Antioch 2024!!!

Okaaaaaaaayyyy you guys, out of all the Antioch conferences i’ve everrrrrrr been too, this year was definitely 💯 my absolute FAVORITE!!! And i’m telling you guys, I’VE BEEN TO EVERY ANTIOCH CONFERENCE since the birth of it!!! ;)

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Soooooooooooooooo remember HOW right after Antioch this year I promised that I would NOT wait as long to post this year as I did last year??? Weeeeeeeeeeelllll last year's post was in September and it's currently OCTOBER!! WHAAAAAAAAAT HAPPENED??? 

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Antioch 2024 Sooooooooooooo much fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!!!! 

First night, I looooved this top buuuuuut it was too hard to keep the wrinkles out so I returned it!!! Buuuuuuuuuut hey I got plenty of pictures in it!!!!

Thank God for SELFIE MIRRORS!!! 

ANTIOCH OFFICIAL APOLOGY: 

 I  Got In Trouble From The Ushers For TALKING TO LOUDLY While In The Ladies Room!!! OOOOPS!!! Someone I HavNT SeeN IN YearS(YOU SIS FROM THE MARCHBANKS CHURCH!;)  Saw Me And i Said HEEEEEEEEEEYYYY!!!! Aparently, I Say Heeeeeeyyy VERY LOUDLY!!! I Think It Really Was Loud Though Cuz A Friend Texted Me From Inside The Sanctuary And Was Like, Are You In The Bathroom? Cuz I THINK I JUST HEARD YOU!!!! Ooooops!!! SORRY USHERS!!! It's AN ITALIAN THING!!!! If You Guys Could've Heard My Grandpa Mangino, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND JUST HOW QUIET,  I ACTUALLY AM!!! I Inherited His Broad Shoulders,Blue Eyes And Apparently The QUIETER Version Of His Voice!!

FIrst night there was a baptism-I really wanted to meet this girl buuuuuuuuut I was neverrrr sure WHO she was!!!  I mean think I saw here when we'd go up to worship durin song service buuuut I wasn't sure and i couldn't just like interupt and be like ARE YOU THAT GIRL??? Even as cRaZy as I am!!!!

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FIrst night, Brother Bracken, missionary to Taiwan preached and he said my favorite line the WHOLE CONFERENCE, he said when people ask you to pray for them and he's liiiiiiike PRAY FOR YOURSELF!!!! ARE YOU THAT LAZY THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE PRAY FOR YOU???? Ok so idk if that was quoted word for word i'm basically paraphrazing but yeah I looooooved that!!! I felt l like there was a very strong emphasis on NOT being lazy in the Kingdom, Brother Johnson talked about it too!!! 

Another man praying for the Holy Ghost during Choir!!!!

OMW SHAYE HAD A BABY!!!
DUUUUUUUUDE I can't believe she's all grown up!!! 
REMEMBER ALL THE SWIM PARTIES????

SOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!

Her mom's face and daddy's eyes!!!!
TOO CUUUUUTE!!! 
FUTURE APOSTOLIC BEAUTY!!!

When I saw Daniella I was liiiiiiiiiike OMW LOOK AT YOU!!!! You've lost weight!!! SHe was like soooooooooooo have you!!! I was liiiiiiiiiike I KNOOOOOOOOW LOOK AT US!!! I was like but your like skinny!!!! SHe was like, SO ARE YOU!!! I was like NOOOOOOOOO I'M NOT!!! SHe was like, NOOOOO YOU ARE!!! I was liiiiike I'm NOT and really I don't even wanna be!!!! I wanna lose about 60ish more pounds BUUUUUT I don't wanna be skinny!!! I'm Mar Bear!!! I gotta stay a tailored fluffy!!! ;)

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WORST FRIEND EVERRR AWARD GOES TO...

DING! DING! DING!!!!

ME! ME! ME!!!!!

