Hi Siestas! I’m wondering…what are you up to this fall?
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This fall, I am:
–celebrating my first year of marriage
–planning on ripping up carpet and basking in the beauty of hardwood floors
–potentially leading a couples small group with my husband (not sure about this one…God is not broadcasting direction yet)
–exercising!!!!!!!!
love you all
Hmm…
Getting Girl Scouts up and running again.
Applying to seminary.
Leading the Prayer/Care group at the girls’ school.
Planning menus and cooking from the Siesta Fiesta cookbook!
Joanne
1. Beth Moore Bible Study, starting 9/16
2. Classes at an area university
3. MOPS
4. PTO
5. Work in sons 1st grade class
2x a week
6. Pilates at the YMCA 3xa week
Toss in my kids activities, tennis/dance/karate/cross-country and my days are FULL>
Hi Amanda,
I’m working and will be more so once the holidays are here.
Spending time with my daughter and mom. (My husband is in Iraq).
Helping out at church whenever I can and where ever they need me.
Cross stitching whenever I have a free moment.
Not so busy but a little. I love ya’ll, Mary Anne
Not much on tap for us this fall. Hopefully getting more time to rest at home! Summer was busy! My boss is going on maternity leave in November, leaving me to run the department – so I’ll be gearing up for that mainly. ๐
Enjoy your Fall! (I can’t believe it’s that time of year already)
We are converting a garage into a “man cave” for our 15-year-old son. I already miss my garage! We’ll put up a carport, though. When the man cave is finished, I get a spare bedroom back and plan to just clean up in general – organize and throw out!
Our Bible Study group will be doing Stepping Up. We have been doing Wising Up, and believe it or not, I’m ready for some homework!
After a full year of planning, closing in on a cruise with my husband where we will celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. We’ll visit the city my grandmother left to come to America almost 100 years ago (the very port!) in Panama; also visit Columbia; Costa Rica; Aruba; Grand Cayman; and more. We will celebrate a relationship God started when we were in middle school! So excited to take this time for ourselves…we’ve taken no other time off for over a year!
Am i the only one “wandering in the wilderness?” who really does not know what to do or can’t seem to find any direction in their life?
I am so blessed. Just had our 11th grandbaby born yesterday.
But, i feel so lost.
So many things have happened in my family’s life in the last few years.
I love God and am praying for direction.
We are working on potty training our second. Our first starts his 2-year of preschool on Monday and then Awana the next week. I just started MOPS yesterday and am co-leading this year. My husband is in charge of small groups (we’re doing Experiencing God) as our church this fall so we will be busy with that also.
Our Monday Night Bible Study group at church will be doing To Live is Christ beginning this Monday. We have not visited this study in quite a few years and for some it will be a first. We are excited about how God will use this study to draw us closer in our walk with Him.
Being on the coast of North Carolina, right now we are bracing for Hanna and praying Ike will temper down before making his presence known.
Blessing to all of you,
Vicki in NC
*I am leading a Friday morning group through Believing God.
*Our church (my DH is pastor)will be going through Randy Alcorn’s Money, Possessions and Eternity.
*Hopefully, we will be working on the exterior remodel of our new home.
*And, making some time for myself in the paths of healthy eating and working out.
*Happy September to all!
I am trying to NOW find the discipline to do the NOG study since I can go back to the blog entries…
Also training for the St. Jude half marathon in December..
What are YOU doing Siesta Momma? ๐
I love fall, in the Pacific NW it is just wonderful.
*Ted and I are looking for a new church home
*I am leading a bible study at my home (Anointed, Transformed, Redeemed: A Study of David)
*I am also listening to Beth’s mp3 audios on the names of God. I am loving it!
