Memphis!
I was in college when the Living Proof Live events began. I was kind of in a bubble during those years and didn't quite grasp how the ministry was growing. One of the first events I attended was in Memphis in June of 2001. At that time I was newly engaged to Curtis and had just finished my junior year at Texas A&M. The event was in the Pyramid Arena and Kathy Troccoli was the special musical guest. Mom still remembers what she spoke about that weekend. The theme was "What if we let Him get to our hearts?" I could hardly wrap my mind around how many people came to hear my sweet little mama and I'm sure I was bug-eyed through the whole thing.
Melissa and I were both supposed to be there that weekend, but she never made it. For some reason she was going to have to leave later than us and she ended up getting stuck at the airport when Tropical Storm Allison stalled over our city. Seventy-thousand homes were flooded, 2,744 were destroyed, and 23 people died in the Greater Houston Area. It was a miracle that Melissa even got home from the airport that night. Mom and I were then stranded in Tennessee. We hitched a ride back to Nashville with the praise team and stayed with Travis and Angela for a couple of nights until we could get back home.
As you can see, it was a very memorable weekend!
Beth and the Living Proof Live team are thrilled to be heading back to Memphis on October 9-10, 2009. The event will be held at the FedEx Forum. You can get all the details here if you're interested in coming and having a memorable weekend of your own.
I've heard that lots of Siestas are attending, so I want to give y'all a chance to connect with each other beforehand (if you haven't already). LPM isn't planning an official Siesta meetup, but that doesn't need to stop you from meeting each other. So future Memphis Siestas, leave a comment on this post and let everyone know you'll be there!
posted by Amanda @ 10:30 AM
153 Comments
153 Comments:
I live in Nashville, and I want to go so bad! I'm sure it will be a blast.
JW
funny how "what if we let Him get to our hearts?" right up through last night's class STILL has the power to bring us to our knees/make us fall down as dead/- your "sweetlittlemama" can twist us "everywhichwaybutloose" with that question! she is a living proof live event!
I wish I could be there, but Canada is farther away than a short trip. I would love to hear you Beth.....Rebecca
We're bringing senior high girls from Fellowship Bible Church to this Living Proof Live event and we are fully expecting God to show up in huge ways! :)
Count on our prayers for you Beth & the praise team as you lead us to God's throne!
I am a member at First Southern Baptist of Yuma, CO. We are HUGE followers of Beth and love her deerly!! We were one of the sites that hosted Beth's simulcast. We are putting together a church cookbook as a fundraiser for our Africa mission's trip we are taking in 2010 and was wondering if it would be ok if we put Beth's Texan sheet cake recipe in our book? Please email me at mmms@ecsdd.org. Thank you so much! We love you, Beth!
I am there and soooooo excited!!!
Question... is this going to be a simlucast? If not, how often do you have them?
I am attending! I would love to meet up with the Siestas.
I was there the first time too...very dizzy and sick feeling. Thought it was the shape of the building...lol. I was pregnant!
Not a chance this time though so bring it on Beth!
Sallie
I will be there...been counting this down since last August! Cannot wait!
Stephanie
I'll be there with a bunch of siestas!
Looking forward to my very first LPL experiences (I hear it's different than a simulcast!)
yeah!
rachel
I am so excited! I haven't been to LPL since you all were in Stillwater, Oklahoma! Looking forward to you being in our sweet city.
I will be there along with 19 other ladies from my church!!! I am VERY excited!!
I'll be there! CAN'T WAIT!
Getting to hug some Siestas' necks for the 100th time and others' necks for the 1st time!
I'm also banning myself from eating ribs between now and then so that I'm fully prepared for the awesomeness that is Memphis ribs.
SEE Y'ALL IN MEMPHIS!
Whoo Hoo!!!!!
I'll be there with Wendy, "Mom of Eleven" (12 now!)
Counting the minutes! Can't wait to hug everyone!
Emmy : )
i am jackie from platte city missouri, but i will be driving the 8 and a half hours to memphis! I have a brother who is a pastor in memphis and i will be staying with him and my sister in law laura. I would love to meet other Siesta's! i was at the 2001 event with laura. she is a very conservative pastor's wife and wears only dresses, ever. we somehow got parked in the wrong place at the pyramid and there was a fence between us and the building. she did not hesitate one bit to climb that tall chain link fence. what a hoot! nothing would have kept us from it! we still laugh about it! can't wait for Oct 9!!!
I will be in Memphis coming from Dallas.
GG2002
Judy Baggett
I already have my ticket and can't wait for October! I would love to meet up with the local siestas, so keep us posted. I've been in Memphis about 8 years now. Thanks for sharing that story. I would love to go make some memories in Texas sometime as I've only driven through it on Hwy 40 and never really stopped to hang out. :D
Completely bummed that I CAN'T COME! Too much going on in October but January in Houston is looking good..:)
Praying it's a sweet homecoming for the LPM team. Nothing like full circle..:)
I will be there, driving 8 hours from Cincinnati Ohio Friday morning and leaving after Saturday's session to get back home in time for church on Sunday! I am so excited to see Beth live and in person! My 1st time hearing Beth was a from a video at our woman's conference at church in 2008, then I was at the simulcast last month, watching from a church in my area- closer to seeing her in person, but not close enough! NOW I am coming to Memphis with 2 other ladies from my church, we are so excited to be coming down to Tennessee! I can hardly wait!
