Hi ladies! I just want to touch on a few things this morning since some very good questions have come up regarding the Siesta Fiesta. If you missed Wednesday’s announcement, check it out here.
-The registration for the actual Living Proof Live event is completely separate from the Siesta Fiesta registration. Anyone attending the Siesta Fiesta needs to register for both. (The Siesta Fiesta is free, by the way.) Please note that there were no problems with the LifeWay event registration and if you have already registered for the conference itself, you do not need to do it again. The only problem was with the contact info we had compiled from our bloggers for the Siesta Fiesta.
-If you are attending the conference with a group, it is totally up to you whether you sit with your group during the conference or whether you sit in the reserved Siesta section. Regardless of where you sit, if you have an arm band you are welcome to attend the reception after the conference.
-If you would like your mom or sister or best friend to sit with you in the reserved Siesta section and attend the reception, please make sure they register for the Siesta Fiesta so they can get an arm band. However, if you would like to register a group of additional people who aren’t familiar with the blog, please consider that we would like to keep the size of the reception manageable and the activities specific to our blog readers. That’s why we are not advertising the Siesta Fiesta to everyone at the event. Thank you in advance!
-There will be an hour break between the end of the conference and the start of the Siesta Fiesta reception. Beth will need that time to decompress and scarf down some lunch. Kim and Patty are looking into pre-ordering some box lunches for anyone interested. You would be able to pay for them online using PayPal. Aren’t those girls awesome? That is a good reason to stay tuned to their blog.
-For your convenience, I have provided a permanent link on our blog’s side bar to the Siesta Fiesta registration post and to Kim and Patty’s blog.
-The reserved seating section will have some wheelchair accessibility. If possible, please let me know of your need beforehand so that we can be sure to accommodate everyone.
-I’m so sorry for those of you who won’t be able to make it! Know that while we can’t do an official blog meetup at every event, you ladies can arrange your own meetups at any time. I know from just reading your comments that this has happened a number of times at different events. Would anyone like to share?
If you have any other questions, please send them to us at [email protected]. We are working on some answers to other questions we received and I will update on those as soon as I can. Thanks, ladies! We can’t wait!
I just registered for both the conference and Siesta Fiesta. God is so good and I’ll tell you why. I didn’t get to do a Beth conference last year because of the thyroid cancer and treatment that I went through. I have been in Beth/Travis withdrawal and just wanted to be at one so badly this year. When I found out Beth was going to be in Louisville, I went ahead and reserved a hotel room, but waited to buy my ticket until after Christmas. Needless to say by the time I call it was “sold out”.
I have thought long and hard about how to do one somewhere, but living in Ohio nothing was close. When I heard about the Fiesta in San Antonio I was just dying to go. Well, I was just asked yesterday to teach a summer course which will pay for my expenses. My wonderful hubby gave me his blessings, so now I can attend!
See you all in San Antonio!
Kimberly (aka Grace’s mom)
BTW…I too will be alone, but it seems there’s enough of us that we can have our own group. :o)
I’m registered for San Antonio! Hooray, I can’t wait. Thanks for the clarification on a few things, the info was very helpful. There are 17 of us going together so you answered our question.
by the way, thanks for the blog, it has brightened many a day. Still waiting to see wedding pictures…….
Amanda,
Thanks so much for coordinating this for us. I can’t wait to meet everyone face-to-face, including you!!
Much love,
~Cheryl
I am soo excited for you all to be able to fellowship!!! Have a great time (for the rest of us not going to that particular event:)rejoicing in the Lord together in August! And don’t forget: PRAY FOR EACH OTHER TOO! Siestas, gather around Beth and crew and pray for them as soon as you see them if you can-Super important! This is a BIG blessing from God being part of such a huge family of God-all my siesta sisters in the faith:)
Romans 12:12 NASB
12(A)rejoicing in hope, (B)persevering in tribulation, (C)devoted to prayer,
Ephesians 6:18 NASB
18With all (A)prayer and petition (B)pray at all times (C)in the Spirit, and with this in view, (D)be on the alert with all (E)perseverance and (F)petition for all the saints,
katiegfromtennessee
I have a question. I bought tickets for the conference months ago for myself and a friend. I’m not sure now if the friend is going to be able to attend. I think I remember when the Siesta Fiesta was first announced that this was a “Ladies Only” event. If my friend can’t come, my husband told me that he would like to come with me. I have been blessed to see Beth twice in person and he has heard me talk about it so much that he would like to come to this event if it works out. He is a musican so I know he would go crazy over Travis and the worship team. Just wanted to make sure he would be allowed to attend if that’s the way it works out.
