The staff at the Drury Inn & Suites in Arnold took care of each request beginning at 10:00 a.m. Friday until we left at about 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
The speaker, Jaclyn Rowe, was outstanding!! Her family, her church, First Baptist, Potosi, MO and her pastor Bro. Jamie Haguewood should be proud of her sound scriptural teaching. She made it exciting to learn about King Hezekiah.
Becky Cate did an excellent job with the music and getting us started on time. She has also put together a CD with pictures from Camp Garwood. If anyone wants to purchase a copy to use in your local church to help promote Camp Garwood, contact her.
There were a total of 83 ladies in attendance representing 27 churches (two being from BMA churches in Michigan, two SBC and one ABA).
The silent auction has become a fun tradition to raise money for Camp Garwood. This year was no exception. There were close to 400 items donated and at the end of the day, we raised $1,941.00 for Camp Garwood. Let me repeat that, $1,941.00!! I am sure that before the final count is completed, we will have at least $2,000 or more donated.
This is a wonderful example of what the WMA ladies can do for mission endeavors. Even though some of the ladies participating in this retreat and auction were not active WMA ladies, they still have a heart for missions and support many of the WMA projects.
On behalf of the Retreat Committee, I thank each lady for attending and participating. We are already looking forward to the 2014 MO WMA Retreat.
Janet Widger, Chairman
MO WMA 2012 Retreat Committee.
