Hi Siestas! I’m wondering…what are you up to this fall?
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Fall is a busy time.
– I am in the process of painting the walls and ceiling throughout the house (this will take all of fall, all of winter, most of the spring of 2009 and maybe some of the summer – no hurry here!)
– my kids are both in school full-time so I will do some volunteer work there.
– I am doing Stepping Up with a more mature christian group, doing When Godly people do ungodly things with a young group of christians, and studying the book of Romans with some gal pals that I have found.
– Painting the chicken coop (hopefully)
– GARDENING! getting ready for next year
and if that is not enough for one day then I guess I have decided to put in quite a few nanking cherry bushes, some gooseberry bushes, get my grapes ready for winter and get a spot ready for my soon-to-ship raspberries.
I love life!! God is so good and has been gracious to me and my family. After years of being sick I am FULLY enjoying my time on the well side of life! Praise Jesus!
Blessings –
Kelli in Colorado
here’s what’s on the schedule for us:
-started homeschooling this semester.
-starting back to MOPS
-hoping to sell our home and move back to AZ
-doing “No Other Gods”, since I didn’t get to do it with my siestas this summer
…never a dull moment
Let's see…
-participating in Beth's Believing God
-teaching 2nd&3rd grade SS
-enjoying our 4 children and my husband just home from Iraq
-oh yes, and moving to TN(no plan on that , so a bit scary!!)
It is so fun to see what others are doing!
Elizabeth in GA
-homeschooling two boys, 4th grade and Kindergarten
-helping out in Awana at church
-going on a staff wives’ getaway weekend to the beach (woo-hoo!)
-next week… going to Disney World! Pray for us as Ike looms near 🙁
I am facilitating Beth’s “The Patriarchs” on Tueday mornings at my home, and Tuesday evenings at the church I attend.They are both open to the community and about 40 ladies attend from all different denominations. My man and I also attend a Bible study in our community during the week. I have been doing this for about 5 years and have been so blessed by the “home girls”, and the “church gals” it is always exciting. God is so incredible. Every other month from September to April myself and a sweet sister put on a Wommen’s Community Breakfast with Beth as our speaker, via DVD. It just doesn’t get better than this, this side of heaven.
We are all so blessed by Beth and can’t wait to see her in New England in October. I will be attending the one in NH and Conneticut. I am sure we will all be buzzing the following week.
You guys are the best and we love you so and love being a part of your family through this blog.
Nancy G.Otis, MA
Needing some prayer because I am over committed. Five kids under age ten (one sport plus piano each, two have birthdays in the next 6 weeks) organize a conference of 1500 people for November, maintain 10 hour/week writing job, lead a book group till Christmas, write and launch a budget for my commmunity comittee that just recieved a massive funding boost, and oh yeah see my husband once in a while. I interview house keepers next week, I need a Godly one, and one who is okay with folding laundry.
I am teaching “Life Hurts, God Heals” (a recovery program for middle and high schools students who are dealing with pain and addictions)
I am starting a new job on Monday working with refugee families as a health outreach coordinator/social service worker
And best of all….getting a new car 🙂
gosh, um…I think just keeping myself together, learning to lead a small group in our church’s Colossians study and enjoying every last month of my baby girl’s first year!
I am up to too much as usual! I am teaching third grade at a local christian school. As the Women’s Minsitry Team leader, I am leading a Believing God study, a Sole Sisters (prayer teams) program, a christian fiction book club called A Novel Idea, and Girl’s Night Outs every now and then!
I am getting tired just thinking about it. I am also a new wife and stepmother, and I am hoping to have a child of my own this year. Whew!
His,
Jen
The smell of soccer cleats and sweaty shin gaurds is in the air!!
So, here we go again, starting out at soccer games wearing shorts and t-shirts sweating to death and ending up huddling under three layers of clothes and a blanket sipping hot chocolate. Crazy!!
We are going to do the “No Other Gods” study this fall at my church to engage people into true and free worship. I can’t wait ’cause I sure like to be free in my worship and I am anxious for others to see the relevance!
Anticipating Christmas as me and the kids start listening to holiday music in August and still get just as excited as if it were almost here!
Going to sound/media/worship conference to sharpen those skills!
Anything my sweet Daddy God asks me to do…I know, I know, that is a scary proposition, but I mean it with everything in me…whatever it takes to please Him…whatever plays the strings of His heart and whatever allows Him to freely play mine…I have learned that my soul can’t dance without Him and boy do I want to dance!!! WOO HOO!!
Nicole,
SC
I’m going through Jesus The One and Only with a group of ladies from my church and leading the small group discussion before our Siesta Mama, Beth, comes to lead us on video . . . yes, it IS a VHS!