Thanks,
Rita
Amanda,
Thank you for coordinating all of this! I know that the Siesta Fiesta is one additional thing on your already full plate- But I am so grateful! It will be such a wonderful time. Thank you for being such a blessing- I can’t wait to meet you face to face!
Love,
Tara
Thank you Amanda for answering those questions! My girlfriend and I are going and are very excited(both bloggers). To katiefromtennessee: Thank you for that reminder about prayer! I was thinking about that also! To all of the siestas out there, going to San Antonio or not: Would you please consider writing up a prayer for each of these women on a 3 x 5 card and either bringing it with you to San Antonio, or mailing it to LPM? We need to hold these ladies up in prayer, it’s crucial to their survival! If possible, could you pray in a verse if God so leads you? (We are, after all, praying for the author of “Praying God’s Word” and her daughters! I think they would be blessed, and all of us could participate in that!
I love you all-
Lisa in Kirkland, WA
I hope you all have fun! Wish I could go. I will be 34 weeks pregnant at that time and will probably be staying pretty close to home (Florida). I am going to get to hear Beth at Deeper Still in Atlanta, though! I’ve never heard her or the other speakers live before, so I’m very excited!
THank you – that answers a lot of questions I had.
I can’t wait to go!
Karen
Dripping Springs, TX
LORD, YOU ARE GOOD! Alright! Great suggestion hisfivefooter, miss Lisa in WA! Prayer all around! Whew!
katiegfromtennesee
Thank you Amanda for your answers and also thanks to Kim and Patty for helping coordinate all of this. I just can’t believe how blessed I am to feel so close to so many people that I have never met but hopefully will soon! Thank you God!
Sacha
Thanks Amanda. I have a couple of people I’ve invited that I have directed to the blog and want to “introduce” to Beth and her teaching. One of my friends is a blog reader, but not a blogger. I have a couple of room spots to fill so I have opened this up to them. I hope that is okay. I only think one or two may be able to attend so… anyway. That is all I have for now. Thanks a bundle for all the hard work putting this together. We love you!
I so wish I could make it to the Siesta Fiesta! San Antonio is one of my all time favorite places to visit and then add LPL on top of it – OH MY!! Timing is all wrong for me though – maybe next year. Would love to meet Miss Beth in person and tell her how much her message on Habakkuk 3:19 at the Kansas City LPL conference has meant to me over the last 2 1/2 years! I have had to cross that “river of fear” many times over since then.
Also, how I wish I could attend the Bible Study in Houston this Fall. I am afraid I am “too old” and live too far away though. Is it possible that study will be published in the future? I would love to be exposed to the class that first set Beth’s heart afire for Scripture!
Many blessings on all those who will be attending the Siesta Fiesta!
I am so bummed that I can’t make it to the Siesta Fiesta. 🙁 You all make sure you have extra fun for me, okay?
Beth,
Just wanted to let you know what an impact you have had on my family. While working with my first grade son on his dictation sentences, I read him the sentence, “We should ask Beth to come to the lake to play games.” In the midst of writing this sentence he looked up at me and said, “wouldn’t it be cool if we could ask Beth Moore to come and play games.” I couldn’t help but laugh because you have become a part of our family’s life and we all love you! Thanks so much for building this community and for sharing your life with us. God is using you to make an impact on this mom and her seven year old son.
Love,
Sarah
Burlington, KY
Thank you Amanda for all you do for us! And thanks to Kim and Patty for all they are doing for the Siesta Fiesta blog!!!
Is there any chance a fellow Siesta has a ticket (or two) for the Louisville Living Proof event in August? I have two tickets, but two sisters, a sis-in-law and niece that want to come along!! Yikes…..they have been sold out for months! If you have a ticket and are unable to go, I will buy your ticket! 🙂
YAY! I met Shelly B., Emmy, Kim (kim actually came and brought some girls to bible study she drove hundreds of miles…kim from siesta fiesta blog), and other local birmingham siestas through the blog.
