Saturday morning update: OH MY WORD, YOU GUYS! THIS TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS EVER ON THIS BLOG! SO MUCH FUN! You guys are incredibly interesting. I am knocked out right now with a sense of awe that God would allow me to interact with you. I have tons of respect for you guys. Keep doing the thing and keep resisting the cookie cutter despite the (Christian??) social pressure. You are much more interesting this way. Just hold close to Jesus and don’t let being different become it’s own pretense or attention-getter. Keep that gorgeous authenticity that makes this community my favorite cyber spot on earth. Good grief, I am so thankful for y’all.
Hey, everybody! It’s been a long time since we’ve done a survey to see who God has brought together to form this sisterhood. It’s a blast not only to behold our common bonds in Christ but to revel in our diversity as a community of very different people committed to one glorious Savior. We’d be bored stiff if we only opened our hearts and lives to those who are just like us. If we have to line up exactly on about 100 points of doctrine, we are liable to get pretty lonely. We don’t even necessarily have to work out a difference to our mutual satisfaction to treat one another with mutual esteem and to honestly love one another. Always preferring someone remarkably similar across the table from us still smells a lot like Narcissus. We may even be fooling ourselves but, at the end of the day, it’s just another form of mirror gazing. Gross.
When I get to see a group of you out there after a Living Proof Live, I always wish I could freeze the moment and stare at each of you one by one. It is the most incredibly refreshing sight. You cannot fathom how different we look in person, all banded together in a holy huddle. It makes me so dang happy. It is clear in that context that we were drawn together by something so far removed from packaging. You and I know that is Jesus. Oh, how I pray that God smiles when He drops in on this community, holds time tightly in His hand, and stares at each of us one by one.
“These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:11-12
OK! What do you say we do a survey? Complete each of the following as succinctly as possible. Lindsee and I will LOVE bringing these in. Let’s do this today for the pure Jesus-joy of celebrating community!
1. Your name and where you live.
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin)
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting?
4. What line of work are you in? Or, if you’re in school, tell us where and what line of work you’re steering toward. (Do not hesitate to tell us you’re a stay-at-home-mom. No harder work exists nor longer hours.)
5. What is your #1 hobby?
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one?
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind.
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation.
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday.
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am ___________________________________________________________________.
1. Martha, Clearwater, FL
2. 69 (Am I the oldest responding to this survey?)
3.Accepted Jesus when I was a child of 8 and later rededicated my life to Him
4.retired from teaching elem. students after 36 years.
5.reading/enjoy craft shows
6.baptist church
7.My faithful, furry, ball of fluff, 2 year old maltipoo, Milicent Grace. I call her Millie for short.
8.Family changes/good health
9.Sleep late, check Facebook and email,watch UF Gators win:), dinner with family.
10.I’m not the quiet “wallflower” I appear to be.
p.s. sorry I’m late responding.. it has nothing to do with age!:)
I’d be VERY surprised if you are the oldest responding. We have had lots of activity from women in their seventies over the years but I just want to say that I LOVE having you on here. We big sisters have to stay active with our little sisters! Let’s not ever drop out!
Hey!! That’s my Mama you replied to above! So thankful for her and the legacy of faith passed down through her to myself and my children. Beth, you often have three generations listening to you speak….My mom, myself, and my teenage daughter. Thank you for your ministry and being REAL….we LOVE that you have the ability though Jesus to reach a vast range of ages of women. We love you!!!
1. Kristin, CLearwater, FL
2. 39
3. Accepted Jesus when I was 8 years old in our hometown baptist church.
4. I’m a public school teacher for students with special needs during the school year; Stay at home mom in the summers to my three children.
5. Reading, sailing, and walking through the woods.
6. Baptist church
7. Tucker–our yellow lab; Banjo–our chocholate labradoodle; and my teeneage daughter has three snakes….eek!!
8. Loved one moving away/Finishing putting wood floors in our home.
9. Waking up early (and not being tired), cooking a big breakfast for my family, then going for a long walk on the beach, swimming at the beach and building sand castles with my kids, taking a nap, then having a picnic/cookout dinner with our family all together.
10. Often struggle with lonliness, being married to a police officer who isn’t home much.
You were right, Beth, I’m not to oldest to respond. I’ve seen TWO others:)
1. Brenda B, Spartanburg, SC
2. 50
3. My mother led me to the Lord at age 5. We knelt by the couch in our living room and I asked Jesus to forgive me and live in me. He did. He has!!