This list could continue on and on…
Miss Beth, I wanted you to know my DH and I said our final good-byes to our Tucker {Yellow Labrador of 11} on Tuesday evening. I thought of you as the tears rolled down. Both Ted and I prayed for you and Keith -that those two pups fill your heart with a new joy. We also have Thomas {Choc Lab-4}. I am so happy to have him to love on, but it is also tough to see him waiting for Tucker to come home. Anyway, thinking and praying for you!
Have a wonderful FALL!
In Christ Alone,
-kd
– House training and just plain training my Dachshund puppy Daisy.
– Encouraging & mentoring some young college girls.
– Starting a new missions group for our youth girls in the church and community.
– A Woman After God's Own Heart by Elizabeth George with our Women's Ministry.
– Serving in a new and exciting ministry within our church.
I am taking classes through my University to graduate with a BA in Communications!
I am also finishing up my Biblical Studies class through a division of Liberty University, in order to obtain a Certificate in Biblical Studies! (I'm super pumped about that!)On top of all that, I'm preparing internship applications for next summer up in Nashville!
Too, I'm preparing to deliver a message to a Christian Women's Conference, that invited me to come out in Oklahoma (& I live in Ga!) this November! I'm SO excited about that!! It's so Awesome how when you're willing to give yourself completely to the Lord, He DOES use you! I'm just beside myself! Blessings!
I've loved reading so many of the comments! Sounds like we have some busy, hungry-for-God sisters out there. ๐
~I'm starting a Bible study at church using Beth's Wising Up series.
~I'm having a long awaited hysterectomy the end of October. Would appreciate prayers that all will go well and I will recover quickly! Thanks ๐
~Lots of birthday celebrations and a wedding coming up for Sept & Oct.
~Spending as much time as I can lovin on my nieces and nephews- they're such a joy!
~And of course Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here before you know it!
Blessings to all of my Siestas!
Missy in SC
Enjoy Jackson Amanda….it seems they grow up way to fast!!!
My Bible Bunnies start their study on Tues Sept 9th. We are doing "Heaven" by Randy Alcorn. Then we are doing a study by Marian Kassens, "Knowing God By Name". Then……we do Esther in Jan 2009. Looking forward to that. This is a group of "Siesta's" that have been together for a few years. We have an awesome praying group and have had so many answers to prayers. God is so faithful.
Other than that, living in No MI lots of activities will be done inside now. We went from the 90's on Mon & Tues to 59 this a.m. Bbbrrr….Fall is definitely in the air now!!
So glad to see how many different Bible Studies are starting up. God is definitely on the move!!
Blessings,
Bible Bunny in NO MI.
Well…
* working like crazy, (i’m an athletic trainer so fall means football for me :))
*runnin with my dog (a weim who loves to run :))
* finishing NOG (had been waiting for a friend to find the book in WV)
*since my church is doing stepping up (did it this spring) ??? maybe one of priscilla’s until Ester comes out….)
? for melissa….since you do the research… how accurate is the opener for the movie one night with the king about Haman’s past? and where do you like looking for those answers? (study tools?)
Thanks!!! have a blast…
currently we are getting ready for TS Hanna or hurricane IKE:(
Praying for y’all at DEEPER STILL in vegas…. the one in Atlanta was a much needed breath of fresh wind from Him.
Holly in SC
After our very successful NOG study this summer, our group has decided to continue to meet twice a month to do a study. Our first one is A Woman’s Heart, God’s Dwelling Place! The group has asked me to lead it, so please pray for me as I have never done this before.
Doing “Believing God” for the second time…it’s THAT good!
Judy in Dallas
August finished out the 4th treatment of chemo for my precious daughter Michelle (29 yrs). September we finish the treatments, and surgery in October. With all that in mind, I’ve been busy helping her with the children, encouraging her daily and believing God for healing. That’s where our world is right now. May he be glorified through our lives. IN HIM WE PUT ALL OUR TRUST.
Love you Beth
Brenda
Broken Arrow, OK
Celebrating our 30 year anniversary by spending 3 weeks in Italy!!