Thanks for all of the info, Amanda. I’m praying that I will be able to come. If I do, I will probably be alone. That doesn’t scare me as much now because I see that others will be doing the same! Pray that I can work it out to come with my kids school schedule!
Thanks Siestas for your prayers!
Hey Sisters! I won’t be there, but I’m excited for those of you who get to go and I’m looking forward to pics from “la fiesta”!! 🙂
Jessica
I wish I could be there to meet all of you in person!!!
Love,
Kristen in TN
at my very first LPL event in Boone last May, i went with SHELLY ELIZABETH BLAND whom i had never met, but had been emailing/txting/talking to on the phone and we had the best asher time 😉
she was my first siesta friend that i made and is still my favorite 🙂
and the Lord is so awesome that in June, i’m about to move into an apt. with another 20-something siesta that i met this fall on the blog that lives in nashville!!! how crazy?!
Well, I’m not able to make to San Antonio but I will be in Atlanta for the Deeper Still conference in June. If anyone would like to meet up, let me know.
Hola, Siestas! Thrilled for those of you able to attend Fiesta. Can’t make it but I think I’ll have Taco Bell that day. BFF and I just registered for ‘Deeper Still”, Vegas Style. Our feather boas will finally be appropriate for praise and worship! Our new daily affirmation: “What happens in Vegas, fo sho won’t be stayin’ in Vegas!” Have a blessed and tasty Siesta Fiesta!
Sam*
Thanks for the info~
My daughter will be with me. Could I have 2 arm bands? The Blog today said to be sure and let LP know if we needed an extra arm band! I am so excited I can hardly stand it! Thank you so much!!!!
Blessings! jan
Oh,I am confused I register why back when it came up and have my band to wear and all do I need to register again? help,marina
I’m just overwhelmed by all that you (Amanda, and probably lots and lots of other people in Houston) and Kim and Patty are doing for the Fiesta. I hope that it doesn’t become a burden for anyone. The logistics seem daunting. AND I hope you can tell by the excitement in our “voices” how very much we appreciate all that you (and I mean everyone) is doing for us.
You’re better than you have to be!
Melana in Wyoming
First of all thanks for getting this together.
Question? I registered Wed. and it said we’d receive a confirmation in an e-mail within 24 hours. I haven’t received that yet. Do I need to do it again?
Valerie
Thanks for answering all of our questions!
I am going to register my mom today! If all you Siestas would please pray for her it would be great! She is saved (got saved after I got married) and has grown a ton since then. BUT… I think I am a little nervous that she won’t receive bc she has never been interested in any sort of Bible study type “thing.” Will you all pray with me that her heart would be soft (good soil!!), that Jesus would bring freedom in areas of her heart and that He would give her an even greater hunger for Him and His Word? Thanks Siestas! I cant wait to see what HE has for all of us!! 🙂
I just registered to attend the Siesta Fiesta! I can’t wait to connect with new friend and reconnect with old ones!
This is really awesome, I am going to do everything I can to make it. My daughters Birthday is on August 24th and I will have to work at doing both, but God will make away if it is intended… I would love o be able to meet the siestas that will be there, I love reading everyones blogs they are such a blessing and I love being able to post myself….
I am going to be working hard to make this happen.
Blessings to everyone
Mary
May I leave a little message for Beth here? I am a sister, her age, been through the same valleys…
I’ve done 6 of her studies (I have groupie status, and proud of it even though I know she points us to Jesus, and YES^ Jesus!) I have a word- thank you…
If she ever needed a why for any of her sufferings one may be my small life-
Recently, Believing God, brought me to a spacious place, and I see my promised land in front of me. Oh Mrs Beth, I pray for da Low-wuwd to bless you indeed, and to keep you in the center of His will, to protect you from evil, and to continue spreading the great news that we CAN do all things through Christ. Amen
I praise God for you and your life and your willingness to be obedient, for yielding to him, even when it was very difficult. I know how hard it is to live with the enemies lies choking the LIFE out of you, even though you are born again. God has used your message of truth to rescue me from the pit, to empower me to spread the good news that with faith I can say to that mountain- GIT- I’m from East TN. I can say git, and reckon- WORD to the siestas!
OK so, not to gush, or take too much of your precious time, just to say this…in your dark hour,perhaps God had me in mind, and oh Beth, …I have no English word for the love and gratitude and praise that can really express my deepest feelings for Jesus.
