We made it to Charlotte, and I’m so glad we’re here!  We’ve had so much fun getting to know so many new people who work with girls!  This being my first venture to National Fine Arts Festival (not attached somehow to General Council) I’ve certainly learned a few things:

1.  Apparently, if you’re offering free hugs (wearing a handwritten sign or homemeade t-shirt) you can hug complete strangers and they can’t be mad at you.

2.  There’s a Children’s Sermon category.  Who knew?  I think it’s pretty awesome.  Preach to those little munchkins!

3.  I met a girl the other day who does a puppet solo with seven (7) puppets.  Now, I know I’m tired, but by my calculations even if she can sit on a chair without putting her feet on the ground (which is a feat in and of itself) and uses her head to man a puppet, she has at least two puppets unmanned.  I think there must be magic involved somehow.  I hope I can sneak away from the booth to see this feat!

 Anyway, I’m having a phenomenal time.  Hopefully, some of my new friends are getting to read this in their hotel rooms while enjoying the use of their free Wi-Fi.  Unfortunately, I’m writing this blog from an undisclosed location in the Charlotte Convention Center since our hotel is charging $9.95 per day for Wi-Fi.  If you ask me, this is highway robbery since you can now get free Wi-Fi at McDonald’s.

Anyway, hope to get to meet even more of you! And I’m so glad I’ve already gotten to meet those of you who I’ve already met!