Lisa
I was at the event, too. Beth taught from 2 Corinthians 3:18. I recall a nurse in the audience made the connection between the fact that we were meeting in a pyramid and Beth was talking about our metamorphosis/change, the symbol of which is a triangle. Very cool moment. I also remember that Beth was very troubled by the fact that the audience was so white, considering the African American population of Memphis. She said she would not return unless there was a promise for more African Americans in the audience. I hope she sees that this time! Funny the things we remember...
I AM SOOOOOOOO THERE WITH ALL THE WOMEN IN MY FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!! we are driving in from Dallas and can't wait to meet our other blog friends!
Oh, and didn't Kathy call Beth onstage to sing with her. That was so funny!
Amanda, I too remember the weekend your Mom came to Memphis. She challenged us to make a difference in our city. My name is Wendy and I am the City Coordinator for the Memphis event next month.
We know that this is ordained from teh Lord hat your Mom will be with us this year in the city of Memphis. Earlier this year the Lord laid it on Priscilla Shirer's heart to come to Memphis though an event entitled Redemption 2009. Again we heard the message to come together as sister's in Christ. A great amount of time and effort went into the event with women of all races and cultures coming together for the week-end. Since that time prayer meetings have been being held all over the city of Memphis.
Now, it is time for your Mom to come. God is up to big things in Memphis. While you may hear of the many shootings and murders and crime, I am here to tell you churches are reaching out their hands to each other as never before. We are taking hold of each other regardless of race, church location or culture. Be assured we have work to do but much is being done.
We have been praying for this event for the last year as we have prepared for this weekend with your Mom, but all volunteers have been praying for this for the last 30 days through a prayer guide.
I invite you sista's, to come to Memphis and join us as we ask God to change us and touch us through our time with the Lord.
We are over 13,000 strong so far. Praise God for the things he is doing. If I can help any of you with questions about the Memphis event, or our area, please email me at:
gogirlwdg@aol.com
We are going to celebrate God on the week-end. "We have our eye on the goal where God is beckoning us onward to Jesus. We're off and running and not turning back." Phil 3:12-14 The Message
I look forward to seeing you all soon.
Wendy Glass
Memphis, TN
I'll be there! It's about a 6 hour drive from Atlanta...
(just need to decide if I should drive through Birmingham or Chatanooga to get there!)
Got my tickets back in January, since Memphis was the closest one to me this year.
Can't wait to see those of you again that I've met already, and meet the rest of you! :)
I will be there! I live in the area, but this will be my first event. I am so excited! Yeah!!!
I can't wait to see what God has in store for us that weekend.
Oh I'm so blessed to get this opportunity to see Beth, again!!
I'm coming with with my daughter~in~love, it will be her first event!
Memphis holds special memories for a friend of mine that is coming and also for me.
Both of us have had sons in treatment at St. Jude.
My son is a brain tumor survivor and my girlfriend's son won his battle there. He is now with Jesus.
Looking forward to coming to Memphis and not going to St. Jude!
PS I'll do that in November♥
Looking forward to meeting some Siestas!
PS I'm from Baton Rouge!
I didn't know that an event was scheduled for Memphis! I live two blocks from FedEx Forum. I am a grad student, so I don't have a lot of extra funds for activities. However, I will be praying for the team on that weekend. Memphis is ready for the presence of God to rain upon us though this event.
Definitely going! A first for our family... my twin daughters wanted a trip with mom to hear Beth Moore for their 16th birthday so Memphis it is! We are so excited and can't wait to hear what God has for us!
I'm looking forward to seeing and finally meeting face to face many Siestas!
Much love,
Dedra
I am SO there! Plans already made!
amy beth @ ministrysofabulous.com
Oh, how I wish I could be there. I've never been able to attend an LPL event, but just went to Deeper Still in July. I love your sweet little Mama and am better because of her obedience to our sweet Savior!
Hope you all have a great time!
Warm in Alaska.
Six of us (from Kosciusko, MS, to Jackson, MS, to McComb, MS, to the Gulf Coast) have had tickets for close to a year and have been just waiting with bated breath to get to LPL in Memphis! Cannot wait!
THERE!!!!! I am Charlottte from ATL and I will be driving up with some great Southern Siesta's. Looking forward to seeing you and "meeting" you.
AJ- Talked with someone today at LPL about an extra ticket we have and aren't going to use. We want to get it to you in time should I just send it to the P.O.Box?? I don't need any tax info just want to see another Siesta get to go!!
A bunch of ladies from my church (Highpoint)are going and I am so excited!! If anyone decides to meet up beforehand, let me know! Praying that God will work in the lives of all of us and praying for you sweet "siesta mama" as you prepare for the event!
I just completed the Esther study this summer - my first Beth Moore Bible study and I'm hooked!! I loved it!! My friend and I are going to Memphis traveling from Northwest Arkansas. I can't wait to hear Beth in person as I fell in love with her teachings on DVD. I'm excited to get to hear her in person and I pray that God continues to use Beth to get other women addicted to Bible Study. Thank you Beth and thank all of you for all you do!! God Bless you.
see ya'll there :)
we've already planned a early morning attack on the closest starbucks we can find....forgive me if i run you over for my coffee ;)
love ya'll
abbylane
I will be there, I live in the Memphis Area and I am going with some ladies from my church. Can't wait!!
I live in Brentwood and I've made plans to go, but do not want to drive that far by myslef.
Anyone from Brentwood or Nashville going? Maybe we can ride together.