Chow
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Since I am still suffering with morning sickness in my 7th month, I am unable to lead Bible study like I usually do. So I will attempt to join a group that is doing Beth’s John study. Oh, and I will be having a baby in October. Can’t come soon enough!
*Welcoming home our new chocolate labrador puppy, Hoops, next week.
*My husband will be beginning his first season as a head college basketball coach – Girls, he’s phenomenal. I am SO PROUD of him!
*I will continue to lead worhsip and my husband will continue to teach high school Sunday School in our church
*Hopefully doing “No Other Gods” with a group of women in my home since I missed out this summer!
Well, I am headed to Las Vegas today for The Deeper Still Event!!! WoooHoooo!!!
I am also training to run my first 5k race in October and then more beyond that.
We are starting a study on the Lives of Moses and Joshua throughout the fall.
Blessings to you, Amanda!!
* I’m back in Aggieland after an amazingly blessed 6 years in east Tennessee.
* It’s been a year and we’re still looking for a church.
* I’m studying alot on my own, most recently investigating all the scriptural references to wine.
* Getting ready to begin Kay Arthur’s study on sexual purity.
* Anxiously awaiting the November delivery of the Esther study!
This fall will be a great new chapter in our family book. My husband is starting a new career after 7 years in the law enforcement field. Praise God he will be home now to spend time with us!!!!! We will also be celebrating our son Jackson’s 2nd birthday on 9/7 and our anniversary on 10/2. We will be attending a Thursday night bible study class at church and I am sure I will be attending our womens bible study this fall also. I am also praying and looking for a bible study for our preteen girls at church. I am sure potty training is just around the corner for us as well. Thanks for asking. This is my first post on the blog. I just found it a few weeks ago and it is fabulous and God has really used it to speak to me about several things in my life through different post on the blog. Thanks! You girls are great!
Jennifer in TN
Things are going to be crazy this fall in Western PA…
– We are starting the Bible study Believing God in just a few days
– Our youth ministry’s school time program is also starting in just a few days
– We are checking the web like crazy to see when Living Proof Live will come anywhere near us…
– And life as a whole is generally speeding up!
We are praying for all of you siestas!
Lots of Love!
Here's what the Shoaf family is up to:
-Starting the "Stepping Up" study next Monday night. (Can't wait!!!)
-Filling in for my husband's secretary (my sister-in-law who is going on vaca –very well deserved!!)
-Keeping grandchildren so their parents can take some r & r time without little ones
-Hubby and I taking a little r&r for ourselves and to celebrate our 40th anniversary. (funny, he was much younger when I married him Ha Ha!!
-Hubby is taking flying lessons and is soooo excited about it.
Betty Shoaf
My schedule is plenty full. I’ve got two art shows I’m getting ready for, one in October and another in November. I need to be busy painting, but I also started a remodle on my laundry room, pulling up linoleum and putting down tile and adding new cabinets. It’s and exhausting job. Classes started at our local extension of Covington Seminary last week so I have to prepare to teach that. I’m teaching Old Testament Survey this year and I’m excited about that because I love the stories and lessons of the Old Testament. Then on Sunday I will teach my first class of elementary students, I’ve never taught kids before, always adults, should be interesting. Then on Monday I lead a small group of women who quilt. We take others quilt tops and put them together and quilt them bu hand. We use the money we earn for missions and special projects around the church. I also have my own sewing business out of my home and I have at least 3 weddings coming in over the next two months, gowns to make or alter. Well that’s my fall unless I find something else to add to it.
Peggy
~Walking in JDRF walk to cure diabetes to help support my 6 year old niece who was diagnosed with type 1 juvenile diabetes in April รขโฌห08
~Standing amazed at all my children are going to learn through Awana and school
~Finally finishing No Other Gods with our ladies home group
~Beginning Stepping Up in a few weeks with the same group
~Marveling how God has encouraged my sister to begin her first Beth Moore bible study after attending LPL San Antonio and realizing God’s wooing her!