4. I am a pastor’s wife, mother of 4 and Director of Women’s Ministry.
5. Reading
6. Love learning and serving at Milestones Church
7. No pets – but two adorable “grand” dogs – Husky and Terrier
8. My attitude/God delighted me by working out my schedule on an overbooked day in a series of miraculous ways.
9. Today – Cool early morning on the porch with a cup of coffee and my Bible. Afternoon in the sun with a good book. Evening with the family.
10 Only people who really know me realize that I am an introvert.
1. Ronda, Tennessee
2. 46
3. I don’t remember ever not knowing Jesus, but it was when I was 25 that I started seriously reading his Word daring Him to prove Himself to me. (A little sassy!) He’s been my greatest Love ever since.
4. I married young, 18, to a Navy guy and was a stay at home mom while our children grew up and we moved around the country. I went back to school at age 38 and became a Registered Nurse at 43. I miss my SAH days, but God opened a new door for me to walk through as I minister to mostly my coworkers, and sometimes my patients.
5. I like to read.
6. Kinda. Long story.
7. Two Shih Tzu’s, Maggie and Lucy and a cat named Ally.
8. That God didn’t stop me from a huge sin when I was younger/That God restored me from that huge sin and brought me freedom!
9. I’m doing it right now; my husband’s watching hunting shows and I’m in my recliner playing on my laptop and Maggie is sitting next to me, and Lucy is sitting on top of the couch looking out the window. (I don’t know where Ally is right now – she’s an outdoor cat).
10. Not fond of cooking!
1. Nancy, Columbus IN
2.53
3. 13 at a youth retreat
4. Wife and mother of four/ Pediatrician
5. Reading/Gardening
6. St.Peter’s Lutheran Church (and Tuesday morning ladies Bible Study-almost always something by Beth)
7. Molly-lab/hound mix
8. One of our son’s choices in life at the moment./ Our daughter’s maturity.
9. Sleeping in, making pancakes for the kids, bike rides. (With my schedule and the younger two boys sports schedules that doesn’t happen much.)
10.A lot more insecure than people think.
Nadine Bitterman, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
32
I was 2 years old when my mom asked if I wanted to accept Jesus into my heart, I told her “Mommy, he’s already there”. He has been in my life since I could talk and even though we’ve had our seasons, I know He’s always there.
Payroll Administrator for a highway maintenance company
Right now, reading with quilting on the side.
Sadly, no. But go to Peace Portal Alliance church in Surrey, BC whenever we can.
4 year old Cairn terrier named Winston. Also, but she lives with my parents, a golden retriever named Whisper. My husband is allergic to her but she’s well loved.
This is going to sound cheesy, but the lose of my evening Beth Moore bible study once a week. They have eliminated the group for lack of leadership, which makes me really sad. I work full-time and wish there was another evening ladies group I could find.
Time to myself in the morning with a good book, cup of tea, and a cozy blanket. Then the rest of the day exploring or shopping or both with my best friend, my husband.
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am; a good listener and loyal friend.
1. Crystal…Livonia (Detroit area), Michigan
2. 36
3. At 21…trying hard to run from Him after being raised in the church. Moved from Ohio to MI for internship to be “on my own” and some godly people from a local church reached out to me and God touched my heart through them. Love His Mercy…no matter how far I ran…he was still there:-)
4. Stay at Home mom…3 kids with one due in 4 weeks!
5. Hobby…do I have one? I love people and entertaining in my home…does that count?
6. Yes…Apostolic Christian Church
7. No pets…raised on a farm and I now I don’t like animials…how does that happen?
8. Elation – so thrilled to be having baby #4…been praying for years. Dissapointment…wanted so much to be joyful during this pregnancy but I’m not doing a great job of it.
9. Early morning devotions, Out of breakfast with family, some time for hubby to watch kids while I shop, just hanging with our family…watching football or something fun. No chores or work…just being together:-).
10 My personal choice would be to take charge in any questionable situation. If people can’t make decisions or there is some ambiguity, I love to help them out and come up with a plan. God has taught me over the years that this is not a blessing to most people so I have tried to learn to sit back and allow others to work out the solutions. I’m still a work in progross but most people who know me now would not say I am a natural leader but those who knew me then would probably say I was bossy:-).