You guys, I LITERALLY DID NOT GO TO ALLANA'S AZ WEDDING RECEPTION AND I HAVE NO EXCUSE-I JUST FORGOT!!! I wasn't even doing anything at all that night- I JUST FORGOT!!!! I was literally at home jus CHILLIN!!!! YOu can neverrrrr go back and fix that!!! ALL YOU CAN DO IS ANNOUNCE TO YOUR 3-5000 READERS A DAY WHAT A BAD FRIEND YOU ARE!!!! I, Mary Frances Ginty am THE LAMEST FRIEND EVERRRRR!!!! That's my penance!!! I also told Allana I will NOT hold it over her if she DOES NOT EVEN come to my wedding!!!! She said okaaaaaaay....buuuuuuut she kinda doesn't wanna miss my wedding which I TOTALLY GET!!! I would soooooooo NOT WANNA MISS MY WEDDING EITHER-Hopefully, I don't forget-MARK THE CALENDER FUTURE HUBBY!!!!

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I loooooove all these girls!!!! 

You guys look at my purse-its like boho beach vibes which is sooooooooo ME!!!

Me and beautiful Marianna!!!!

Me and Avalyn!!!Literally ALWAYS wearing a black dress when we take a picture together!!!

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Sooooooooo in love with this outfit!!!

Buuuuuuuuuuuut I broke the strap-it was soooooooooooo sad!!! #SHEIN

This was when Bishop Garrett made a comment about Italians and CHEESE!!! Liiiiiike 20 heads turned to look at me, and for everyone that asked YES WE DO LOVE OUR CHEESE!!! 

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Me and Sigh I LOOOOVE THIS GIRL!!!

We met at SWAT last year!!! She thought I was introvert, I was liiiiiiiiiike, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO THAT WAS JUST ME IN A REALLY BAD MOOD HAVING A BAD ATTITUDE- I turn into an introvert!!! they were like well that's not worst way to be when your in a bad mood!!!

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ME AND MY GIRLS!!! 

Celia and Mariana!!!

I think this was my favorite outfit!!!!

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ME AND SISTER SMITH!!!

I looooove this woman- She's always tellng me, GIRRRRRRRRRRL YOU LOOK GOOD!!!! Buuuuuuut what I really like about here is  SHE CAN PRAY THE ROOF OFF!!! I was telling her that I love hearing her pray! ANd she was like you know one time someone told me they thought I was praying to loud for them! I was liiiiike WHAAAAAAAAT???? She's like I told them, WELL I GUESS IT'S A GOOD THING I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU!!! I was liiiiiiiiike PREACH SIS, PREEEEEEEEEACH!!! 

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THen i asked her if she was going to SWAT???? And she said NO! I was like WHYYYY???? SHe said I'm TOO OLD!!! I was liiiiiiiiiiiiiike whaaaaaaaaaaaat???? Noooooooooooo waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!  I think SWAT should be till 100 or DEATH!!! Imagine being to OLD AND SINGLE FOR THE OLD PEOPLE!!! I'm PREPARING MYSELF!!! BAHAHAHAAAAA~~~~ 

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SWAT!!!

Everyone was liiiiiiiiiiiiike girl you stayed in SWAT for like 5 minutes, I'm liiiiiiiiiiiike, it was like 15 at least and  duuuuuuuuuuude I can NOT stay committed to ONE SPOT FOR TOO LOOOOOOOOOONG!!! I have places to go, People to meet, PEOPLE TO INTRODUCE TO EACH OTHER!!!! I came! I SAW! I talked for a minute annnnnnnd I GOT SOME HEART SHAPED WATERMELON!!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Its all just friends fellowshipping they say; Oh did we accidently make heart-shaped watermelon- OOOOOPS!!! AHAHAHAHAA!!! Don't worry, I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED IT!!! 

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 and THEN I WENT TO THE FOOD TRUCKS AND .FOUND ABOUT A GROUP OF 15 PEOPLE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THERE!!! There was 34-year-old that’s like, IM TOO YOUNG!!!! 🙄🙄🙄 The rest, They were liiiiiiiike, noooooooooooo it’s WEIRD!!! ITs awkward, im liiiiiiiiiiike, it's NOT AWKWARD!!! There's literally NO MEN EVEN IN THERE!!! WHY DO YOU THINK I LEFT???  BAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!! 

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IF i was a bad friend, I would start calling out NAMES of people that should have beenn at SWAT buuuuuuuut didn't go!!!! BUUUUUUUUUT i'm not like that!!!! BUUUUT you may or MAY NOT SEE SOME OF THEIR PICTURES ON HERE!!! Hee, hee!!! 

