yesterday, i returned home from a weekend adventure at Camp Menogyn off the Gunflint Trail in Loretta, MN. i was invited to come by a group of ladies to join them in a conversation about serving from our gifts and design. we got there thursday night and walked across the frozen lake. we went hiking and snow shoeing the next morning. in the afternoon, my mom-in-law and sister-in-law and i had the chance to help harness the dogs for dog-sledding and we got to drive the dog-sleds! my hands were sore from gripping so tightly, but when we began to glide across the lake with the sun shining and the snow-covered trees surrounding, i felt like i was in a sacred place. on saturday, we enjoyed a dry sauna and took the "polar plunge" in our bathing suits. SHOCKING! that's all i have to say about that.
it was a meaningful time. throughout the weekend, i got to share some songs i've written such as "Lift" and "Invitation to the Unlikely" and these beautiful young girls sang all the choruses with me. i shared how the people in my life, who have served me and who cared about me when i was young, literally changed the course of my life. i shared a story about mother teresa, one of my heros, and how she said that "a smile is the beginning of love." i hope we all came away with a stronger sense of purpose and strength.
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