Amy in OK
teaching a Bible study on the gospel of Matthew
reestablishing some very important relationships
praying for my kids
learning Hebrew from a book (help Melissa!)
having a garage sale and cleaning ALL my closets
losing 30lbs
Pray for me (just a word), wish me luck, best to you
Shalom
Here’s what we’re up to this fall…
-preparing for our women’s conference at church
-moving to a new church facility in October, the Lord has tripled our space!!
-waiting on the Lord’s timing to bring us foster children
-continuing to home school, by God’s amazing grace!
I started “Stepping Up” with a group of ladies at a home Bible study last Wednesday and it is GOOD!
In October, we’re travelling to Albuquerque to spend time with my in-laws. It’s been 10 years since I visited southwest USA and I’m looking forward to the great Mexican food, mesas, and beautiful sunsets.
Every Friday is high school football night – yeah for Nacho chips, jalapeno peppers and cheese!
We’re babysitting our grandsons twice a week which keeps us busy (how did I do it when I was twenty-something with three children under four years old?)
Hopefully, I’ll paint my house and get rid of some things, but I keep moving this back…
God Bless,
Cheri
Louisville, KY
I am starting a Bible study here at school where I teach. So far I have eight by word of mouth! I am going to do NOGS with them!
-Juggling a full time job and homeschooling my teenage son
-trying to find my place of service in my church
-Bible Study Fellowship
-Operation Christmas Child
Hey Gang,
My husband and I have a home group finishing up “Walking With God” by John Eldredge and I’ll probably start a very small woman’s home group doing the same book. I highly encourage everyone to check it out. Simple and very profound regarding Kingdom living.
Blessings to all you Warrior Women!
Xena!
In my household:
-Beginning Beth’s 90 Day Devo on Jesus the One and Only
-Loving and praying for my husband and 1 year old daughter with more fervor
-Participating in an online Bible Study at http://www.leliachealey.blogspot.com–the next one is going to be on Behind Those Eyes by Lisa Whittle. Come join us! ๐ (Online Bible Studies are so amazing…I never would have thought I would love it so much!)
-My most important thing for this fall is to continue to grow deeper with God!
Prayers and blessings,
Rebecca
-Encouraging and supporting my husband as he starts up his own business after being fired from his job 6 weeks ago
-Praying and trusting God for His provision and guidance
-Beginning "PreK" homeschool with my oldest son, Lane
-Potty training my younger son, Landry
-Starting up a Christian Book Club for women, our first book "Captivating" by John & Stasi Eldredge
-Finalizing pick for fall bible study
-Planning a quiet time women's retreat in Georgetown, TX in October
Wow, when you first asked the question, I didn't think I was up to much. How silly of me! ๐
-going to lots of zoos! (52 in 52 weeks)
-A Woman’s Heart on Thursday mornings
-2 girls in school, 1 home with Mommy
-avoiding potty-training
-soccer games 2 nights a week
-joining a life group at church
-speaking at some MOPS groups
-loving on my family and making every day count
Love you, Amanda!
I am participating in your Bible Study “When Godly People Do Ungodly Things”
I just started working part time at my churches preschool, I work 2 days a week in the baby room.
My daughter just started junior high so I will be busy with volleyball games.
My sons just started PreK and Mother’s Day Out.
I’m doing the “Stepping Up” Bible study at our church. I’ve missed the Daniel study and was so looking forward to this one and it has been such a blessing. This past Wednesday night we had several ladies as guests attending who were evacuees from New Orleans because of Gustav. Some local families were housing them. I prayed that each one of the women – our visitors as well as all of us – would be blessed from this lesson. And because our church is going to vote this very Sunday on a music/worship minister in view of a call, the second lesson on songs of worship was so timely and appropriate. Thank you for your God-led teaching! Pat
Well, I signed up for 4 classes at the college and have one by one dropped them off. First Anatomy, then Med. Terminology, yesterday I dropped Chemistry. So, I will be working on Algebra this fall. The good news, now I have time to go to our Ladies Bible Study (Daniel) and help in AWANA. I haven’t helped in AWANA for 7 years, did 14years before that. I have a job, also.