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Actually, there was one guy that was literally just like THE KING OF SWAT!!!! He was sooooooooo chill and friendly and HE TALKED TO EVERYONE!!!! Only thing I know is he's from California and he LITERALLY TALKS MORE THAN ME!!!! I was liiiiiiike WOOOOOOOWWWW I did NOT EVEN KNOW THIS WAS POSSIBLE!!! I think they should use him to promote and gather people to come!!! He actually said I was QUIET!!!! I was liiiiiiiiiike BRO....whaaaaaaaaaaaat???? AHAHAHAAA!!!

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Good change with SWAT having it at the church,  i don't think I would have gone AGAIN if it had been at the restaurant like the year before, that was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more awkward, plus the free food was a definite lure for me!!!

Priscilla's last time at SWAT!!! 
SHE IS NOW AN OFFICIALLY MARRIED WOMAN!!!

Can she come as SWAT ALUMNI NEXT YEAR??? 
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When you see your friend in the choir wearing THE CUUUUUUTEST outfit everrrrr!!!
#DONAYA!!! 

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My beautiful friend and her GORGOUS BABY!!! Also another future Apostolic Beauty!!!

I looooove Rocky!!! I remember wearing matching bridesmaid outfits together and THE ONLY ONE IN THE WHOLE BRIDAL PARTY that looked good was ROCKY!!! 

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Monica- My new friend and fellow matchmaker!!!! Hee, hee!!! 😜 This girl is soooo funny!!!! Ok but first of all suppppperrrr beautiful, she's like 46- ITHIIIIIIIIINK!!!! i asked her and her twin sister their age and her sister says your not supposed to ask but right at the same exact time as she says that, Monica says 46!!!! it was really funny!!!! My friend said you look exactly the same from 10 years ago, WHAT'S YOUR SECRET??? She said, NOT GETTNG MARRIED!!! Bahahahahaaa So I had seen her years ago and always wanted to meet her because I just thought she was soooooooo pretty and i loooooove her red hair!!!! I was born a redhead and i've been praying God would let me be a red head again before i go white- BUUUUUUT if it comes between answering the husband prayer or the red head prayer, I'll TAKE THE HUSBAND OVER THE RED HAIR!!! Anyways, I was asking her how old her and her twin sister were when they got in church and I think she said 22, then she says, so we were basically already old maids when we got in this!!! THat made me laugh sooooooooooo hard!!! I loooooooooooove when girls can joke about being an Old Maid!!! 

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Peru and Tony- theyre both single soooooooooooo keep your eyes out girlZ!!!.They're both super cool guys, really nice from Cali and I forgot who's church buuuuuuuuut yeah, ON COURSE BROS!! HOPEFULLY I ACTUALLY MAKE IT THIS YEAR!!! 
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Just chilling the last night, it was sooooooooooo much funnn hanging out till who knows when...

Did i say thank you for lifting the OLD AGE RESTRICTION for the after burner????

#OLDMAIDLIVESMATTER

If not, then let me say THAAAAAAANK YOU!!!! It was a blast getting to hang out with everyone and super fun not having to leave the premises to find a place to fellowship and not having to commit to hanging out with one group the whole night! Anyways, thank you Antioch for being an amazing local conference and making everything so fun ASIDE from getting a spiritual feast!!!

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CAN NOT EVEN 

WAIT TIL NEXT YEAR!!!

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ODIN: Soooooooooooo AUNT MARY, did you meet any guys you like at Antioch???

ME: You ACTUALLY THINK I WOULD CONFIDE IN YOU IF I DID???

ODIN: SOOOOOO YOU DON'T TRUST ME???

ME: NOOOOOOO I DON'T

ODIN: You think I would tell everyone???

ME: YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS!!!!

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FUTURE IDEA FOR ANTIOCH:

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaay sooooooooo i Have this brilliant idea that ONE YEAR, we should have ANTIOCH CONFERENCE IN ANTIOCH GREECE!!!! How awesome would that be??? And they could serve heart shaped BAKLAVA at SWAT!!! OMW MARY YOU HAVE THE BEST IDEAS EVERRRRRRRR!!! HOW ARE YOU NOT MARRIED???

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HEE, HEE!!!

Listen to the preaching HERE!!!

♥Mary Frances :)