For the Girls International, Inc.

Autumn Girls Night Out

2010-09-10T23:04:00.003-04:00

For the Girls is going INTERNATIONAL for our Girls Night Out! Join us for a stroll through Little Italy. Enjoy the tastes, sights and sounds of Italy as we get together for our quarterly gathering. As always we will have a variety of segments to touch you…body, soul and spirit. You will leave feeling refreshed and ready to move into all that God has for you...!! Also as always you will LAUGH which does your heart good!!

Highlights of the evening will include:

•Great music
•“Everything is All Right!!” message by Tracey Metzger
•A little shopping with Girly Girl Accessories
•Delicious food – Viva Italia!!
•Makeup and Fashion consultant Wendi Braswell of WB Cosmetics
•Fun and surprises!!!!
•Special gift
•Chocolate (goes without saying )

Cost: $20 per person (includes light dinner – Mangia!!)

Bring your mom, your sister, your friends and neighbors and
come out for an inspiring autumn evening with the girls!!

MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE @ http://www.ftgi.org/

For more information contact Tracy Weber
@ 727-243-7198

Summertime GIRLS NIGHT OUT! - JULY 19th

2010-07-10T10:12:00.002-04:00

Ladies,

Don't miss out on our Summertime Girls Night Out coming up on Monday July 19th at the Gathering Place @ Generations Church.

The evening is going to be focused on the Power of Connection. It is always a fun and inspiring time when we come together and this evening is no different!! We have a lot of great things planned and there is a chance for you to win a FREE haircut and make-up makeover!! All the details are on the website at www.ftgi.org so register today and we'll see you then!!

Lots of Love,
The Girls @ FTGI

A Time to Dance!!

2009-08-12T17:13:00.005-04:00

Do you have your dancing shoes on? Maybe you are in the process of dusting them off and getting used to them again...maybe they are brand new shoes you need to break in...maybe the music has changed and you are being required to learn a new dance! Wherever you are in this dance of life be encouraged that you have a partner that will never let you fall and will never let you down! WOW! That was the essence of the encouraging message that Cynda gave at our recent For the Girl's NIGHT OUT.

For the Girls International had an incredible night of fun and inspiration and we were thrilled with the amount of women of all ages that were in attendance. Over 100 women came out the the clubhouse in Gulf Landings for a beautiful night of laughter and relaxation. We all need a night like that every once in a while.

So many women have told us that the message given that night was so timely for them. I love when God gives a word to us at just the right time! It's so refreshing!! THE MESSAGE version of Proverbs 25:11 puts it this way...

Proverbs 25:11

The right word at the right time is like a custom-made piece of jewelry!

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Our NIGHT OUT is just a taste of what happens at our annual conference so we want to encourage women from all over the Tampa area and beyond to join us this February 12 and 13th for AWAKEN 2010. We are offering an "Early- Girl" price of $55.00 per adult for registrations that come in before the end of this month! (Student rate middle school - college $25.00) So ladies, reserve your spot for this incredible weekend by calling Tracy Weber at 727-243-7198 and mailing your check in to:

For the Girls International

10312 Palladio Drive,

Trinity Florida 34655

Our website is getting a makeover so be sure to check on it in the upcoming weeks at http://www.ftgi.org/

Next Girls Night Out is in October...See you then!

Love,

Tracey and Cynda

For the LIttle GIrls Conference

2009-06-16T18:20:00.003-04:00

This past Saturday FTGI had a conference for girls K - 5th grade. The idea was born out of so many little girls wanting to be a part of THE PREMIERE, but not old enough to attend. So we designed a conference just for them!

FTGI was the host but it was the efforts of etiquette and protocol coach Patricia Rossi, the stylish flair of fashion and makeup consultant Wendi Braswell and the endearing personality of Rebecca Chase that made it such a success. Thanks to the beautiful and sophisticated atmosphere of the Capital Grille the girls felt special from the moment they walked in.