My husband and I are empty nesters. Our son just returned from Iraq (safe and sound). We lovingly say he has post tramatic stress disorder because he just married a girl he met over the internet while he was in Iraq. I plan to get to know my new daughter-in-law this fall. Also, my new son-in-law. (Both of our kids married last month). Holidays will be perfect timing for that.
Leave for Deeper Still Conference today! Hurray!!! So ready for that. Please pray that many lives will be touched during this great get together, with great women.
And a reminder, for those who have heard it a million times… Enjoy those little ones, every last moment, good and bad. They grow up so fast. We homeschooled both all the way through high school. Lots of sweet times and memories, but it passes by in a moment. At 44, I am wondering where in the world did the years go? :o)
By the way, to those of you doing Priscilla Shirer’s Discerning God’s Voice Study, it is really good.
I’ll leave this one anonymous in case anyone I know is looking- but I just have to shout it out- we’re trying for our first baby (but we’re keeping it a secret!) Hopefully our fall will be an exciting one!
-finding & starting work again
-"A Modern Girl's Guide to Bible Study" by Jen Hatmaker at our church.
-small discipleship group
-driving my teenager around and helping her learn to drive
-helping with college application process & all that that implies
-watching Wednesdays with Beth (considering hosting a weekly group to watch & discuss & pray)
-menu planning & healthy cooking for my family (our summer study menus and Melissa have inspired me too!)
Thanks for asking.
Happy Fall!!
I’m going to be doing the study “Believing God” with a group of women at a subdivision clubhouse. I’m very excited about it.
Also, I’m hoping to take a short vacation to Gatlinburg to see the fall foliage. And I would love to find a new job!
1. Leading Daniel Bible study!
2. Cleaning, rearranging and
decorating the house.
3. Hopefully a day road trip
(or two!)
4. Fall Women’s Event
We’re calling it Breads, Spreads and the Vine. I’ll be teaching about being Satisfied in Christ and bearing much fruit. Serving…
Breads, spreads and fruit!
I love fall!!!!!!!
Hi there,
We are homeschooling our five kids. My oldest is turning 15 in couple of weeks….this summer as I watched him sleeping….yep, still the best and so precious to watch them sleep ๐ I was really convicted to slow down a bit. I have about 3 more years to go (with him ) and want to be excellent in those years with him and the other kiddos. They are precious. So, I am not leading an “official” study this year but have decided to go through James and Galatians until Christmas. I have some good friends and my sis to keep me accountable. I also want to start running again – kinda let the ol body go. I love you guys and the blog – it is a fun source of companionship in a “this generation” kind of way. One of these days I am going to introduce myself at church ๐ Alrighty, you have a great day!
First, I am going through withdrawl without NOGs study.
I am also:
getting my little girl ready for preschool
chasing my son around
finishing my post baby weight loss
settling into my new community (just moved from Minneapolis to Columbus, OH)
starting a bible study at my new church
looking for some new fall make up
trying to stay sane with two kids 3 and under:)
trying to be kind to my dear, sweet husband when I’m sleep deprived:)
Our women’s ministry group at church is going to start in a couple of weeks Jennifer Dean Kennedy’s “Secrets Jesus Shared” we are very excited.
I’m also doing “Conversation Peace” by Mary Kassian in my Tuesday morning group.
Have a great time potty training, it doesn’t have to be stressful. I have been there three times with my boys. The best advice for me was knowing that no one ever asks the question or talks about potty training once they’re in kindergarten! Whew, that took the pressure off :0) Now, I just worry about them getting tackled in football! I need to by stocks in bubble wrap!
Blessings to you and your family!