I'll keep checking the blog for any yes answers
Becky/Brentwood
LPL in Memphis 2001 was my first LPL too! I remember it like is was yesterday. So you can imagine I'm tickled pink to be back there again in October. So, yes, this Siesta is going to be there and is planning on meeting up with a bunch of Siestas. Cannot wait to see y'all!!
Much love,
~Cheryl (Prof)
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I will be there and can't wait!!!
Hi ladies! If anyone has questions, you can send them to us at blog@lproof.org and we will be happy to get them answered for you. Thanks so much!
Awww,man!!! I'm in the Nashville area... So close and I can't go!!!! Bummer. (I have a Praise Symphony Concert that night in Clarksville...)
Have fun. Wish I could be there.
I will be there. So LPM isn't planning aget together. (Notice serious sad face)
Well ladies I will be there and am meeting up with ladies that I haven't seen in over 5 years. We were military wives in our previous lives and a few of us have since changed paths. We are so excited to see each other again and report what the Lord has done for us. YEAH!
I remember that weekend well b/c I was in Houston for a wedding and we ended up spending the night at Pappacitas (sp?) where the rehersal dinner was held! A memorable weekend for everyone, for sure!
As previously mentioned on the
"Random and Sublime" post,
my husband and I will be there. And we are so excited to hear your "sweet little mama" and to be led into worship by some of our favorite peeps on the planet. We are also WAY excited to see old friends TOGETHER and go to a spiritually uplifting event TOGETHER (that doesn't specifically pertain to youth ministry). That sort of combination is few and far between for us, and we can't wait! I think it will be one of my favorite birthday gifts of all time.
Believe it or not I am a little bit sad that we are leaving our 3 and a half year old daughter with grandparents for the sake of convenience... not because we have problems "leaving" her by any means, just because a part of me wishes that she could be in on the family joy of this occasion. But I think that Friday night will be a little past her bedtime:-) Although I'm sure she would have no problem rockin' out to TC and the team :) haha.
><> Becca <><
Amanda
I remember Beth telling a story in another bible study about that. I think it was John the Beloved Disciple,my first Beth Moore Bible study.I remember her talking about the flood and having to go back to Angela's and you were with her. Is that when Angela made pancakes for you all and your mom thought they were going to be like cardboard but they were delicious. There was a little guy in the story at the time I can't remember his name but he called your mom Beth Moore like that was her first name. JACK she called him Jack I just remembered. She told how she was teasing him something about how pancakes were gonna change his life...and he said how are pancakes gonna my life and she just kept telling him that. Then finally he said something like "now a banana will change your life" and after she had eaten and left the room he said Beth Moore makes me hungry. I can still hear her tell that story it made me laugh out loud then and it's makin me laugh now.
Ginny
Schenectady NY
I will be there...bringing about 20 ladies from our church in Paragould, Arkansas...and yep! I was there in 2001...wouldn't miss it for the world...which it happens to be my daughters senior homecoming Oct 9, but she said, "mom, go ahead and go see Beth...I don't even like going to Homecoming." So..guess I'm going!! :)
Charlotte, wouldn't it be great if you could get your extra ticket to Lindsay (6 comments above you) since she lives 2 blocks from where the event will be and doesn't have a ticket? :)
Oh, I plan to be there with a group from my church here in Vicksburg, MS Was there the first time and think I have been to one a year since Jackson, MS. Praise the LORD and thank you, Beth, for instilling a hunger for our God and His Word in us over these years. God has blessed us sooooo... thru you! We love you and our Jesus!!!!
PS Has anyone ever told you that you look just like Jesus???
ro
I am so excited that I am getting to come to this! We have 6 women coming from Eufaula AL.
Vicki
I am so there! Can not wait!!
"your mom goes to college"--kip
My sweet daughter and I have had our tickets for a long time. We are making it a mother-daughter weekend, complete with an "overnight" Friday night!
Amanda,
Like a couple of siestas mentioned, I too was there at that event. My first to ever hear your mom. There are soooo many wonders/questions from that event that still remain with me. The greatest being the burden placed on your mother before she came and the intensity of Friday night. Your memory of the tropical storm over Houston and Melissa not being able to attend may explain some.
But I always wondered when your mother "saw Memphis as a heart with veins and arteries...beating"...I wondered if God had placed that vision there because of what was going to happen on September 11th of 2001. Our country and the world did have a heart change.
Yes, Memphis was a memorable event and I can say I have "let go of many branches through these past 8 years and moved with God from 'glory to glory'".
Changed because He was, He is, and He is to come!
Much love to you all.
I wanted so much to be with you in Memphis .... but God had other plans for me. He has directed my path toward a Medical Mission Trip to El Salvador November 5th-13th and I don't have enough vacation time to do both. I had never planned or ever intended to plan a mission trip of any kind... but God has been doing a radical work in my life over the past 7 months... and when I surrendered it was 100%...which as we know can put us in places and situations we never would have expected to be.
I was part of the simulcast a couple of weeks ago... and that was such a annointed and powerful message for me. Thank you again to the LPL teams that worked so hard to make this happen.
I know that the Lord has something special planned for me and I am excited to find out what it is. To all those reading this...please say a prayer that our trip is safe and prosperous for His kingdom.
Beth, Amananda, and Melissa... thank you for all you do to lift us up...to lift up the kingdom...
You make us such a part of your family...there are times I feel like I could pick up the phone and give you a call or send you at text about something special that has happened. Thanks you for your openness. Thanks for your willingness to serve our Lord!!!
Luv Ya'll...
PS...I will let you know how my mission trip goes....
