We started our drive a day early, since we were supposed to be getting pretty bad snow storms on Sunday... it worked out, because Jackson wanted to stop and collect some pennies and do some sightseeing as well. We loaded up Saturday afternoon, right after lunch at church.
Josiah and I had never been to Buc-ees before,
so we made a pit stop to walk around inside and fill up on gas:)
Sunset Saturday evening as we drove south.
Jackson had never been to Bass Pro, so we made that our last stop before the mountains in Gatlinburg.
Great Smokey Mountains National Park!!
We stopped at a gift shop in the mountains and got some fun mementos to take home from the trip.
We also found one of the entrance signs to take our picture in front of. There were some other people there too, so we were able to get a photo of all three of us. A mini blessing from the Father:)
stopped at a lookout spot on our way up the mountain... the view was incredible!
Emerge Gen Z retreat!!
(The reason we came to Gatlinburg)
There were over 100 of us total, majority being young adults. It was an amazing time with friends, both old and new. Most of our time was spent in the word and in worship.. the food was tasty too, thanks to miss Amy<3
group photo.. there were a lot of us!
Jackson, Josiah, Pastor Matthew, and I ^
Me, Laura, Kaydence, Jordy, and Alexis ^
making new friends❤️
Finished our trip going to Painted Bear Co in Gatlinburg with Nathan and Alexis.. which turned into a whole group of us taking over the little coffee shop. We hollered in excitement every time someone else walked in the door, and we even made friends with a lady outside of our group who came in to get coffee as well!
Jackson and his "loaf".
This retreat in the mountains was the best way to start 2025!
The Father is going to do big things this year, and I am SO excited to be on
this journey with Him and with the people around me, spurring me on.
