Colour my world

--> During my time in the UK, I have had the opportunity to visit the Hillsong London church several times. Well, this last weekend I attended the Colour Conference, a women's conference hosted by Hillsong. It was in London at the Royal Albert Hall and it rocked my world. It was two days full of inspirational speaking and teaching, workshops and great music. I was a bit overwhelmed so I have been pondering the last couple days what exactly I walked away from the conference with. First of all, from a tourism point of view, its worth mentioning that the Royal Albert Hall is breathtaking. The conference hosted about 5000 women hailing from 29 different countries.

One of the main initiatives that the Colour Sisterhood partners with is called A-21, and they work to help get women out of sex trade. My eyes were opened to the vastness of human trafficking on our planet. I had no idea. 27 million people, mostly women and children, and mostly for the purpose of sex, are in captivity on our planet-- more people in slavery than ever before in history! And they say its on the rise. My heart broke. One of the speakers explained that in instances like Haiti's earthquake and other natural disasters, often human traffickers show up before humanitarians and steal children off the streets. What kind of world do we live in?? I haven't been able to get these women and children off my mind since. I know I've got to do something, I just don't know exactly how that will manifest itself yet. Watch out world. Check this out for more: Click here and Here.

--> The keynote speakers were Bobbie Houston, Holly Wagner, Priscilla Shirer, Dr. Robi Sondregger, and Christine Caine. There was so much to take in. I found myself learning new truths about God's Word, inspired and motivated. One of the cool teachings was about the Israelites headed to the promised land. Priscilla Shirer pointed out that God offered the promised land to Moses among 2 million people. When God fulfilled his promise, of that 2 million, only Joshua and Jacob were the only ones from the initial generation to actually see it. The question presented was, what did Josh and Jacob have to be that one in a million? They acted immediately, acted fearlessly, they gave the glory to God, and they confidently expected the miracle God provided. I think, for me, I could stand to have a lot more confidence in God's ability to provide. I am ready to expect miracles :)

This last weekend was so enriching to my soul. Thank you to those of you who were praying for me to have a good weekend-- it was!