We just started this Tuesday, so I am thoroughly looking forward to this journey.
After many years of fall soccer, fall basketball….fall something or other…we are just enjoying our son playing football at the high school and our daughter is taking in some R&R this season!!
WE ARE LOVING IT!!
So I will be burning my milled cider candle and enjoying my family!! Sounds good to me! (and I am in two small groups so lots of Bible Study too!!)
I am doing Stepping Up with some ladies I work with and other friends… very excited about it!
Getting ready for the arrival of our first grandchild!!! Due Date: Sept. 27th YAY!! A GRANDBOY!! This Grammi can’t wait to love on our little guy! Isn’t God good?? He blesses us with our babies and then He blesses us again with grandbabies!
Let’s see –
-struggling with 7th grade homework
-dealing with daughter’s 8 year old…. um…. attitude (is that possible this young???)
-tackling 1st grade homework with twin boys – OH BOY!
-soccer practice, boys
-choir practice, daughter
-started Can We Talk? bible study
-about to start 40 Days of Purpose, church wide study
-praying about starting a Moms In Touch International, for my area school
-getting ready to go to prison! it’s okay… it is a ministry that i feel SO strongly about, One Day With God is the name of the program and the minstry is Forgiven Ministry. Awesome, Awesome, Awesome! It brings prison dads (they have done moms i believe) together with their children for one on one time, forgiving, healing, restoration, fun, laughter, tears, joy – all of it! check it out if you get a chance.
well, i think that’s it – sorry to make such a rambling list, but i think it actually helped me think ahead to what needs to be done…. ha ha lol
blessings to all –
amy
My son started preschool for the first time today (4 year old). He loved it and as a former teacher, I look forward to life on the other side of the education spectrum!
Thanks for asking.
Well, I recall Beth asking in one of her talks, “If your life was a book, what would the title be? Knowing God in the…?
I would have to say that this fall is Knowing GOD in the rebuild.
You see, like a sheep, I unknowingly kept going atray from what GOD had for me. But like THE GOOD sheppard he is, he went to find me. I have been a believer for most of my whole life, but I don’t think I really got it (it is possible).
My pastor explained about sheppards and how they will leave the flock to find the one that went astray and even though it is a gnarly concept (sorry, OC terms) he will break the legs of the sheep to make sure they don’t stray again. But, and here is the beauty, in breaking the legs, the sheppard knows he must invest the time to carry the sheep until he/she heals.
God Broke me about a year ago, and at the moment he did, it was like I could hear him telling me in the deepest part of my soul that he had to.
But now, a year later and I feel like we are about to rebuild. Prayers would be awesome as I want to help the divine partcipation of the rebuild. I need to learn to do what God wants me to do, even when I know what he wants me to do(I’ve never been good at obedience). But I want to have the freedom and finally get it, as Beth would say, “live the thing,”
Thanks for letting me ramble,
m
Here's what the Niedzielski family is doing:
-Adopting our daughter's birth brother (he's 8 yr.)
-Started MOPS today as a Mentor
-Our baby started Kindergarten
-Kay Arthur's "Return to the Garden" starts next week.
-Enjoying being a full time wife & mom of five.
-Life is full! Romans 11:33,36
We are homeschooling for the first time ever and loving it, we are leading a small group and I am co-leading our woman’s Bible study right here in our neighborhood. It’s exciting to see the love of Jesus reaching just an arm’s length away to the women God has placed right next door! And I got a new look for our blog that I LOVE!
Our church is starting Beth’s series The Patriarchs. Very excited to begin again!
Beginning this coming Tuesday, I am teaching “Stepping Up” in the mornings and at night. All my ladies love Beth’s bible studies. This one is so great and I am so excited to be teaching it.
Jerrianne
I am empty nesting since my sons (18 & 20) have moved to Texas AND starting homeschool kindergarten with my 5 year old daughter! How's that for a stretch!
Siestas-
I am starting Anointed Transformed & Redeemed bible study. I am really excited about this as it was taped at the Deeper Still event in SF 2007. I attended this event and was blessed tremendously. I am so excited to see that it has been turned into a bible study that I can share with a group.
I am looking forward to what God has instore for the women at LOCC in Newbury Park, CA.
God Bless All Siesta's and their fall studies. Like our fearless leader Mamma Siesta says…"Ain't No High Like The Most High" and women deep in the word of God & fellowship is simply incredible.
Serving Him,
Maddy in CA
Here is what my Fall is looking like:
– Potty training the two boys
– Continuing on with my siesta bible study group
– Thinking/exploring selling some of the GFCF bread that I make for my family. The G is for gluten (wheat and all its relatives) and the C is for casein (dairy in all its forms).