Amanda,
I was at that LPL event with a friend. It was an awesome time.
I bet Mamma Beth wanted all of her chicks under the same roof badly.
May it be a blessed event!
Anna
I hope it is a great weekend, and everyone has a good time. Sadly, OKC is a bit far.
Amanda, are you going to be in Memphis this year? I also attended the event in 2001. WOW..is what I say. I love attending these and go everytime they are close enough to Danville, KY. Just want you to know how every much I appreciate not only your Mom but you and Melissa also. Thanks for sharing your lives with us.
Loving Him,
Bobbie Lancaster
Danville, KY
YES!!!! I'll be there along with some awesome siesta's who are precious BFF's! See you then!
Can't wait to see what God has in store for the weekend!
Hugs and blessings~
Fran
A large group from our church in Henderson, TX are attending this conference next month...we are buying t-shirts to wear as a group so we will be recognizable to each other...we are so excited to be able to attend...I have never been blessed to attend an event that Beth Moore is speaking at, so I am so looking forward to being there...
I am soo there...I've got a couple of ladies from my hometown coming too! Can NOT wait!
See y'all there!!
Nikki
This will be my FIRST time to see Beth in person, my first LPL event. I have done DVD studies and simulcasts and have loved each and every one. My tickets were mailed to me in August of 2008! What a year of anticipation this has been and now it is only 3 weeks away. I have a group of 4 ladies coming and I would love to meet up with some Siestas there.
CANNOT WAIT! I lived in Memphis for 4 years while in pharmacy school and I am stying on Mud Island (my old stomping ground) and bringin my mama and two of our friends. PLUS...I am going to get to meet FACE TO FACE for the first time a couple of friends from the bloggy world!!! I am so excited!! I didn't get to attend the simulcast as the Lord gave me another assignment that weekend so I am really looking forward to this!! Praying God will send the 4th person to us soon...I have an extra ticket and I am asking God to reveal who He wanted me to buy it for. God bless you girls!!
Ladies from Hamburg AR and Dumas AR will be there. It will be my first live event. I missed the Houston Christmas event last year due to a son's accident so I am fired up about Memphis
Inez Barnes
Well, I wasn't planning on going, but now, I think I will! Woohoo! Happy feet...!
Hugs,
Adrienne
I live in Olive Branch but I am attending and working as a volunteer. I am SO excited about Beth being here. The last time I saw her in person was at Bellevue Baptist Church Women's Conference-does she remember that? I actually met her that day at lunch. What I remember MOST was her humility and her passion- give ourselves completely to God! I am so thankful Beth's passion has never wavered. I know this weekend is going to be fantastic.
Amanda, Olive Branch, MS
Myself and four other women from my Bible study will be there, we are driving from Ocala, Florida and cannot wait!!!! Would love to meet up with some other Siesta's.We have a 14 hour drive, but we are taking turns driving so we should all be awake and ready for the Holy Spirit!!! What a hard year this has been for all of us, what a time to soak in his presence. So much has happened in our families that we just want to feel his presence and know that he is with us...Can't wait...Lisa
So excited about Memphis! I was at the 2001 event and remember EXACTLY the same thing Leslie posted earlier. It was at that event that I learned to pray "Jesus, cause me to love You more than I love anything else". I've prayed that ever since.
I wish we had a Siesta gathering!! If anyone puts anything together, please email me!
faranh@gmail.com
See you soon!
Faran in Arkansas
Oh, and I also remember Beth making all of us take off one earring so she wouldn't be the only one wearing one earring. Her dangly earrings kept bumping up against the headset mic and causing loud noises. She took off her earring so it would not distract and then insisted (in the way only Beth can) that all 14,000 of us also take off one earring. Hilarious!!!
Fifty ladies from my church bought our tickets almost a year ago! We actually live in the Memphis area and couldn't stand the thought that the event might sell out before we got our tickets. We've done every one of Beth's Bible Studies and are looking forward to hearing her live. We are waiting to hear from God through His faithful messenger.
I will be there and I CAN NOT WAIT!!!! I agree with 3girlsmom you need to get you some ribs while you are here girl...they are the best!
Love y'all,
Allison Lee
mom of 4 girls
help us JESUS :)
Can I interrupt this post to apologize for clumsily interrupting the Scripture memory post to make my blog deput (first time ever contribute on a blog -anywhere). As I read thru the comments like a kid to see if my post actually showed up, about 75 posts into it I saw a pattern...scripture, name, city... and began to sweat and pray that I somehow pushed a wrong button and mine wouldn't show up like a sore thumb slap dab in the middle of this sacred pattern where everyone else was obeying the rule. Unfortunately it was there and immediately Amanda's song started humming in my ears..."one of these things is not like the other..." I'm just glad I didn't know how to attach my face to it all:) So sorry -tho I am known to have a knack for faux pas I'll try to do better. I love this blog -Ya'll have a blast in Memphis.
This Siesta will be there and hopes to meet some of ya'll.
Kristen Follis
Spring Hill, TN
ON my way! Then to Nashville for vacation.
We are staying at a Marriott Residence Inn downtown. Let's all meet somewhere.....Spaghetti Warehouse on Firday for dinner???
While there if you are not familiar with the area, Graceland, a Rock n Roll Musuem, Cotton Museum, Sun Studio's, Zoo, Pink Palace Museum, Dixon Gallery, endless.....
And yes ladies, Beale St, you can go to Beale ST and be a Christian. It's a party scene but they also have Gospel Music Groups playing as well. Dont' forget A Schwabs, a three story old fashion dry good store.