The sessions were great and it was so much fun to see the girls open up with each other and make new friends. Besides teaching the girls some much meeded table manners and etiquette, Patricia spoke to the girls about how to avoid gossip and I think even the BIG girls that were there to help got some good tips!

Wendi Braswell explained to the girls that they will someday develop into beautiful butterflies but not to rush the process and she lovingly gave them tips on how they could be stylish but still be modest in their dress. (again, good tips for the big girls too!)

And last but not least Rebecca Chase spoke to the girls about being a BFF. By using Jesus, the ultimate BFF, as an example she shared with the girls how they should treat each other with respect and the girls were hanging on her every word. She ended by reiterating to them that each one of them is princess daughter of the God and that they are loved beyond measure.

Our prayer as we watched these beautiful young girls soak in all these important lessons is that they would always know how valuable they are, how fearfully and wonderfully they were made, and how very much they are loved by the Father and by us!

Thank you moms for sharing your princesses with us for a day! You should be so proud of them!!

Check out the smilebox below for some picture highlights!

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Lots of Love,
Tracey and Cynda

P.S. All the pictures are up on the website at http://forthegirlsinternational.org/Little_Girls_Conf..html

FTGI LOVES NYC

2009-05-24T11:50:00.003-04:00

Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has send me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness the prisoners. To proclaim the year of the Lord's favor...

We're back from our trip to NYC for the Extreme Makeover weekend and it was amazing. We witnessed first hand the mission of For the Girls International in action!! On May 15th women took off for New York City with a purpose. To bring hope and healing to those in need. Cynda and I were in awe to see the variety of God-given gifts that were represented in the group.

The women in the shelter that we visited were hesitant at first but once they sensed the love coming their way they opened up and some beautiful connections were made. Some of them told us that for the first time in a long time they felt hope again. Others committed to renewing their relationship with their heavenly Father that discouragement had robbed them of. They allowed us to pamper them and pray with them and welcomed the encouragement offered to them from the ladies on our team.

Many of the women that traveled with us told us that the most surprising aspect of the weekend was the work that God did inside their own hearts. They came prepared to minister and ended up being blessed themselves. One woman shared with me her own shock at the depth of compassion that she didn't even know she possessed! She told us that as she massaged and soaked the feet of the women she felt God's love supernaturally flowing through her. As the women thanked her for scrubbing their feet I heard her resisting and saying, "no, thank you for allowing me to serve you".

It was a beautiful scene watching women connecting with women...telling and listening to each other's stories.

Saturday evening a smaller group of us went to a drug and alcohol recovery house in Brooklyn. Some of the women on our team shared their testimonies of how God delivered them from the grip of substance abuse. Many of these women in the program are at their rock bottom but were strengthened to hear how the grace of God had seen someone else through. We could see them grab onto the hope that they too would come through this chapter of their life stronger and free.

Freedom was the word of the weekend. Freedom from the chains of the past that would try to anchor us and immobilize us. Freedom from our own complacency in the face of the great needs all around us.

Greater things are yet to come...Greater things are yet to be done...
This is only the beginning!!

1 Corinthians 2:9
"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him..."

There is NO ONE like our God!!

Check out the pictures by clicking on the smilebox below...

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For the Little Girls Conference

2009-05-07T00:01:00.004-04:00

OMG! It's a conference For the LITTLE Girls on Saturday June 13th. Click on Upcoming Events for details. You won't want your little one to miss out on this great day of fun and learning!

Oh what a NIGHT OUT!

2009-04-18T16:31:00.020-04:00

Our first Girls Night Out was a blast!!

Here's a recap...

The evening began with some delicious food with an Asian flair. Thank you Colleen and Debbie for making our evening delicious as well as fun! The always lovely Wendi Braswell brought us up to date on Spring and Summer trends...get out those bangle bracelets and bring on the neon!!