– Waiting to see what God is bringing into our lives this Fall. I believe something new is about to take place.
Lord willing we will be heading to China to adopt our second daughter. I hope to be leaving sometime mid-Nov.
We have waited soooo long. :0)
Janet In NC
Hey Amanda, I’m so excited about Fall Bible Study. I will probably ask my husband to buy me the audio cds for Esther this Christmas – I got the cds for Stepping Up last Christmas.
I still need to finish a Woman’s Heart, but since joining my life group I have been doing Beth’s studies on my own.
My life group will be doing a fabulous study on the Song of Solomon that my life group leader wrote this summer. I can’t wait to see what she has written…
We did her “Walking In Victory” study in the Spring and it totally blessed my soul.
These are medium depth studies so I always supplement with another study — sans the Beth solos.
I love it. Bible study, Bible study, Bible study. I will likely be fine tuning the curriculum I have written as well.
God is so good ladies… Oh and lately God keeps telling me to be a tree – so maybe I’ll do some digging into what that looks like for me! I wrote about it at my blog if you are wondering what I am talking about. But anywho… Love You guys and be blessed.
Next Wednesday morning, 9 a.m., we begin Wising Up for 12 weeks with a group of awesome ladies. I can’t wait! Besides that, I have 29 violin students, play in a symphony, own a string quartet that plays for weddings and receptions, am publicity chair for one professional musicians organization and program chair for another. Oh, and Muffin and I are babysitting the 28 month old twins this weekend. That’s about all.
Beginning my third fall leading Bible studies at my church ~ this fall we will begin Beth’s Daniel study. I am so thrilled and excited!!!!!! I am also teaching finance classes at a local university. I am also busy with a husband and four-year-old darling daughter.
May God be my strength during this busy season!
-Psalms of Ascent bible study on Tues. mornings, ofcourse! Already making plans to do Esther in the spring! (Lots of people are!)
-My 3 year old, Megan, has preschool @ Cross of Christ on Tues. and Thurs. afternoons. I'm scrapbooking and exercising during that time. It's my "me" time.
-Lots of h.w. every weekday afternoon with my second grader, Matthew.
-Singing to Jesus in my courtyard (and I can't sing…at all.) Ya'll would love this special place. I live in AZ, and we have gorgeous blue skies during the day, and awesome pitch black skies @ night sprinkled with a ton of stars. 🙂 Always a delight to sing to Jesus while looking @ His vast creation up there. One day, he might surprise me and might come riding in on his horse, while I am out there singing to Him.
-Taking the small patch of grass out of the front yard & replacing it with all low water, desert landscaping. We're doing most of the work ourselves (o.k. my HUSBAND is, who am I kidding?)
By the way, wouldn't it be a HOOT if Beth ever surprised a bible study of hers going on somewhere in the nation. As in ding-dong, it's me Beth! Just came by to do a little bible study with you! It would be like the Christian version of Oprah knocking on your door with people freaking out. Love you, Siestas.
Wow!! I love Autunm. My daughter, Lindsay is an 8th grader at our little school here in Hydesville, CA. At the community church, a group of about 30 of us women just started, last night, the Believing God Bible study. On Monday, nights, a small group of about 8 ladies from our church is doing a study by Carol Kent called, “When I lay my Isaac down.” Other than that it’s carting around the kid to volleyball practices and games. I really love this time of year. Have a wonderful Fall season.
Kim
Amanda-weird we are on the same page for a few things…
Potty training my youngest
Trying to start a MOPS group at our base overseas
Hubby is deploying again 🙁
Going home to the states for a few months 🙂
I am : going through a divorce ( my husband asked for this after 32 years of marriage ),waiting on my house to sell , trying to figure out where to go from here, dealing with my adult children who are struggling , financial struggles , depression , judgement from other people , feeling alone in the world and unloveable , unloveable , unloveable . )
But thanks for asking.
Some seasons are more bearable than others.
In a season -of -despair -siesta ,.. and covet your prayers… Ann
Studying Hebrews and 1 Peter through Explorers Bible Study
Assisting my husband as our church starts a Contemporary Service
MOPS
Waiting anxiously for football season to be over – Is it bad that I dislike football??
The Leahy Family is:
-planning husband’s 50th birthday party Oct. 4th
-co-facilitating “LBY”
-excited for daughter Danielle, husband Toby and friend Mandy to visit Colorado in October (from San Antonio)
-playing with 2 1/2 yr. old Grandbaby, Ashley as much as possible!
-work, work and more work; it’s crazy right now and I’m getting tired as well as my husband.
