Hi ladies, I'm Tarryn Raquel, a wife and faith-based business mentor from beautiful Australia. Michelle and I connected many years ago through our businesses; little did we know at the time that we would soon be walking a very similar path of learning to hear God's voice. I have fallen in love with having a relationship with our loving Heavenly Father. I have climbed many mountains—from not even having a desire to seek God to now talking to Him all throughout the day, wanting more of Him and less of me. To be honest, I believe this lack of desire to seek God came from feeling like I couldn't hear from Him. I felt I couldn't 'hear' His voice, as I had painted a clear picture of what this would look like. I felt I was missing something. Wow, did I have it so wrong! The first time I heard God speak to me, I cried for hours. He spoke straight into my heart, but not in the way I expected. Talk about a 180 flip. I've had so many beautiful moments since then, learning to take whatever is on my mind to my Father, who wants us to 'come' to Him with our grateful—and, at times, broken—hearts, uncertainties, worries, desires, and questions about which way to go. I soon learned that God speaks to us in so many ways. He is in everything. He speaks to us through His living Word, our thoughts, movements, timings, people, and even through an audible voice—or, one very close to my heart, through nature. The list goes on. The journey is different for everyone, and that's what makes it so uniquely beautiful. If I hadn’t gone through these struggles of feeling like I couldn't hear God's voice, I might not have hit a point of frustration, asking for God's help to seek Him more. This is when it all changed for me.

I began to ask God questions, and He answered me. I got to know God's personality as His daughter and how He saw me through His eyes instead of my own, which has now put a deep desire in me to help other sisters in Christ discover what I believe is the greatest gift and purpose each of us could possibly have. As a daughter, mother, wife, grandparent, sister, or friend, I believe that this individual and intimate walk with God, hearing His voice through the Holy Spirit, will change your whole life.

It blows my mind even to comprehend how gentle, yet sovereign and powerful, God is. How incredible is it to think that the Creator of the universe wants to partner with us in our every need? Yes, even in the little things, such as helping you get a car park closest to the supermarket entrance when it's raining. There's nothing He doesn’t want you to take to Him as His daughter. I also believe He doesn’t light up the path too far in front of us so that we continue to rely on Him for directions at each corner. He wants us near. He wants a relationship with you. I have walked a challenging yet beautiful road from what I call rock bottom, and through that, I wouldn't give this gift up for anything in this world. I started to hear His voice in ways I never expected, and my heart for you joining our retreat, waking up to the sound of waves and grabbing what we Aussies call a 'cuppa' in hand, is for you to experience this precious gift too.