Then we talked about our SHAPE. Not our physical shape but what shapes us as individual daughters of God. Rick Warren, author of A Purpose Driven Life has an acronym he uses that aptly outlines all the factors that make us so unique.

S. Spiritual Gifts - What are yours?
H. Heart - What are you passionate about?
A. Abilities - What special abilities or talents do you have?
P. Personality - What type of personality do you have?
E. Experiences - What's your story?

We focused on spiritual gifts because that's the hearbeat of FTGI... Our mission is to grow a company of women committed to using whatever God-given GIFTS we have to bring hope and healing to a hurting world. So let's identify our gifts and get moving!!!

Here are the great things about spiritual gifts...

1. Everyone gets to play!!
This is not an exclusive club. Every believer is given gifts.
1 Corinthians 12:7 tells us that... A spiritual gift is given to each of us...

2. You don't have to decide!!
No pressure here to decide which gifts you want! Your gifts have already been determined by the Holy Spirit and He distributes them as He sees fit. I think it's safe to say we can rely on the Creator of the Universe to give us the gifts that are just perfect for us and the plan He has for us.

1 Corinthians 12:11 says... All these (spiritual gifts) are the work of one and the same Spirit and He gives them to each one, just as He determines.

3. They are to be used to serve others.
The second part of verse 1 Cor. 12:7 says the gifts are given to us...so we can help each other.

Ephesians 4:12 says: (the gifts are given)...to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up.

As we grow this company of women we need every single one of you and your unique gifts. Rick Warren made a statement that really resonated with me...

Most of us start out as originals but end up as carbon copies.

We need to be ever aware that we have been fearfully and wonderfully made!! (Psalm 139:14)

If we try to become anything other than what God himself created us to be, we are denying the world of a beautiful gift. If we neglect to nurture and excersize the gifts we've been given it's like having an amazing present sitting on a shelf that never gets opened.

1 Corinthians 14:1 tells us to... Eagerly desire spiritual gifts. It doesn't say to casually check them out but...eagerly desire them.

So...delve into Ephesians 4, 1 Corinthians 12 and Romans 12 and read all about the gifts. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you which specific ones you've been given. Some of them we all have! Once you know what they are get moving!!

There is work to be done and lives in need of your touch.

Save the date for our next Girls Night Out Friday July 17th...

Lots of Love,

Tracey and Cynda

P.S. Pictures are up on Facebook.

Visit our website at www.forthegirlsinternational.org

For the Girls Night Out

2009-03-23T23:00:00.004-04:00

Join us on Friday April 17th from 7pm - 1pm for our 1st For the Girls Night Out!

It's time to get together! Come join us for our very first For the Girls NIGHT OUT!! This is a chance to reconnect with each other and catch up. We'll be talking about stirring up and cultivating the gifts within you. FTGI fashion and make-up consultant Wendi Braswell will be there with her Spring/Summer tips. There will be great music, great food and GREAT company!! Register today online at http://www.forthegirlsinternational.org/Girls_Night_Out.html

We will be collecting new make-up and toiletries for our EXTREME MAKEOVER weekend in NYC so please bring an item or two to donate.

S.O.S. Conference

2009-03-03T17:47:00.007-05:00

This weekend FTGI had the pleasure of being part of the S.O.S. Conference sponsored by Dayspring Academy. S.O.S stands for Shaping our Students and on Friday night Cynda and I were invited to speak to an amazing group of middle school girls.

We talk to so many women that struggle with self-image issues (including us!) that we thought...what if we could say something to these girls that would help them to start identifying themselves not by what they look like but by who they are? What if at this transitional age we could give them some tools to hopefully prevent them from falling prey to the false messages that the media sends us about how we should look?

