Weekend Retreat in the Central Rhenish Conference in April 2022

The preparations were in their final stages, everything had been bought, and the anticipation for our weekend retreat in Mühlenrahmede was rising day by day.
Then on Tuesday evening, four days before the start, I received the message that our speaker was unfortunately ill and could not come. Desperately I tried to call a list of known speakers the next day, and wrote countless e-mails asking if there was a possibility to spontaneously fill in. An impossible mission, I thought and had already resigned myself to having to write a cancelation e-mail to all participants that evening. Who would be so spontaneous to stand in as a speaker for a complete weekend and give at least four presentations in less than two days? Who would fit into our program?
On Wednesday evening there was an emergency meeting of the team via Zoom and there the suggestion to ask Jaimée Seis came up again. "I already did," I replied resignedly.
"Did you call her too?" they asked me. "No, I only wrote to her," I replied.
"You have to call them!" While the group was still praying, I spoke with Jaimée on the phone and she answered that she was ready to come. What an answer to prayer!
In beautiful spring weather, we found ourselves at the popular resort Mühlenrahmede. Under new management, the place is worth a visit. The new Bergheim team lovingly pampered us and we immediately felt very much at home. At present, some refugee families from Ukraine are living there permanently, and they have already integrated well into everyday life in Mühlenrahmede. They are affectionately called "our friends".
Our speaker led us through the weekend with the theme "God's Beloved Daughters." Jaimée's experience with her aunt's pearl necklace, which once lay forgotten in the closet and revealed its true value through an appraisal at the jeweler's, ran like a thread through the weekend. In her eloquent and sensitive language, she described the importance we have for our heavenly Father and with which eyes He sees us. She took us through several Bible passages to illustrate that women were called by God in both the Old and New Testaments and encouraged us to put ourselves at God's service.
A beautiful weekend with great memories ended on Sunday after lunch, with the wish that we will meet again soon.
Our Heavenly Father especially answered our prayers - differently from what we thought it would be. We were blessed and delighted to meet Jaimée and her lovely books.
If you are curious and also want to experience an unforgettable weekend, then register for the Women’s Ministries Congress for the German-speaking countries from September 22 to 25 in Schwäbisch Gmünd. We are looking forward to seeing you.
Reported by Daniela Piroski, Women’s Ministries Director, Central Rhenish Conference, Germany