Jon Thorpe is one of hundreds of men across the city who have been donning aprons this weekend so wives could be free to attend this year's Katoomba Women's Convention.
"He just knows that it's a good opportunity to go away and get to know the women of the church, as well as being great for my spiritual health," says Jon's wife, Sarah.
"Not to mention a break from the kids," she laughs. "To only think about what I wanted to eat!"
Sarah Thorpe joined a group of fifteen women from Norwest Anglican who put their normal lives on hold to join the thousands attending the final weekend of KWC.
"I've been three times previously and this has easily been my favourite," she says.
"This year's theme challenged me more than any other."
The theme, "Looking Out' encouraged women to take their eyes off their appearances, their homes, their "to do' lists.
Key speakers included Elizabeth Foord, missionary and Christian counsellor, who hopes her listeners will be "looking out' when things go wrong.
Mrs Foord used 2 Corinthians to explain that God's comfort will always outweigh the troubles that assail Christians.
Suffering, she explained, also provided the opportunity for an expanded ministry as women share the comfort they have received with others.
"We need to ask God to help us be willing to let him grow us through our troubles," Mrs Foord told her listeners.
Christine Dillon from Overseas Missionary Fellowship challenged women to be "looking out' for those people who seemed too far from God to be worth witnessing to.
"Nebuchadnezzar seems like a "mission impossible'," Ms Dillon told her audience, because of his worldly success and entrenched beliefs.
However she used the book of Daniel to demonstrate that every person begins as a "mission impossible' before God's spirit begins to work.
"People seem to be mission impossible, but praise be to God because through Christ the mission is accomplished," Ms Dillon says.
Short talks from Kara Gilbert and Wendy Potts tackled "looking out' for opportunities to love those inside and outside of Christ.
"The challenge to break out of our comfort zone and look out for others because of Christs' love really stuck out for me," says Mrs Thorpe.
"But I found every talk inspiring and very practical. It was really amazing because the conference covered so much."
Katoomba Christian Convestions estimates some 2,200 women attended the second weekend of WKC, including numerous interstate and international visitors.