1. Caitlin Irene Midland, Tx
2. 23
3. I was 10. I vaguely remembered being led to Christ by my dad a few years earlier, but I needed to be SURE. I kept asking my mom at the kitchen table “Do you remember when I accepted Christ?” and she replied “Do YOU remember?” “Well…kinda but do you remember if I did?” She replied “Do YOU remember?” Drove me crazy, but I realize now why she did that. ha.
4.I’m in school at a community college here. Getting my associates in Arts this May and will transfer (somewhere?? ahh!) to pursue becoming an Art Director.
5. Singing
6.Yes, First Baptist Church here in Midland
7. 1 dog, 2 cats.
8. Biggest disappointment: Dealing with the loss of my sweet grandpa in the spring. Recent elation: Someone bought my passion ticket for me!!! HUGE blessing.
9. Cool day, long sleeves on and holding my hot cup of coffee. Don’t care where I am/ what I’m doing as long as I’m with my friends or family.
10. Only people who really know me realize that I do not need to be entertained. I love simply being with people. I’m very simple.
Kim Kuneli, Hubbard, Ohio
45
I asked Jesus into my heart at church camp when I was in 3rd grade. I grew up in a Christian, but legalistic home, where I knew all the rules, but didn’t know Jesus 🙂 When I married my wonderful husband, God began to gently through him, teach me what it meant to be a Christian~ a process of learning to know Him and love Him and depend on Him.
Although I have a degree in Psych and part of my master’s done in counseling, God has called me to be a full time wife and homeschool mom to our 2 precious girls…and He has sent me many crazy: friends and family who’ve needed counseling 🙂
Scrapbooking
Yes, North Mar Christian Missionary Alliance
Our furbaby is Lucy~ a bichon
Reading the book Half the Church and learning the plight of women world wide/ graduating our first daughter through our homeschool and she is excelling at college!
Perfect Saturday is sleeping in late, my husband off from reserves, eating pizza, and watching Ohio State football.
People who know me think that I have the gift of organization and research.
1. Brenda Bivens, Stamping Ground, KY
2. I am 61 and proud to say so
3. I was 37 years old and accepted Jesus at my home church
4. I am retired from the University of Kentucky where I was a secretary. Since 1991 I have done transcription for a court reporter.
5. I love to read. Did I say I love to read?
6. Yes, I belong to Long Lick Baptist Church (my home church)
7. CJ, short for CrackerJack, a border terrier who adopted us two years ago.
8. My biggest disappointment is in a dear trusted friend
9. The perfect Sunday – church, then dinner with my family
10. Only people who really know me realize that I am really shy.
1)tammy – ohio
2) 54
3) accepted Jesus as little girl
4) I stayed home with my girls and continued even after they left home. I can, sew, garden, & garage sale to save money.
5) love garage sales, sewing, and reading
6) church of nazarene
7) a dog we got her when our last daughter went to college so she is a tad spoiled
8) Just became a grandma to a beautiful grandson
9)spending it with my family
1. Amanda, Surrey BC, Canada
2. 24
3. 4 years old- sitting on my bed with my dad right beside me, praying with me.
4. Kindergarten teacher
5. running/ reading
6. White Rock Community Church, White Rock BC, Canada!
7. Nope!
8. realizing how much i struggle with materialism/living a comfortable life…yuck. elation- realizing how at work the Holy Spirit is all around me…we started youth alpha at our church!
9. Waking up with my hubby, drinking coffee together and doing devotions, going on a walk at the beach, making dinner together, and watching a good movie. (with ice cream)
10 Only people who really know me realize that I am all about having a good, deep, heart-felt GOD conversation…don’t love small talk!
1 Northern NJ Allamuchy
2.54
3.14 Time to Run film
4.ANESTHESIA NURSE
5.scrapbooking
6.Lafayette Federated church
7.6 cats siamese and bengal
1 golden retriever
6 tortoises
1 black throat monitor lizard
2 frogs
1 turtle
1 cockatoo
8. having to wait 5 months to get nursing licenses/ off all summer
9 sunny, peak leaf time, camera, vistas to photograph
10 tender hearted
1. Ola, Woodbridge, VA.
2. 36
3. I was around 9 or 10 at a crusade in Nigeria, West Africa. I have doubted my salvation a lot times since then, but now I rest in Christ and turn my doubts over to the Lord.