So we prepared a session that included some magazine ads. We showed the girls the ads and asked what kind of message the images portrayed were sending. For the most part the advertisements contained super skinny girls and women, with perfect skin, perfect hair and perfect teeth. We wanted to help the girls recognize that they are the target of a business world that thrives on them buying their products to achieve the "look" they are selling. We all laughed as we saw haircolor products that would help us get the perfect hair, ads for makeup that would make our skin look perfect and a perfume company that claims to have bottled happiness :)

Then we talked about what really defines them...their spirit, their personalities, their quirks, their goals, their dreams, their history... Cynda made the girls turn to each other and say "I am beautiful" and it broke my heart to see that at that young age some girls are already struggling to be able to say that about themselves.

I think we "big" girls need to be reminded of this every so often as well. It is such a battle ladies, to maintain a healthy self image and such a challenge to not look around and compare ourselves with others to see if we measure up. Measure up to what?

Let's remind each other to chase after what God sees as beautiful which is a heart that is fully devoted to Him. Coming from one that is particularly fond of fashion and cosmetics I need reminding more than the average girl...so feel free to slap me around if you see me getting too caught up in it all!!

Proverbs 31:30

Charm and grace are deceptive, and beauty is vain [because it is not lasting], but a woman who reverently and worshipfully fears the Lord, she shall be praised! (Amplified version)

Thanks to Jackie and Jessica from More2Life and Danita who also helped make it a great night for the girls!

Lots of Love,

Tracey and Cynda

Ready to run in 2009!

2009-02-21T12:01:00.002-05:00

We are busy here at FTGI getting ready for all the exciting things we have planned for 2009!

In March we will begin regularly updating this blog...so subscribe by typing your email address into the box on the upper right.

Our website is updated so click on www.forthegirlsinternational.org for info on upcoming events.

A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out to THE PREMIERE and shared in that amazing weekend. We are looking forward to running the race with you!!

God bless you!

Love,
Tracey and Cynda

DON'T PANIC!

2008-12-02T17:28:00.000-05:00

We are only two months out from our PREMIERE event!

There is so much to do but so much that has fallen into place already. We are busy, busy, busy putting together the details for an awesome time together. One of the major changes that we have made is to add a younger generation track for middle school, high school and college age "girls".

We have some wonderful women that have joined our team and are excited to share their hearts with our younger girls. These young girls are the next generation of amazing women of God and we just couldn't leave them out. When we thought of adding all the ages we were worried about all the planning involved and then we heard a voice from heaven saying... Think Big and...

DON'T PANIC!

So, young girls you are in for a weekend to remember! Suzanne Legg, Founder and administrator of Dayspring Academy is heading up a leadership team that will deliver messages that will speak directly to the unique challenges that come with being a young woman of faith at this time in history. You will be encouraged and inspired and will have a blast all at the same time. Of course there will be fun and surprises!!

For the adult women, Cynda and I are excited about the word God has given us for this gathering. We have sessions planned that we know will reach in and touch the deepest part of your heart and others that are pure fun! We have a worship team in place that will lead us into the throneroom of heaven and a team from Dare to Dance that will get us moving!

Throughout the weekend we will be exploring all the different aspects of what it means to DIG DEEP, GET REAL, THINK BIG and DON'T PANIC. Together we will discover (and for some of us rediscover) the dreams that God has planted in our hearts and equip ourselves with the tools and the inspiration to reach our full potential and as a result reach a hurting world with the love of Jesus.

Heaven is watching and waiting for a generation of warrior princesses that will rise to do the work of the kingdom to bring hope to the hopeless and heal the brokenhearted.

Are you ready????

Can't wait to see you in January!

Love,
Tracey and Cynda

THINK BIG!!

2008-09-30T11:41:00.015-04:00

It may seem like we have disappeared into blog-space but we have actually been very, very busy! So much has happened in just one month.