I was in Memphis in 2001. I belive she also talked about change and we were at the Pyramid and the symbol means change.
We are bringing 50 ladies from Conway Arkansa to Memphis on the 9-10th and we know that God will join us there. We are excited to hear what God has to say through Beth, what a joy it has been to walk this ministry with her......Pam
I'll be there! I'm flying down from Boston to be with my mom, sister and sister-in-law for the event!
Wouldn't miss it! I attended the last time Beth was in Memphis and many more across the south since then. I'll be bringing 18 ladies from our church next month. Excited that it is so close to us this year...only a couple hours! Already praying for Beth and those attending.
Judy
Baldwyn, MS
Was in Memphis in 2001 with a group of ladies from my church. Will be there again with one of my sisters (still working on our other sister), my 2 daughters-in-law, and my sister-in-law who is here all the way from Cameroon, West Africa. She and my brother are missionaries there and are home on furlough. It will be a great girl weekend for our family and I'm looking forward to hugging some siestas necks as well. My sister lives in Memphis, so we will be staying with her. Can't wait!!!
Even though this doesnt pertain to the Memphis blog, I just had to let you know, my small group started Esther last night. We had 10 women in attendence and for 1 of the women its her very first Bible study!! YEAH PRAISE THE LORD! It was a great night and already loving the study big time. Thanks so much to all the LP staff
I will be there with about 16 southern Siestas a few are flying and driving in from TX as well as driving from all over the SE
WE are so excited to see one another again and to have the opportunity to praise our Jesus!!
WAHOO
I can not wait!
God bless
Kim
Honey, I'll be there with bells on! I'm so excited! I was there on the event that you were referring to, Amanda, and what an event it was! I, too, have my own memory of that weekend. My birthday is on that Monday (October 6th)... and so a ticket to Memphis for the next coming event is the gift given to me by my sweet husband.
Let me tell you of another time that I was priviledged to have been served the manna of God's word from your mother. I had just spent a year with the 5th and 6th graders on Wednesday nights. We spent that year in the book of Genesis... and before we were finished I fell in love with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph!!! I felt ownership of them! I felt a kinship of the closest kind!!! It was right after we had finished that I found out your mom was filming the session for The Patriarch series. I hate to admit it, but my first reaction was jealousy!!! I was GREEN from head to foot. I wondered how she could talk about them with me being invited???
So...
I begged my darling man and he relented. I drove to Baltimore, Maryland from Alabama. Sat in on each session each day EXCEPT for those filmed on Thursday. For, you see, I do payroll on Thursdays. I've been doing payroll for my daddy since I was 16.... I'm much older than that by now. I actually left my vehicle in Baltimore, caught a flight to Montgomery, Alabama, early Thursday morning. Rented a vehicle to drive (in my own town!!!) Did payroll as fast as I could. Drove back to the airport. And got back in the nick of time to catch a return flight back to Maryland on Thursday night.
Just in guess y'all ever wondered..... I just thought you might need to know what extremes we girls sometimes go to to hear the wonder of God in His Word!
Like I said, I'm so super excited!!
Sharon
Montgomery, Alabama
I live in Southaven, MS which is just across the state line from Memphis. Saying I'm excited just doesn't describe what I am feeling!! A few years back I had the priviledge of hearing Beth in Little Rock. What an exciting weekend!! I have my wristband and CAN'T WAIT to hear what God is going to say through her here.
I was at the Pyramid in Memphis in June 2001. The place was packed. The message was one calling for change in Memphis. God is on the move and lives are changing here in the Mid South.
Redemption 2009 was a huge success. Everyone came with the hope and prayer to let God be the God of "this city".
God has been astouding by the lives that have been redeemed. About a year-and-a-half ago, a woman prayed to recieve Christ at my church. The woman had been born and raised in Afghanistan. Her entire family and all she had ever known were of the Muslim faith. Praise Him nothing is too difficult for our God.
About 50 women from my church will be attending. Can't wait.
I remember your mom telling us that she had never prepared for a weekend like she had prepared to come to Memphis. "Something big is coming." I have often wondered was He trying to prepare us for September of that year?
God is going to change lives. It is going to be a blast! Can't wait to be there.
See you next month!
Blesings,
Mary
Oh, I will be there...with bells on!!! I can't wait!
Memphis not quite close enough. Saving up and praying up for Houston in January. And then there's Louisville in '10!!
On another note, I was just at the Living Proof website (loving the Priesthood series, btw!) and WOW! If you haven't seen the new site you need to!!
Love and prayers to all,
Kelli
Oh yeah. SO gonna be there and there are so many I'm looking forward to meeting IRL that I have met online since San Antonio. Tiffany (ForHisGlory) and I are road-tripping from DFW!
Texas sized hugs to y'all!
Donna
Amanda, I too was in Memphis in 2001 and I remember that event well! This year, I will be in Memphis again and this time my two daughters (13 and 22) will be with me! I am looking so forward to hearing what word God has given your mom to share with us and to get to hear it with my daughters next to me as well as a herd of women from our church!
I'll be there with 8 others. So excited!
No, I am not going, but I AM ATTENDING DEEPER STILL:-) Woo Hoo tomorrow night baby!
Twitter will be " Deeper Stilled" :)
But I will do my best to take notes:)
Not going to make it to Memphis this year, but will be in Springfield with my friend, Megan. Can't wait!!
