For many of the women present — mothers, teachers, church leaders, daughters — it was a message that met them exactly where they were. The retreat did not ask them to become something different. It asked them to respond to what God had already placed within them, with the same words Isaiah used, the same words Samuel used, the same two words that have always preceded a life of faithful service: “Henani. Here am I.”

SUNDAY MORNING: HEALTH CHECKS BEFORE BREAKING CAMP

On Sunday morning, before the group broke camp and returned to their home districts, health checks were conducted for all attendees — a practical expression of the church’s commitment to the whole person. The retreat closed as it had opened: with care, with purpose, and with a theme that lingered long after the camp was packed away.