4. I am a homemaker, I homeschool my girls.
5. I enjoy watching classic movies!
6. Yes, I attend Capital Baptist Church in Annandale Va.
7. No, no pets.
8. Biggest disappointment – my oldest brother walking away from Christ/ Recent Elation My new sewing classes & bible study on Foundations with Ken Ham
9. A day with my husband, enjoying each other’s company (I miss that!)
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am recovering from 2 years of mental illness from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. God has been good to me!
He loves you so, Ola! And some of the fruit of your wellness is showing in your transparency!
Ola, I have OCD, too. We are in this together, sister! GOD IS FAITHFUL!
1. Claudia near Fayetteville, NC (Ft. Bragg)
2. 48 🙂
3. 15, my two sisters shared their faith and led me to a relationship with Jesus
4. Office Manager at a church
5. Admiring beautiful things
6. RockFish Church Raeford, NC
7. Gilah, shiz tzu, and Sadie, German Shepherd (or German Shedder)
8. People moving away / friends adoption of a baby girl from China
9. Big breakfast with family, outdoor exercise, reading, napping and good community at Sat. pm Cafe style church service
10 Only people who really know me realize that I am less secure and more tender than I appear to be.___________________________________________________________________.
Tracie a Nashville girl transplanted to Maryland.
37
Being a Southern girl I would’ve said I was a Christian all my life..I mean I was in church right? Well I came to know a saving, real, and personal relationship with Jesus after the birth of my son at age 27. Alone on my knees in a bathroom of all places.
Was a worship leader on staff at a UMC for the past 7 years am now a stay at home mommy/homeschool teacher
Does Pintrest count as a hobbie, lol??
LifeHouse Church East (non denom)
1 White French Tea Cup Poodle names Dax. We settled on the name Dax b/c we had to find a short French boy name because I was sure I would sound awful funny with my Southern accent yelling “Jean-Pierre get back here”! out in the front yard, lol
moving so close to my husbands family and finding out the are all unsaved if not involved in other “religions” / moving so close to my husbands unsaved family and getting the honor of introducing them to Jesus.
Church. Fabulous Brunch. Mall or Nap. Sunday night Football!
Trying to be ever the encouraging one, I post fake FB status saying “what a beautiful day” or “blessings” or something of the sort even when I’m really have a horrible day/week/month. My close friends tell me “that sounds to generic for you, whats really wrong” LOL. They call me on it. Grateful for them.
1. Susan from Houston
2. 57 years old
3. Saved at 14 at a youth night at church
4. I am a church librarian and English teacher to homeschooled kiddos.
5. May I call grandchildren a hobby?
6. Metropolitan Baptist Church
7. No pets.
8. Finding out granddaughter has Celiac Diesease/Son and d-i-l just bought their first house
9.Sleeping till 8, breakfast out, lots of family time, end with a Jane Austen movie.
10. I have a problem with pride.
1. Deborah McCoy, Cheyenne, WY
2. 57
3. I was saved at the age of 17. God used the information I already had learned about Him and brought it to fruition after watching “The Robe”.
4. I was a legal assistant and am currently between jobs.
5. Reading
6. Calvary Chapel
7. No pets
8. My recent disappointment is how long it’s taking me to find a new job. My elation is that I know God is in control of that and He will lead me in His time to His job for me.
9. Going to church services and spending the rest of the day with family and/or friends.
10. Only people who really know me realize that I am easily made to feel guilty about things I may not even have a responsibility for.
1. Terry McRee – I live in Maiden, NC
2. Just turned 56 (Yikes!)
3. I first accepted Jesus when I was a little girl – about 8 years old. Then I re-dedicated my life about 10 years ago when I felt the Holy Spirit reveal to me the real work that Jesus did on the cross. It became very real and brought me to my knees and I asked him into my life and heart.
4. I was a Leadership Consultant who traveled the country training corporate leaders until after 9/11. At that point, I decided to stay home with our then 2nd grader. That’s when we discovered that he was developmentally delayed, so God knew that I needed to make a change. I stayed home with him and worked with the school and several occupational therapists to help him grow strong. Now, he’s going off to college and I’ve become a full time volunteer with my church and a women’s rescue mission.
