My LWML Adventure 
By Vicky Ohde
When I found out that I had been chosen as one of the YWR’s for the South Wisconsin District, I thought, “what did I get myself into, what new adventure did God have in store for me?” As the time grew closer to the convention, my children did not want me to go, or, if I had to go, to at least take them along. Well, that was not an option. So, I left my three “angels” in my husbands’ competent hands, knowing my mother was close by, if he needed her.
On both flights out to Portland, I had a window seat. Seeing God’s creation from those heights was breathtaking. I met up with my roommate at the Portland airport, and we hit it off right away. Together we traveled with many other LWML’ers on the MAX to our hotel. At the hotel, we met many more women wearing purple. The numbers kept growing wherever we went, the convention center, the Chinese Garden, the Rose Garden. There were LWML’ers everywhere, and that was pretty awesome.
The convention started and I met the other YWR’s, more women from the South Wisconsin District, and women from all parts of the country. We all shared something in common – God called each one of us to Portland for our own LWML adventure. My adventure brought me to a city I had never been to, to a convention I didn’t know much about, and to be challenged by President Jan Wendorf to read through the Bible before the next convention. With God’s help, I will be able to meet this challenge. My adventure also showed me how, through God’s faithfulness, pennies can add up to fulfill so many mission grants.
I feel very blessed to have been chosen as a YWR, and I thank the South Wisconsin District for this opportunity to learn and grow in the LWML and God’s word. I do not know what new adventures God has in store for me the next two years, but I know He will be with me every step of the adventure.