On Friday the 22, Howard, Liz, Caroline and Elizabeth arrived in Washington DC for the Voter Value's Summit, A Call to Action by the Family Research Council. Everyday from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm we heard talks given by people such as Bill Bennet, Newt Gingritch, Sean Hannady, Ann Coulter, Sen. Rick Santorum, Gov. Mitt Romney, OK Senator Imhofe, Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sen. Sam Brownback, James Dobson, Tony Perkins, Mark Earley, Alan Sears, Gary Bauer, Rep. Marilyn Musgrave and many more! The issues were mainly those of great concern to Christians; abortion, same sex marriage, legislating from the judicial bench. We were inspired and urged to action of any type. There were about 1,700 people in attendance.
We also got to have dinner with Howard's good friend from the Naval Academy, Brian Rodgers along with his new wife, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers of eastern Washington. That was great fun and encouraging for the girls to hear about the path which she has taken.
On the last night of the conference, there was a gala dinner, black tie optional, and the girls had a lot of fun dressing up for that (see photo).
On the way home from DC we stopped in Virginia to see Liz's sister Joanna, her husband John, and their 3 kids and had dinner with them.
All in all we had a great time!
1 comment:
Look at those beauties! What a wonderful thing to do. Sounds exciting and interesting...sarah
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