Cindy
I am originally from Memphis and now living in Naples, FL. I am going home for the Memphis LPL event and my 26 year old daughter is attending with me. So excited, can't wait!
Blessings!
Karen
I will be there with several siestas from my church. We are coming a day early to shop and eat! We've had our tickets since last October and are counting down the days - 22 !
Muscle Shoals, AL
October 10 is my 40th birthday. I'd love nothing more than to spend it with Mama Beth drinking in God's word. However...as much as I've hinted that to my husband, I don't think he's getting the message. So unfortunately I don't think I'll be there.
You all have fun, though. I'm sure it will be great!!!!!
Kimberly
Hey Siesta's
FREE TICKET!!!!
I have one ticket we are not using for LPL Memphis. Anyone want to go and can't?? Let me know!
Charlotte
ATL
I'll be there along with my own sweet little momma, my sweet little momma in law, and a sweet life-long friend! Can't wait for a serious girls weekend digging in the Word! WooHoo! This is my third LPL event and I got to meet Beth at Chili's in Little Rock a few years ago afterwards. Can't wait! Bring it, Siesta Momma! BRING IT!
Amy S.
Osceola, Ark.
I am attending with aprx 30 sister from my church, Valley Baptist in Searcy Ar
We are Valley Girls
Can't wait! Coming from Northern KY!
I think all the siesta’s should wear a pink or red carnation so we can know each other!!
Yep! Can.Not.Wait!!!!!
What better way to spend a fall weekend?! Siesta fun and time in the Word.
Hugs!
stephanie
I bought 4 tickets a year ago when my 3 closest friends were all experiencing the darkest days of their lives to date. One moved to Nashville, one has gone back to work full-time to help her family financially, and the third (R) has had a bi-lateral mastectomy, 2 rounds of chemo, radiation and now has 4 treatments of herceptin left in her fight against a very aggressive form of breast cancer. She is bringing one of her new friends (B - also fighting breast cancer) with us to the Memphis event. This is the first thing R has been excited about in 2 years! Cannot wait to experience the weekend with friends who have been in desparate places and are hanging on to the Light. I know the Lord will have something profound for us in Memphis!!
Amanda,
I'm the one who is bugged eyed now at the LPL events. They are so awesome. God's Spirit is soooo palpable! I wish I lived a little closer (okay a lot closer) to Nashville - I could use a little bug eyed time. Hopefully next time Miss Beth and Travis hit California. Next year I think!
:)
Laura P
Pleasant Hill, CA
We are almost there!! My sister MaryBeth from TX, my sister-in-law Mary from PA and me from OK!! We are so expecting God to move in Awesome ways!!
I was there in 2001! I grew up in the Memphis area so I left my sweet pastor hubby in south MS with our 4 daughters ages 6-16 and traveled home to my parents to attend the event. My first of many LPL events. It has always been my DREAM to attend an LPL event with all 4 of my daughters and God being so gracious and good, has provided for that to happen in the place where it all began for me. I will be attending the event in Memphis with my beautiful girls ages 15-25. My two oldest now married to pastors, my college girl and my high-school youngest. What a mother-daughter weekend it will be worshiping and sitting at the feet of Jesus. Praise His name!
Unfortunately my Bible Study group won't be able to make it. But, by jove, the next time y'all are in the ATL, I'm gonna organize a trip for us!
Our little group started when Beth facilitated "No other God's last summer. In fact, we won recognition for our "Rapping Scripture Video". And, recognition was just like first place to us, except for without the prizes :)
Since then, we've done Daniel, and Stepping Up, and now we're doing Esther. I've just now created a blog just for us.
I'm sure my little group would be tickled with a comment from one the LPM girls if one of you should find yourself with a spare minute.
We are so thankful for your ministry!
Love
Shana
of the
http://www.emcbiblestudyblog.blogspot.com
I will be there! Coming from Spring Hill, TN...saw another Siesta from the same area...can't wait to get there!
Sandra Taylor
Oh! If only Wisconsin were closer! I would be there! I'll be praying for you, Bethie dear! For ALL involved and for all who will be attending! You y'all SO much!
My girlfriends and I are comin' to Memphis to see our sweet Mama Beth. Can't wait for the word that Jesus will speak to us through a woman who made me so excited to study God's Word that I had to restrain myself for doing all five days of my homework in one day!! A bunch of my girlfriends and me saw her over five years ago in Grand Rapids. Going with my friends from TN this time and expecting it to be as big of a blast. Can't wait!
Lots of love!
Hello Girls,
I was there in 2001 and of course I will be there in October, Oh Yeah!! We are teaming up with a sister church and charting a bus to Memphis!! Of course we are gonna shop & then head in to see our "siesta mama" We are counting down the days! Praying for you Beth & the praise team! We love ya!
A friend and I are driving down from Louisville, KY. It's our first time traveling to Memphis, but our 3rd time seeing Beth live. We can't wait! We are actually making a vacation of it and we're gonna spend a few extra days and see the sights.
Kim
Me and three of my girlfriends are coming from Arkansas and CAN'T WAIT!!! We've had our tickets since last November! I am soooooooooooooo excited....I need a girl weekend and GOD weekend!!!
I will be there with several from our church. Denise , Sharron, Dianne, Terri and a friend of hers. We are so excited. Can't wait! Memphis, here we come!!!!!!!!!! lv you Bethie!
Sharron in Hartselle AL
I will be there and can't wait!
Leann
I will be there- can't wait!
6 of us will be there from Hamburg, AR! Can not wait!!! :) Chris
Can. not. wait.!!!
