On Thursday I left, together with 3 girlfriends - Laura, Pernille and Nina, for London. We were going to Hillsongs Women´s Colour Conference in Wembley Arena. 11000 women would be attending and we were soooo looking forward to it.
We left Thursday morning and arrived in Luton at 11am. The hotel had arranged for a taxi to pick us up. Allan was the driver and he was a Londoner, born and bread there. What a laugh we had with him. He really got us of to a good start. He told us where all the best places were to eat and what we should see if we had anytime free.
We picked one of the local restaurants to eat in and had a very interesting political discussion with the waitor who came from somewhere in the Middle East. It all started with me saying we were going to a Woman´s Conference (glad I didn´t say Christian Woman´s Conference.) That small comment got him started on about how women had too much freedom and rights and men were loosing their position. At first I thought he was joking around but then realised he was rather serious about it all. When he heard there was an American in our group, well that really got him started!! (I at times wondered if we would leave the restaurant alive!!) Rather a weird experience, but this was part of the adventure of being in London!
After dinner we headed over to Wembley Arena for the Opening meeting. We were excited. What a great evening we had. The worship and teaching were amazing. A great start to the conference.
Then once again we were back at Wembley. The morning was filled with great teaching, and wonderful praise.
Friday afternoon Laura, Pernille and I decided to head to Oxford Street to shop. Nina was going to meet an old friend that was living in London so we would meet her back at the conference for the evening session.
Oh how I loved shopping in Oxford Street. We three girls spilt up so we could get the most out of our shopping. I spent most of the afternoon in WH Smiths and Waterstones and even though I had no room in my case I ended up buying 3 books!! It was sooo wonderful to spend a Friday afternoon in a bookshop!
We headed back for the evening session and again were not disappointed in the teaching. Christine Caine and Holly Wagner were the guest speakers and Bobbie Houston lead the conference and also spoke at a couple of sessions. There was also a video teaching from Lisa Bevere on marriage which was really good.
I am looking forward to going through all my notes and digesting everything again but one thing that really spoke to me was a story that Christine Caine told. She was teaching about being the daughter of the King. How we need to know who we are. How we need to renew our minds with God´s word, get what he says about us on the inside of us so we can attack the thoughts that Satan comes and attacks us with. She illustrated it so well with a story about her own daughter.
Her husband had always told their daughter that she was beautiful, smart, she was the head and not the tail, she was above and not beneath, she was special, that God had a plan for her life etc. Well one day when she left her daughter of at school the teacher called her over and told her a story about something that had happened the day before. Her daughter was about 5 or 6 years old at the time, when a boy in her class went up and grabbed her teddybear out of her hands and said to her daughter "You are stupid and ugly." Christine thought maybe her daughter had punched him in the face for this and this was what the teacher was going to talk to her about but it wasn´t. When the boy did this, Christine´s daughter turned to him and with shoulders back and head held high she said..."No I´m not!! MY DADDY SAYS I`M SMART AND BEAUTIFUL!" and with that she took back her teddy bear and walked away.
Christine used this illustration to teach us that we need to hear the voice of our daddy God and hear what he says about us in his word so that when the enemy attacks we can get our shoulders back, hold our head high and say to the enemy "You´re a liar cause MY DADDY SAYS...." and hit back with what God says about us.
Oh I could write so much on the teaching we got, but I better stop.
Saturday morning we were back again at the conference. We spent Saturday afternoon close to Wembley Arena and checked out the shops in that area. Saturday evening was the final session and it did not disappoint!!
The session started early on Saturday evening and finished at 7pm so we decided to head into the heart of London and eat dinner. Kristian´s sister Hanne was also at the conference so she came with us. We went and saw the sights of London, we even rode on a double decker bus.
We found this wonderful little cafe with live jazz and we had our evening meal there. It was such a special atmosphere and we enjoyed the food and each others company. Friendship truly is a wonderful thing!
On Sunday we had a long lie in. I was sooo exhausted after our days of a full programme. We checked out of our hotel at 11am and went exploring in the area. We had brunch in a wee cafe before our taxi came to pick us up and take us back to the airport.
We arrived back in Denmark late Sunday evening feeling refreshed both physically, mentally and spiritually. What a blessing to be able to attend something that caters for every part of us!!
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