-planning for our 25 year old son to move out (when he’s ready; which we hope is soon)
-leading a small group
I know there’s a ton more we are doing…but who wants to hear all of that? I miss summer-even though this was one of the toughest summers of my life, personally; it’s feeling like fall here in Colorado which means winter is quickly on it’s way. I have to gear up mentally to survive winter; my body does not like the cold.
Thank you for the Bible study this summer; it was such a Godly timed blessing. I wish I could have been at Siesta Fiesta; however my daughter attended the weekend for the very first time; exactly what she needed; Thank you Jesus!
Ya’ll enjoy your little ones…I truly don’t envy you; God has us each exactly where we are supposed to be; don’t you love it?
Ruined for Him,
Joni AKA Grammy
BUSY! (no potty training tho, however – arent we all continually on a potty training regement – getting the poo out of our lives and putting it in the appropriate place!) I lead 2 bible studies, one on Thurs. mornings and one on Tues. evenings. Teach a class on Wed. at church “Personal Bible Study” (How to study the Bible) WHAHOO! Launching an intense time in the Word! Go God!
–Attending Beth Moore in Billings, MT.
–Starting “Living Beyond Yourself” on-line with my “neighbors” who live at least 20 miles away. We hope to get together every two weeks to discuss.
–Leading H.S. small group at church.
–Hanging out with Ben (4) and Alli (2) and all the fun that goes with that.
–Helping plant winter wheat and work the cows before shipping calves in October.
Busy life in Rural Montana!!
I lead what we call “Ladies Life Group” at my church…we are right in the middle of “When Godly People Do Ungodly Things.” My girls and I had a blast in San Antonio! This Fall is going to be full of fun! My 5 year old just started Kindergarten and T-Ball! I am enjoying time with my almost 2 year old…maybe joining a MOPS group as well 🙂 So excited to see what the Lord has in store in the coming months!
*sending my oldest away for college
*working with my middle to regain what she lost with the encephalitis
*homeschooling my youngest
*doing stepping up and waiting for ESTHER bible study!!!
*trying to down-size our stuff!
I will finish up “Wising Up” with some women from my Sunday school class in October. (We meet monthly.) We’ll start “Stepping Up” in November.
I am completing a personal time of reading and study of “Believing God.”
My sister and I are planning a miniature “Siesta Fiesta” for next Saturday.
I’m the “prayer” member of the steering team for our MOPS group.
My husband and I are leading small group discussions during “Financial Peace University” at our church this fall.
I’m homeschooling my older daughter, who just started kindergarten, and I’m trying to help my 3-year-old feel better. We’ve been searching for answers to her health situation for 2.5 years. God has led us to some great doctors, and I think we’re finally close to getting some answers to help her feel better!
The Hill family is moving in all types of direction. I will be participating in our women’s bible study Thursday nights. My man is a bit under the weather and will be recovering from a surgery, ugh!!
If the Lord wills he can provide the healing touch and forgo the surgery, and if not bless us all to get through this. Our son is participaiting in a new travel (close to home) baseball team and venturing into jr. high school. I am so grateful that he attends a christian school as it is such a blessing for him and our family.
I would love the prayers of my siesta’s to move ahead with this season of our lives.
Bless each one of you and yours as you go about what the Lord has placed in your lives this season.
Celeste
Great question, Amanda! It was fun reading everyone's posts.
What this fall looks like for me….
— Continue to homeschool my 2 kids (ages 11 & 8), including re-learning some algebra(!).
— Help a friend with preparations for her wedding in Nov. here in Houston (she's waited many years for the Lord to bring the right man into her life and I’m SO excited for her!).
— Pray for and wait on the Lord for a new job for my husband (while trying to be willing-hearted to go wherever the Lord wants to send us–I love Houston and can hardly stand the thought of leaving).
— Start attending Wed. night events at our church for the first time ever. I’m not 100% sure it’ll work out, but it’s looking pretty good so far. The kids are older and so I don’t mind them staying out on school nights as much. I was able to go to your husband’s class this past Wed. with my 11-year-old son (while the little girl was in kids’ choir) and we both thought his teaching on Elijah was great! It was our first time to hear him speak, and we’re both looking forward to coming again.
— Try to get regular with my exercise routine!
Blessings,
Karen K.
Hi!
Longtime reader, first time commenter!
This fall I am…
-hopefully watching the Aggie football season get much better.
-going through the Stepping Up study with the ladies at my church in Fort Worth.
-making the rounds for both mine and my husband’s 10 year class reunions.
-travelling on business to San Francisco and Atlanta–both places I’ve never been!