The date is set, the venue has been secured, hotel rooms have been blocked and plans are well underway for the PREMIERE of For the Girls International. We can promise you that this conference will be inspirational, motivational and full of fun and surprises! We have put together a conference team that is ready to make it happen. The other big piece of news is that we have a WEBSITE up and running. Check it out at http://www.forthegirlsinternational.org/ The front page takes a minute to load so be patient. You can register for the conference on line and all the dates and times are listed there. In the middle of all that, we managed to fit in a trip to California to attend the GODCHICKS conference which was incredible!

So, in order to make all these things happen, we have had to...THINK BIG!!

This is not a small vision that God has given to us. There are a lot of people in need in this world and a lot of women (and men of course) that can help provide the solutions. We meet women every day that are ready to join forces to make a difference in this world we live in and we are so encouraged by them.

Ephesians 3:20 says "Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us..."

God is ready and waiting to blow our minds. All we need to do is excercise the power of His Spirit that lives within us and stand back and watch Him exceed all of our expectations.

In Isaiah 58: 7 -11 (NIV) God promises that He will hear our cry and heal us when we are doing His work.

Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter
when you see the naked, to clothe him,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness will go before you,
and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;
You will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

We can Think Big but God can Think Bigger!!

Lots of Love,
Cynda and Tracey

GET REAL

2008-08-25T23:00:00.000-04:00

There is only one person who knows the REAL you.

And that is the One that created you.

We as women have many identities in this lifetime....we are daughters, sisters, mothers, aunts, grandmothers, friends, mentors and the list goes on...but at the end of the day who are you really?

You are a daughter of the King that is loved and treasured beyond measure. No one loves you like God loves you. He made you! Nobody "gets" you like God does. He knew you before you were born. So why is it that we look to so many other people and things to define who we are?

We get caught up in thinking that if we just had the right husband, house, job, children we would feel better about ourselves and be happy, but the truth is that until we can find our identity in our Creator we will never have that inner joy that we all want so very much.

I am married to one of the most patient, supportive guys around. Really. (It's borderline sickening because he makes me look bad!) I'm not kidding. My sisters even take his side when we're at odds. The thing I love about him is that he would go out of his way to do anything he could to make me happy and most of the time he does. But life has come at me hard at times, as it does to all of us, and there came a point several years ago that I realized that he could not make me happy no matter what he did or was willing to do. I realized that if I looked to him to be my source of joy that he would eventually fail because he is only human like me.

That is when God required me to Get Real. I needed to recognize that my identity is in Christ alone. I needed to know that it didn't matter what the rest of the world thought of me, or did, or didn’t do for me. I had to let it really soak in that I was made in the image of the living God and He alone is my source of joy.

There is freedom in Getting Real and discovering who we are in God. When we stop comparing ourselves to others and get busy discovering what we were created for (because He has a specific purpose for each and every one of us) we find true fulfillment.

When we find out who we are in Christ everyone benefits! We stop putting unnecessary pressure on others to affirm us and as a result our relationships flourish. We start putting on the mind of the One in whose image we were created, and we become more compassionate and kind, more humble and patient, and we live with so much more power to overcome all that life throws at us! (Read Colossians 3:5 – 14 the whole thing is great!)

Verse 10 says: “Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like Him”

These are the things we will be talking about in depth at our conference in January. This is just a teaser!

Get ready girls, to Get Real!!!

Lots of Love,
Tracey and Cynda

DIG DEEP

2008-08-18T14:58:00.007-04:00

So here we are...MUG #1 - DIG DEEP

Many years ago, during a particularly difficult time of my life, my pastor said to me, "Tracey, when you come out on the other side of this trial you will be so much stronger." My very spiritual answer to him at the time was, "I was happy being weak".

But now, I'm on the other side...and I am stronger.

Years later I came upon another difficult time. My friends would tell me, "This is going to make you even stronger." I'm not sure what my response to them was, but it was probably along the lines of... "I don't care". (and they are still friends with me!)

Nobody willingly signs up for difficult times or heartache. I don't know anyone that has jumped up and down at the opportunity to grow through pain, but the sooner we embrace the concept, the sooner the healing can begin. God does not just want us to grow, He wants us to thrive! He wants us to be complete.

