who have purchased tickets from the advertising I've done on the internet, and then the convention. I've raised $253. I also have some more that should be coming in the mail soon. Next Saturday I'll draw the name and then mail out the quilt.