I am going to be getting myself adjusted to a new schedule, now that my son is in 4K, and needs to be at school by 8 (we are all night owls in our house)
Hopfully potty training my daughter.
Praying my small group through a variety of health and job problems..
Continuing on counseling to get through my past junk so that I can move into the promised land God has for me…
Is that enough? 🙂
I could add more… 🙂
Heather in WI
I am back in school Monday and Tuesday night. Monday night is Old Testament survey and Systematic Theology. Tuesday night is Church History and Teaching methods.
Working 40 hours a week running a roofing contractors business.
I am in charge of planning our county wide Disciple Now weeked that will be held in Feb.
Teaching youth discipleship training on Sunday nights.
This is just a few of the things that I can mention. I am sure there is plenty that I have forgotten or more for God to reveal to me later.
But number one thing above all spend time in God Word, Prayer and loving Him for blessing me with the health and family to make this all possible
Becky
Attalla, AL
I am wrapping up Beth’s Godly People Bible study(great study!) I loved it all,but one thing holds tender to my heart….when Beth poised herself as she did when she held Amanda alone for the first time and told her that her first bath were from her mommy’s tears, whew,got to me! Being one that will never experience that for myself, I enjoyed the emotion of it that Beth shared with us.
Anyway, I am beginning a nine month journey into the life of Moses through BSF and very much pumped up about it! And when that’s done I will delve into the new Esther study!
I’ll bet that is really neat for you,Beth, to see what all your “girlfriends” are up to, thanks for asking and caring!!!
love, siesta bunny
The Vick’s are…
-HAVING A BABY!! We had Sean on Thursday the 4th. He is healthy and his big sister adn brother can’t keep their hands off. They love to hold and kiss him.
-Evan started MMO for the first time and he looked like such a big boy when i dropped him off the first day
-Katherine is in Ballet and the dancer in her is really developing
-My man and I have a getaway planned for mid October and I am really excited
Glad you asked! I am a little behind with reading the blog…I was busy getting ready for our Kick-off of “A Woman’s Heart”. That is what we are going to study this fall. We meet on Monday nights and we are called WOW- Women Of the Word and this fall we are 29 strong! This morning was the kick-off.We used the leader guide to design a 4 hour “mini-retreat” to get us off to a great start on our journey together. It was GREAT! Don’t want to bore anyone with the details…Thank me for that later!
The women were SO excited when we announced we were going to plan a trip to see you in Pittsburgh PA in June ’09! We are so excited we can hardly stand it.
After the DVD today we presented a painting that a dear friend of mine painted for us. It is amazing. When I am able, I will send off a picture of it. It is to remind us to pray…”Lord,open my mind that I may have understanding” God totally gave her the vision for this painting, I was speachless, then cried my eyes out when I saw it!Can’t wait to show you.
Lisa
Oh, my goodness, where do I begin. *My husband is finishing the last requirements to begin a career as a correctional officer. He will be leaving for training that lasts six weeks. God has been actively supplying our every need during this summer-long process.
*I will be leading our Women’s group in the Daniel study and I’m beside myself with excitement. I participated in the study last summer at another church and now I get watch my very own homegirls catch that fire-that-doesn’t-leave-even-a-smell-of-smoke!!! May God be praised!!!
*I have several other responsibilities at our Church and I’m trying to come to a balance that will honor the Lord.
Serving Him is all I want to do.
Hi All
This fall…
Well, a good start, at the moment my parents are visiting from England (I married a Rhode Islander!)
– Next week I start doing ‘First Place 4 Health’, I have joined a group starting at church. Scary but I need to change my focus from food to God and sort it out healthwise (physically and spiritually) This program is my fall priority, God even provided a way that the church could help pay for the literature etc for me.
– My dear hardworking husband is teaching 3rd thru 5th grade Sunday school
– I am job hunting! Please pray ladies, I need to have a change in my job situation and I await what God has planned! Praise God He provided financially today with a gift check from a church friend back in England, as an anniversary present, with perfect timing.
– My 4th wedding anniversary this month, and celebrating that I am now a permanent resident of the USA after about 5 years of going through the visa/immigration process! The things we do for love, eh?!
– A fab day at the Christian Book distributors warehouse sale today, got me some stuff and some gifts and a little Beth Moore to share with friends! And the new Sisterchicks book which is ‘Sisterchicks go Brit’ …perfect for me…lol…and some good books for Mom to take home to England!
ok, I should go to bed if I’m to be fit for church…oops, its already Sunday NOW!
Ruth x (Mass.)
This fall I’m starting a new home school year with my two girls, and
Next week we start Believing God in our Bible study group.
I’m also keeping up with an almost two year old!