See you in paradise~
Karen
I’ll be in Boise on May 16-17, but I don’t know anyone well enough to find them.
Hey Siestas! Is anyone from South Carolina (or even close by) going to Siesta Fiesta? I would love some company and can help pay for gas or whatever. Love y’all!
Hey Siestas! Is anyone from South Carolina (or even close by) going to Siesta Fiesta? I would love some company and can help pay for gas or whatever. Love y’all!
Wish I could attend, be blessed by the event and meeting Siestas, but alas, I have to play violin for a wedding that weekend. Ya’ll fill Aunt Rhody in on the good stuff.
You all are working so hard at this and I so appreciate it! I can not wait to hug some necks and look into some eyes!!!
Blessings!
steph.
Hey yall,
I’m so bummed to miss the great Siesta Fiesta. I don’t post very often, but read every post and note and pray for some of you faithfully…. To put all your names and faces together and hug all your sweet necks…. It sounds like a blast!!! Know that someone in Georgia will be covering y’all in prayer that day.
On a much smaller level, if any siestas want to meet up for the Atlanta Deeper Still event in June, I’d love to do that…..obviously it would not be NEARLY as great as all meeting in San Antonio….. but since Atlanta is local, much more affordable at this point in my life!!
Have a blast Siesta Fiesta girls!!
Its good to be back! Ive been in Dallas taking care of my mom after back surgery. Ya’ll pray for her, she’s having a hard time because she cant handle pain meds so all she can take is tylenal. Poor Dad hasnt had much sleep either.
This Siesta Fiesta sound so fun!! I cant be there but will be in Atlanta in June and looking forward to that!
I think I’ll go make some nachos now!
O man! I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to go but i cant! I have my frist day of college classes! Im so bummed! BUT i did get to see beth this weekend and it was amazing!
Beth, i saw you in the springs this weekend and it felt like you were speaking straight to me the whole time! God is working through you for sure! Ive said it befor but you realy are like a mentor and best friend to me! have fun in san antonio! Ill be praying!
I know you don’t wanna hear this but WAHHHHHHHH! (that’s me whining because I can’t come!) Maybe next year we can do an East Coast Siesta party – like Charlotte! HINT, HINT!
I know y’all will have a BLAST! Ok, I feel better now. (not really, but what can you do?)
I AM SOOOOOOOOO SAD THAT I CANNOT COME TO TEXAS FROM ALASKA. IF YOU LIVE NEAR THAT AREA BE SURE TO REALIZE HOW BLESSED YOU ARE. BETH PLEASE COME BACK TO THE NORTH SOON. MY SISTER LIVES IN ATLANTA AND SHE WILL SEE YOU THERE. HAVE FUN YA’LL.
I am so excited! I just found another siesta who lives in my home town of Columbia, SC and we may be traveling together, God is so cool! Thanks for the information, can’t wait!!
We are planning a girls weekend for this conference! We can’t wait to get away and be refreshed by the Father!
Nicole
How about a siesta fiesta for the Living Proof Live event in Louisville this August? Are there any plans for one yet? We would love a chance to meet you & Beth.
I can’t attend the conference in TX but am attending the LPL conf. in Minneapolis MN in July. Are there any other Siesta’s attending there that would like to get together after the Friday evening teaching? I would love to hear and would be willing to help arrange it!!!
Have admired BM for years. What a treat to find blog. What a great place to learn, laugh and grow!
Thank you!
Any chance of a mini-siesta-fiesta at the Women of Faith Conference in Atlanta/June 27-28??
I cannot make it to The fiesta, but will be at Southeast Christian in August. If any of you wan tto meet up and hug that would be awesome!!! I am sure Beth will mention us and give us the smilies all over! Hope to meet someone!!
I love reading everyone’s comments:) Nicole…I understand about your mom, my sister-in-law won’t be able to make it to the KY LPL Simulcast, but I want my mom or one of my sisters to go instead-huge potential for CHRIST to do a work here.
Karen…you are funny:) I wholeheartedly agree with everything you said.
Rebecca…I am soo blessed to hear that the event went well this weekend!!!!! I knew it!!!:):) WE LOVE YOU, LORD!
Siesta bloggers, we really do need to try to meet up at the Simulcast event! It would be an honor to meet you all and pray for you:) Contact me on my blog or something, I’m open to whatever-see if we can make this happen:)
Blessings,
katigfromtennessee