DeVon Franklin and the OWN Ambassadors - LA2012 Pt 1

Our LA trip finally happened!!  After months and months of planning and prepping, myself along with other OWN Ambassadors made our way to Los Angeles for what proved to be an unforgettable moment in time!

A few months ago, I tweeted DeVon Franklin (@DeVon_Franklin) asking him if her would be interested in joining us for dinner one night while we were in the sunny city.  Graciously, he accepted and so started the excitement for the OWN Ambassadors moment with DeVon!

We were introduced to DeVon when he appeared on an episode of Super Soul Sunday as a guest of Oprah.  He had written a book called Produced By Faith and was discussing it with Lady O.  If any of you have not yet read this book, I suggest it whole-heartedly! What a fantastic insight he has and his words will reach your heart and allow you to see the path you are on, realizing that you just have to be where you are.  God has already mapped it out for you.  All we have to do is be who he has created us to be.  Using his experience in the Hollywood film industry, DeVon's words allow us to see our lives in the form of a movie.  Each step, each process and all the players involved, fitting into certain roles.  I promise you this is a MUST read and you will be forever changed!

After DM'ing (Direct Messaging for all of you non twitter users) with DeVon for a few weeks, trying to plan a meeting, he invited us to a breakfast with him at Sony Studios where he is a Senor VP of Production for Columbia Pictures.  I know right?  WOW!!  We were all so thrilled and beside ourselves with excitement!!! What an amazing opportunity! I was in communication with DeVon's assistant Ryan who was remarkable! He was there to provide me with support and any help I needed to get our Ambassadors there and to have a wonderful time! After providing a list of names for every attendee going to Sony, we were ready to go!

This morning was also going to be the morning were we got to meet each other as well.  The OWN Ambassadors.  My new family of fellow light carriers who show me every day what it is to love unconditionally.  Some of us have already met each other but this was to be the first of many meetings with almost all of us together in one room. The energy and excitement was palpable.  I can still feel the buzz of anticipation inside me!!

When I walked into the room and saw so many faces that I have already grown to love, I was consumed with such gratitude and appreciation for the amazing people that stood before me! It was so great to be face to face with people who I've connected to and formed bonds with. Normally, for people who know me well, I am shy and not a fan of meeting/being is large groups of people.  BUT, this was different and I can see and feel the changes already happening inside me.  When I walked in to that room, it wasn't at all like meeting people for the first time.  Because we've had Twitter and facebook, because we've had those conversations with one another, I really felt like I was coming home after being away for a long time.  Coming home and seeing all my loved ones in one room. 



After we all had some time to chat and do lots of hugging and kissing, in came DeVon and he was absolutely fabulous! So grateful to us for being there, so real and on our level! He allowed us to get pictures with him, signed our copies of his book, which quite a number of us had with us in the hopes that he would! He then gave us a little mini sermon which was so powerful and left many of us in tears.  For me personally, a few things really stuck with me and are still running through my head.

"Change your posture. Take on your reaping position because it's already done."

I learned that God had already chose me to be there in that moment.  He chose me to be part of the OWN Ambassadors even long before the OWN Ambassadors even existed! He chose all of us! He chose DeVon to be an instructor to us and He already knew that we would all meet and be the light and faith Ambassadors that we have become!

This day was remarkable.  Filled with so much love and devotion, privilege and blessings!  This day, Friday October 19th marked a day congregating with fellow brothers and sisters of the light, sharing a part of ourselves with one another.  This day began the shift inside me and I am so thankful!!

Thanks to DeVon and Sony for inviting us for breakfast and fellowship! I will always remember this moment!!

And this is just the start of the amazingness that was LA for me! Look out for LA2012 pt 2, coming soon!

Thanks for tuning in lovies!

Misty
xo