Hope to see some of my siesta buddies!!
teresabraden@aol.com
love,
Teresa
I live outside of Jackson and I'll be there with my good friend who is coming down from Louisville. We are SOOOOO excited!
Emily
I'm in the Memphis area and will be there! I am coming with a friend, and I have two more tickets that I'm praying over who to give them to. I can't wait to hear what Beth has to say, and to hear Travis for the first time!
I'm going with my best friend. We are so excited. This will be our first time attending a LPL event!
I will be there with 2 other friends and can't wait for a weekend filled with praise and worship. May the Lord prepare our hearts for what he has in store for us. I can't wait!!!!
Myself and 3 of my good siesta friends will be in attendance in Memphis. We're from Clarksville, TN. We cannot wait to get there and be a part of this!!!
Can't wait to meet you Beth!
Donna L.
I know sometimes that LPM offers scholarships to the LPL events...I live very close to Memphis so I could stay at home but the ticket price is more then we can handle right now. Are ya'll going to offer scholarships for this event through the siesta fund?
That was the first time I had ever heard of Beth Moore. I went with a friend and the LORD has used Beth to speak truth into my life in ways that would take much too long to type!! I'm thrilled to say I will be returning this time as well. Several of us from Searcy are driving over--I know the Spirit will meet us all there, don't you? Memphis is NOT gonna know what hit it! Beale Street had better get ready because there's gonna be 'a whole lotta shakin' go on'! The KING will be in the building!! Oh, I can't wait........Tonya
Speaking of Living Proof Live, we just participated in the simulcast in Portland, TX the end of August. What a wonderful time to see churches all around our community participate with one goal, in unity, learning, praising and loving the Lord from one place. I am so grateful for technology that can do this. It really makes me want to travel and be in every city. I want to work on getting to one and take my two grand daughters for a time away. How fun would that be?
We are studying Esther now and the simulcast made them hungry to get back into our fall study.
My sweet friend Marianne and I will be there, LORD willing! We've got our tickets and our place to stay...can't wait! This will be my first LPlive. I've seen sweet Beth at a Passion conference WOW...10 years ago and I saw her at Deeper Still, San Francisco, and of course, I've seen her multiple hours via video and DVD for Bible studies.
Me, my mom and my mother-in-law will be there!!! I can't wait!
Tickets in hand! Hotel reservations made!!
Can not wait!
God's word + Memphis cuisine = Wonderful weekend!
Killen, Alabama
Charlotte@Three Fold Cord, do you have an email address so I can contact you about the ticket? Thanks! Amy
Me and my six pack of siesta peeps will be there with our big hair and smiles all a glo. We can't wait!!!!
I am coming, and can't wait !! We're driving from the Springfield Missouri area.
I'll be there! Cannot WAIT!! Heading that way with a flock of Siestas -- I think we're about 16 in all. Would love to see / meet/ hug more Siestas! Just look for us -- we'll be the really loud ones or email me at Mary AT MaryRSnyder.com
Four words... I NEED SOME JESUS!!! He's just so good...I want more!!!!! Can't wait to worship with a group of women wanting the same thing...more JESUS! Priceless....
Amy@inkstillwet...CHECK your mailbox in the next few weeks your ticket is on the way!!!! Yeah hopefully I will get to hug your neck!
Charlotte
ATL
All I can say is God has annointed Beth Moore with HIS Hand. I just attended the Deeper Still conference with Beth, Kay Arthur and Priscilla Shirer and I still feel HIS presence from it. I did see Beth will be in TAMPA in April 2010 and let me tell ya, I'm already preparing to buy my ticket NOW!!!! Thank you Father for blessing Beth and Living Proof Ministries along with the Great ladies Kay Arthur and Priscilla Shirer for the gifts and talents you have given them. :) May they each be blessed with years and years to come with YOUR LOVE, MERCY and GRACE and DESIRE to share that with all of us.
Love you ALL!!!
Will be there! Excited to meet many of you! So....filled with anticipation to hear from the Lord through Beth.
OCP
Countin' down the days!! My little 8 yr old girl Sydney, heard Beth's voice in an advertisment for the event on K-Love today, and in her little southern belle twang she said, "Is that her mama? Is that the lady you always watch and read about? She has a country voice(accent). She's just like one of us!" That's why we love you so much Beth, you're JUST like one of us! Can't wait to see you!
I have a ticket to Beth's Conference here in Memphis Oct 9 & 10, but have a conflict that weekend and will not be able to use it! If you or anyone you still need a ticket pleast contact me via email. I am really bummed because it will be awesome, but it is unavoidable!
Thanks, Karen
Terri in Alabama will be there!!
I will be there!!
Cindy G.
I'll be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can find me on my blog~all4boys.blogspot.com~come by and leave a comment if anyone wants to meet up. I wish we could do an LPM meetup!!!!! Please, Mama Beth????
I'll be there and can't wait!!! And Amanda, I was also at that June 2001 LPL event at the Pyramid. Wish we could have met!
I remember the 2001 event well. I was in extreme pain the entire event, had no sleep on Friday night, was alternating pain meds every 2 hrs., but stuck it through to the end. Afterward went to emergency med clinic for pain shot. Soon thereafter: root canal! It was worth it all!!! I also attended the event at Bellevue & can I say that the event maxed out their building, thus the Pyramid event. A large group from our church in Bartlett is attending. We have about 60 women taking the Daniel Bible Study this fall, and many of them will be there! Thank you for coming back to Memphis.
