DEAR FRIEND,

"Dare to Dream" is a challenge. A challenge that is as bold and as strong as it sounds. A challenge that goes out to every girl young or old...no matter what she has walked through in the past or what she may be facing today. It rings out loudly and whispers softly to encourage, to motivate, to beckon...I DARE YOU! I DARE YOU TO DREAM!

It is a challenge that transcends prejudice, fear, culture, age and preference to inspire faith, responsibility and action...to bring hope, justice, change and solution to the lost and hurting humanity in our communities and around the world.

For YOU, the beautiful, precious soul who is now reading these words, it may be a challenge to reach down and pick up a dream that was long forgotten or long ago left behind.

Or perhaps it is a soft voice telling you to let go of a broken dream that you have carried far too long...to trust again...and to believe that God-inspired dreams really do come true.

For some...it is an invitation to expand your vision, to see past yourself and your current situation in life...to dream bigger and bolder, higher and farther...beyond your home, your neighborhood, your work, or your position in life...a dream that reaches beyond today with the potential to transform the future.

Ultimately, it is a call to all of us, gathering as one, collectively dreaming...joining our hands and believing together that life is more than what we see and that if we DARE to DREAM...and then, DARE TO ACT on that DREAM...amazing and powerful things will happen.

Whoever you are, wherever you are from...my hope is that as you read through this brochure, you will begin to sense that there is a God in Heaven who has incredible plans and dreams for your life. He is whispering to you..."trust me, I know what I am doing, I have it all worked out - I have plans to take care of you, plans not to abandon you, plans to give you the future you have hoped for...when you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I WILL LISTEN...I can do anything you know, far more than you could ever imagine, or guess, or request in your wildest DREAMS."

(Jer 29:11 & Eph 3:20 msg).

Beautiful friend, I want to personally invite you to come and be a part of this dream...I want to welcome you to share life with an amazing group of girls who care about each other and want to use their lives to bring hope to the world...normal, everyday girls just like you, who genuinely believe that God dreams really can come true!

We pray you can be with us for DFL 2010!