MOPSTalk Zone 22 ~ Eastern PA and NJ: People

CONVENTION UPDATE

Ta da! A Convention announcement!
We just signed the papers and we thank you for your prayers as we worked on moving, well, a whole lotta details in just a few days.

Drum roll #1: The Gaylord Palms in Kissimmee, FL (Orlando area) was able to welcome us (in the midst of many conventions needing to move).

Drum roll #2: We're able to keep the registration fees the same, so some of you might decide to come early or stay late, and enjoy the Orlando amenities with your friends (or family).

And thanks for all the great ideas of cities! You helped our future dreaming. 'Twould be fun!
And again, it will be great because of Who we'll be with: "Where(ver) two or three (thousand) are gathered in my name, there am I with them." (Mt. 18:20, our year's theme verse with my additions).

Naomi Cramer Overton

Convention Details:
The MOPS International Convention will be at the Gaylord Palms, Kissimmee, FL (Orlando area). Dates will be the same, August 5-7, 2010. Speakers and artists will be the same great lineup — Julie Barnhill, Margaret Feinberg, Donald Miller, Naomi Cramer Overton, Shelly Radic, Go Fish, Mandisa, The Katinas and Richie McDonald.

Convention registration will re-open on Monday, May 17.
The early bird registration deadline will be extended to June 7.
We are working with the Gaylord Opryland for an official letter we can provide to anyone who has already purchased airline tickets to use with airlines to avoid rebooking fees. This letter should assist you in rebooking airline tickets — it will be posted online at www.MOPS.org/convention.
We continue to pray for families and businesses affected by the flooding and we have sent MOPS materials to local MOPS leaders who are distributing supplies in the Nashville area.

MOPS International Convention 2010

August 5-7, 2010
Gaylord Palms, Orlando FL

Check back often for more information!

Your MOPS International Convention Checklist:

Register for Convention (re-opens May 17)
Reserve a room at the hotel (register first!)
Schedule shuttle transportation

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

People

Today I went to Wendy’s for lunch with two of my three children. As we sat there eating in the empty restaurant listening to my four year old talk about trucks and trains, all of a sudden high school students started filling the restaurant. As they sat down around me I started to overhear the conversations. It brought me back to when I was in high school. Did I ever imagine that I would be a mom and a wife or even have the Lord in my life? I then started to think about my early 20’s and the people that the Lord put in my life and how some of them are still a part of my life and some aren’t. God has placed other people in my life. Each of them has entered and left my life at the perfect time.
About two years ago, I had two girlfriends that had a very bad falling out so that they weren’t talking. It however put me in the middle of this fight that they were having. I remember how the Lord placed one of them in my life at just the right time in my late 20’s. At that time she started planting the seeds that lead me to the Lord. She also introduced me to my wonderful husband.
I thought about how His placement of people in my life has changed as I’ve gotten older. I saw how my love for my husband grow and grow over a year of off again, on again relationship and realizing at that moment that I knew he was the one. The Lord has also placed and helped my friendship with my other friend just at the right time for both my life and hers. But as the Lord placed these two women in my life, He has placed others in my life for this season that I am in now. But it makes me think, “Who has He placed in my life so that I can show them His mercy and grace?” Am I aware of the changes of the people in my life? Or how does my life touch other people, I don’t even know.
When I was pregnant with my son, I thought it would be fun to be on a baby story so I wrote in with my story. We were chosen and our story was put on the air. About a year ago, out of the blue a woman emailed us telling us that our story gave her such hope, that some day she would have another baby. I touched that women’s life and didn’t even know it. I also got to thinking, “Do we notice the people in our lives that need Christ? Do we notice that we need Christ in our lives?” Who has God placed in your life and whose life has he placed you in. Take a look around and see who is at preschool pick up with you or that mom at your MOPS group who doesn’t say much. Is it someone who needs a friend or just some help? Just take a look around; is there someone you can share God’s love with today?