I will be there with bells on!!! My prayer group ( P31 Chicks!)does an annual getaway and this is our weekend this year! We live in Murfreesboro and will be heading up Friday afternoon through Sunday morning-can't wait to hear what God has to say to us through Beth and the team! Love you all!!!
I wanted to share why I’m so excited about this weekend in Memphis. You see, that prior Monday (Oct 5th) will be my very 1st day to go in and begin teaching God’s Word on Monday nights at a Maximum Security Women's.
How do you ready yourself for that (LOTS of prayer!)? How can you even begin to imagine it? How can you fathom the hearts and cries and needs of those that God will put in your path? Where do you start? What do you say? What do you do? How do you ..???
I've tried to picture their faces.. to imagine their circumstances and the situations that got them where they are.. to wonder what it would feel like?.. what they are thinking?.. what is their nightmare?.. how they can stand it?.. how hard and horrid and SCARY it must be! But it's something too foreign, I think, for any of us to do unless we've been where they've been. Walked in their shoes. Cried their own tears. How can you tell them that you love them already, even though you've never met them before? Yet, it's what I feel! For years I've wondered about them and prayed! I've wanted to reach out! Wanted to go to them and share the hope and Life that I have now found. I've wanted to tell them that we've all been imprisoned. All been held captive. All sinned. All done shameful things. All messed up royally. It's just that most of us haven't been put behind physical bars until we've completed our sentence. But still so many walking free on the outside, in reality, feel no freedom at all. I've wondered often if sometimes invisible bars are not more crushing and crippling and dehumanizing and devastating than physical ones are?
I'm excited. But scared. We're talking real lives here. I don't want to in any way repulse anyone. I only want to show them my Savior!
I have been praying for my heart and theirs as God prepares us both. That God will lead me as He leads them, wooing us both closer to Him... either sparking a new flame or bursting forth an old one. I've asked that He open both blind eyes and deaf ears, that He'll tender hearts, and break chains of bondage setting people free with a freedom that they never knew existed. That He’ll light fires inside their souls and set their hearts burning for Jesus until it consumes every other earthly thing they've got in it! I've asked that He'll make their enthusiasm and wonder contagious so that others that see them will want what they've got. That He won't only be their Savior, but that they will truly make Him Lord of their lives and that He'll effect every part of their lives left living.. every decision, every action, every reaction, every reason, every step, every thought, every word spoken. I've prayed that He will bless their socks off and blow their minds in Jesus! That He'll send forth His Word and heal all those that hear it! For after all... it's why He came!!!!
I am asking God to take a Maximum Security Women's Prison and supernaturally turn it upside down until right side up and make it into a Maximum Security-in-Christ-Jesus Facility place of His where He shows His Grace! A place where in-mates begin showing His Face all over those grounds while they continue to be transformed to look more and more and more until exactly like Him. So that people will begin seeing Him the brightest in a place that most least expect it!
I told my husband what better timing of the Memphis event... and what better place to go to be alone with God to allow Him to empty me, refuel me, refresh, and renew me and fan His flames within me to blazing in order to jumpstart this new ministry in a prison that I'm about to begin? So Beth, know that I am expecting God to do amazing and miraculous things through you in Memphis! I'm going expecting to hear my Lord and be whoa-ed by my Savior in the mightiest and most powerful of ways! I'm expecting Him to use that time in preparing me for this journey! For as you say, "There ain't no high like the God Most High!" Amen sister! I'm relying on it!! I want to take Him in to some incarcerated sisters and get High on our God MOST High together!
Coming from Texarkana, AR meeting up with a girlfriend from Fort Smith, AR. CANNOT wait for the girly time!! I attended the Simulcast here in August!! Amazing time of renewal and refreshing!!
JW in Nashville
How did I miss your responce to this blog?
I'm in Brentwood, and wanting to go badly as well.
However, I don't want to drive that distance alone.
Let me know how I can contact you and maybe we can ride together.
BB Brentwood
Thanks to Charlotte at Three Fold Cord, I will be attending! Can't wait to see you, Siestas and give God some praise and honor He rightly deserves!
Love, Amy in OK
Me and about 9 other peeps will be blazing a trail to Memphis next Friday afternoon from Fayette, AL!!! We were just talking about it last night before our Esther Bible study (which I L-O-V-E)!!! I am so excited. There are 5 of them that have never been to a LPL event or have been led in praise and worship by Travis!!! I cannot stress to you how giddy I am for THEM!!! If I thought about it long, I probably wouldn't sleep a wink in anticipation for THEM!!! Anywho, thanks for this blog and letting us connect before we CONNECT!!! Love you gals!!!
I hope you are looking forward to Memphis. We can't wait to have you here!!!
I am praying for the team. God has great plans in store
Planned this weekend with my daughters and daaughters in laws, but not all are able to make it., but 3 of us are and looking for a blessing once again. One has never attended a study or conference with Beth, so I`m really happy! Wish we all 5 could be there, but unless there is someone driving from Katy, TX to Memphis with room for 1 more, 3 of us will be there---waiting for God`s word poured over us. God bless you Beth!
I still have a ticket for the conference if anyone needs one!! It is just one week away! Let me know!!!
I have two free tickets for this weekend, if anyone is interested. Would love to give them to someone who needs them!
I'm going with my sister and our mom along with ladies from my church. Can't wait! Oct 9 is my sister's and mom's birthday, so this is my birthday gift to them this year. We're looking forward to it!
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