Portland 2009

Well we survived! The National Convention in Portland, Oregon 2009 is over. I hope all of you enjoyed it as much as I did. On behalf of the Utah Zone I would like to throw out a big THANK YOU to each and every one of you that worked at the convention. It warmed my heart to see all your familiar faces behind those green worker aprons. I would like to share a few highlights with you...


The convention delegates voted on a new mission goal for the 2009-2011 biennium and it is....
$1,875,000,00.00


Wow! And don't forget, that is only 25% of our mites. 75% stays in our Utah/Idaho District. I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for our mites. 70% of the 1.825 million goes to projects and grants and the other 30% goes to operating expenses. Praise God!

The final credentials report showed 3,310 women (and men) registered for convention. That includes the convention body and all the delegates. Just to put things into prospective at the worship service on Friday night; $37,000 was collected towards our new mite goal. Check out the National website for more information on the grants we adopted. http://www.lwml.org/conventions/index.htm

But convention is not all about numbers that is for sure! We laughed with Jan Struck "humerus interruptor" as she learned all about what it's like to be a Lutheran Woman at convention. We cried with Heidi Floyd as she shared her AMAZING story of cancer survival and the miracle of her unborn baby that survived chemotherapy. We were moved by bible study from Dr. Mary Hilgendorf as we dove a little deeper into the stories of Ruth and Deborah. It was truly an amazing weekend. From our zone- Marie, Kathy, Jenny and Lily (Holy Trinity, Logan) came to Portland Oregon together. Great-grandmother, grandmother, mother and daughter, these sweet ladies below make up four generations of LWMLers! What a blessing!





I will leave you with one last bit of news. Utah Zone and Utah/Idaho District get ready because in 2017 the whole nation is coming to....





SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH!!!

That's right ladies! They're coming here! When it was announced at convention we all stood up and cheered...loudly. We've got our work cut out for us so please start praying, but with God's help we can show 'em all a great time. 2017 in Salt Lake City- whoo hoo!