James Chapter 1 verses 1-4 (Amplified Version)

Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren, whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort, or fall into various temptations. Be assured and understand that the trial and proving of your faith bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience. But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing.

Sometimes, in the wake of suffering or adversity, we are willing to settle for recovering just enough to go on. We underestimate the degree of recovery that we can have! God doesn't want you to just be ok with what you've gone through. He wants to use it. He wants you to be fully developed! Then, we can grab the hand of someone facing similar troubles and walk through it with them, encouraging them along the way.

But how do we get there? That's where the digging comes in. We have to reach down deep inside of us and discover what it is that holds us back. What past hurt we are harboring? What lies have we bought into that make us feel unworthy or not good enough? Is there someone we need to forgive? (whether they want to be forgiven or not!) Have we done something that we are ashamed of, and although we've received God's forgiveness, we haven't forgiven ourselves?

I know what my battles are and have been, but only you can answer the question...

What holds you back?

Let patience have it's perfect work so that you may be FULLY DEVELOPED!

Once we identify those things that have caused the most pain in our life we can identify the very things that will produce the most growth for us (and for others) if we allow them to.

The exciting news is that we are in the process of finalizing details of the PREMIERE of For the Girls International. It will be a conference in January of 2009. We look forward to an amazing time of learning how to grow and THRIVE together! We will be putting all the details on the blog under SCHEDULE as soon as we have everything firmed up.

NEXT MUG...GET REAL!

Lots of Love,

Cynda and Tracey

God speaks in Pier 1!!

2008-08-11T18:44:00.008-04:00

Just a quick update and then I'll explain the title...

We have had our paperwork ready to send to the IRS since a week ago. It's quite an involved application. We will be applying to be recognized as a 501 (c) 3 corporation. There is a significant fee for that application, so we have been holding off on sending it. Well, today we found out that, through the support of some wonderful people, the fee in total has been donated and we will be able to get it in the mail by Friday! It's so exciting to see people catching the vision for For the Girls International and we're doing a little victory dance for another step forward.

Now on to Pier 1... Let's just say, when God is looking for me... He knows where to find me! Did you ever have one of those moments when God completely caught you off guard and spoke to you through something seemingly insignificant? I had one of those moments back in May. We were preparing for our first Board of Directors meeting and Cynda and I had been meeting and talking about the vision that God was revealing to us. As we met and prayed, we would talk about some of the foundational elements of the ministry that God was birthing. We talked about how we wanted to go "deeper" with our faith. How we are only interested in what is "true" and "real" about the nature of God and what He requires of us. We would get excited about the "big" vision that He was giving us... sometimes it would seem so big that we would even get a little scared.

One day, while all this was going on, I took a little shopping break. One of my favorite things to do is wander in Pier 1. (It's one of my husband's least favorite things that I do) As I was shopping, I came across a display of four cute mugs. They were all hanging in a row and as I read them I felt something inside me leap. Everything we had been talking about came together and was outlined on those four mugs. Here is what the they said...

DIG DEEP...GET REAL...THINK BIG... and...DON'T PANIC

It may sound crazy, but stay with us here and I promise it will make sense. In the next few posts we are going to share the concepts behind these four foundation blocks of For the Girls International as we move forward with this vision.

Get ready to DIG DEEP!

Lots of Love,
Tracey and Cynda

P.S. Has God ever spoken to you in an unexpected way. Click on the comments below and tell us about it! We'd love to hear from you!

Another Milestone!

2008-07-23T16:15:00.011-04:00

So the big news this month is that For the Girls International, Inc. was incorporated by the State of Florida as of June 9th 2008! Even though we are not officially meeting yet, there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes. We have assembled a Board of Directors and have an incredibly talented team of women excited about developing FTGI into all we envision it to be. Over time we will be introducing them to you.

