Song in the Desert: The Big Day

So after all the hard work, everything came together so beautifully. About 250 women met together to celebrate the Presence of God. Let me share the pictures of our day together.

We began the morning worshiping together. The sound of running water filled the hall as we sat in the presence of God.

The women were able to walk around and spend time at each of the doors, allowing the Lord to speak to their hearts.

What a privilege to preach the living Word of God!

We shared a wonderful tea together and were spoilt with these amazing "honey cakes" that a very precious woman of God made especially for us ... it was a perfect snack in the desert :)

We were privileged to host a delegation from Kenya at the conference. I would like to dedicate one of my next posts to who these amazing women are and the incredible work that God is doing through them. Everyone was blessed by their testimonies.

We listened to a few womens testimonies of how God has miraculously seen them through desert experience. The woman below is Phindi Mathebula. She is one of my spiritual daughters all the way from JHB. What a testimony her life is. I was so pleased that she was able to join us and share her powerful testimony.

We shared the Word and prayed together.

And then we took time to be still before the Father to break bread and record what He was saying to each of us.

We ended the afternoon praising our awesome God!

Jesus, thank you for the hope that you always present to us. No matter what season we find ourselves in ... You are always there, leading us and loving us. I praise you for pouring your Word, hope and love over us. May our lips always have a song of love and thanksgiving to sing to you!

Lindah

Song in the Desert: The preparation

Wow! God is so faithful! What a month September was for us at Family Transformation Ministries. There are so many things that I would like to share with you. Let me pace myself with one post at a time :-)

My key focus over September was our annual Woman of Peace conference which I always look forward to. The theme that God spoke into my heart this year was "A Song in the Desert".

As usual with me, what started off as a message in my heart, has turned out to be more than I could ever have dreamed of! I really believe that this one day conference is about to grow into a whole new seminar all on it's own. God began to show me so many beautiful, creative dynamics to mix into the message. I have so many beautiful photo's to share with you. I am going to let the photo's do the talking.

Stage 1: The Video Shoot

As a creative person, I always love to make God's message "visual", so we took a camera crew down to one of our most beautiful beaches to re-create a "desert" look. We put together such amazing footage of a woman's journey through her "desert experience" which at some point I will try post for you.

It was such a joy for me to have one of my daughter's-in-grace, Penny Robinson, agree to be our "actress" for the day! One of the highlights was the scene of her riding on a white horse - a scene depicting her rescue and deliverance. I really have to get the video clip uploaded for you!

Our team was absolutely incredible. One of the main points of my message was recognizing some of the doors that God leads us to in our experience in the desert. The team helped us load up our doors and set them up for the shoot ....

Stage 2: The Preparation

We then packed everything up and had the hall to decorate for the big day. I want to weep when I see the way God brings people together to impart His full picture. We had so many people who came to help and add their gifts to make this such a special day. Here are some of the pics of the hall being prepared ...

The men giving us a helping hand.

My amazing team of ladies from the Family Transformation Centre.

The door of Righteousness.

The door of Faithfulness.

The door of Love.

The door of Mercy.

The door of Justice.

Tomorrow I will post the rest of the pictures of the big day! For all of you who helped me put this together ... THANK YOU!!! You are such a key part of the success of the amazing day we shared.

Much love,

Lindah