Some of the things we have in the works are Quarterly Meetings, Yearly Conferences and Home-based Community Groups around the tri-county area. (Pasco, Pinellas, and Hillsborough in Florida) We are excited about discovering the needs of women in this tri-county area and putting all you talented girls to work to help meet them. With your help we can change the lives of women right here in our backyard for the better and show them God's love in a very real and tangible way! With an eye on future projects, we have made contacts with orphanages and missionaries in several countries that are looking forward to our help, and we believe this is just the tip of iceberg.

As part of our preparation for FTGI, Tracy Weber and I (Tracey Metzger), traveled to N.C. to attend the She Speaks conference put on by Proverbs 31 Ministries.

Lysa TerKeurst of Proverbs 31 Ministries played a major role in confirming the vision for this ministry. You can read about it on my blog. One of the highlights of the conference for me, was during one of the worship segments. The worship leader, a young woman named Lindsey Kane, began to sing an acoustic version of the song "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield… you know the words…you can bop your head while you read them…

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you (my favorite line)
Only you can let it in (my second favorite line)
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins

The rest is still unwritten...

It just hit me... here we are…just "staring...at the blank page before us" just waiting to see all the incredible things God is going to do through FTGI.

Please be praying with us for the lives that will be touched, the friendships that will be made, the inspiration that will be given, the healing that will be received, the freedom that will be experienced, the love that will be felt and let's not forget... the FUN that will be had!

Lots of Love,

Tracey and Cynda

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And we're off...

2008-06-11T21:42:00.001-04:00

For the Girls International Inc. has officially gone from a dream to a reality! 2008 has been a busy year of preparation for us so far. We are so excited about the response we have been receiving from the women we have shared the vision with. We took our first trip to New York City to join a team of women at NYSUM (New York School of Urban Ministry) in ministry.

Cynda and I led worship for the team as we prepared to go out to homeless shelters and women’s shelters in Queens and Brooklyn. The majority of our ministry time was participating in an “Ulitmate Makeover” event at a women’s shelter in Brooklyn.

The residents there were so happy to have us there and we got to individually encourage the women while doing make-up and manicures for them. Who doesn’t love a little pampering? The women soaked in the pampering but also eagerly received our encouragement to them. We wanted to let them know that depsite the circumstances that may have brought them to this place, God has a purpose and a plan for their lives.

We got to hear about their dreams and encourage them to pursue them. We did a little singing and one of the residents even joined in! It was a great time for them and for us.

Thanks for visiting FTGI. Feel free to scroll down to read our mission statement. For more information about For the Girls International and for booking you can view our profile and keep a lookout on this blog for upcoming events.

God is on the move in a big way in the lives of women and we are thrilled to be part of that movement!

Lots of Love,

Tracey and Cynda

P.S. What's a trip to NY without a little NY Pizza??

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For the Girls International’s mission is to grow a company of women of all ages and walks of life that are not willing to settle for anything less than EVERYTHING that God has for them. We believe that at this particular time in history God is calling women to step out of their comfort zone and relentlessly pursue the dreams that live deep in their hearts. We aim to unlock the power that is fueled by women’s innate capacity to love and nurture, and channel it into a revolutionary movement of women meeting the needs of a hurting world.

We are committed to doing everything we can to awaken women to the amazing potential for greatness that is in each and every one of them. We want to quiet the voices of the media and the culture that define beauty and success by the world’s standards, and shout the message that it is through our relationship with God that we obtain our self worth and discover our destiny and purpose.

We are determined to bring women together in an atmosphere where the focus is on moving forward, not looking back. We are determined to break down the barriers that women sometimes build around themselves and create a sisterhood of women passionate about becoming all that they were created to be, inspiring and cheering each other on along the way. We are determined to finish the race that God has set before us with determination and grace and pave the way for the next generation of amazing women of God.

Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.