5. Reading – I love books by Dee Henderson, Karen Kingsbury, Irene Hannon and Terri Blackstock.
6. Yes – Christ Church, Hickory, NC
7. Yes – I have a beautiful and gentle Maine Coon Cat! (He acts like a dog – follows me from room to room!)
8. Disappointment? When my son did not get accepted to Berklee College of Music in Boston. Elation? When he got accepted to Full Sail University in Florida!
9. Having a wonderful brunch with my family, then curling up with a good book for the afternoon. Then going out for a casual dinner with my hubby!
10. Only people who really know me realize that I am not always as confident as I appear.
1. Linda, Ohio
2. 47
3. Age 6 in children’s church at the Nazarene church I grew up in.
4. I’m “all about the data.” I populate and confirm data accuracy in databases for a publishing company.
5. Reading christian fiction, especially Amish stories.
6. Grove City Church of the Nazarene
7. 2 adorable cats, Dewey and Paige.
8. Losing my job where I knew who I was and what I was good at / Going to the new job God provided, where I had to start over, and am still figuring out where I fit.
9. Sleeping in, leisurely brunch, spending time with my wonderful husband.
10 Only people who really know me know what I really think.
1. Laura, Houston
2. 30
3. In college at Texas A&M
4. 3rd grade teacher
5. Blogging, decorating new house, running
6. Yes! Clear Creek Community Church in League City!
7. Macy Jo. She’s a wire fox terrier. Pretty much the cutest dog on Earth
8. All the illnesses I keep hearing about people having, and family and friends far from God/buying a house after 7 years of waiting!
9. Waking up late, lounging on the couch and watching movies in my pj’s all day with my husband. And sitting on the back porch in the evening with a glass of wine.
10 Only people who really know me realize that I am
an anxious person.
1. Patty W. and I live in East Tennessee
2. Just turned 48
3. When I was 7 during a Sunday morning church service.
4. I do not work outside the home as of right now.
5. Reading
6. Yes, I have been a member of Magna View Baptist Church for 15 years
7. Oh yes, a sweet yellow lab mix named Daisy.
8. Divorce/A physical healing..Thank You Jesus!!
9. If its football season, watching SEC football, included w/ a football party with friends, off season, a day of shopping, dinner and Starbucks, the end. 🙂
10 Only people who really know me realize that I am struggling with a prodigal son, and anxiety but that God is helping me one day at a time. ___________________________________________________________
Patty, several years ago, I asked for and you gave me your son and your former husband’s names so that I could pray for them by name. I’m still praying the powerful, life-giving Word of God over their lives, so do let me know when they come to their senses. In the meantime, be blessed, dear sister.
Patti Hayes
1. Colleen van Nieuwkerk, Grande Prairie, AB,Canada
2. 58
3. Age 7, with my Mom after a day at VBS
4. In ministry–retired two years ago after 14 years of directing Children’s Ministry. Presently Volunteer Director of Women’s Ministries at same church.
5. Scrapbooking
6. Grande Prairie Alliance Church
7. No pets:)
8. Issues within ministry/seeing women connect/come to faith/grow
9. No schedule:)
10 Only people who really know me realize that I am an introvert whom God has called to lead–sometimes overwhelming…
WE LOVE OUR CANADIAN SIESTAS!!!
1. Jane from Houston, TX
Moved here a year ago from Carmel, IN
2. I am a proud 52 year old women!
3. In high school at a church youth retreat.
4. I am a stay at home something?? My children are both married and are now having children of their own. I guess I could say, I am a stay at home grandma!! I get to play with my grandson 2 days a week (precious).
5. My number one hobby is working out and competing in Triathlons.
6. I attend the Houston’s First Baptist Church but I’m not involved in a group there yet.
7. Yes, I have a German Shorthaired Pointer that has SO much energy at the age of 10 she wears me out!
8. My biggest recent disappointment was dealing with family dynamics (adding daughter’s to the family takes time!)
My biggest recent elation was hearing that my oldest son and daughter in law are having a GIRL!!!
9. A perfect Saturday would be today. Got up bright and early to go to Houston’s Cars and Coffee event with my husband and both of our boys. Had crepes with them for breakfast. I got to visit with each of them separately and also together. Then I will spend the afternoon with my husband of 31 years doing errands, lunch, movie whatever we want! Then celebrating my oldest son’s birthday with the whole family eating outdoors enjoying the cooler weather. I will also call both of my sisters and my mom just to check in and say “Hi”.
10. Only people who really know me realize that I am VERY competitive!!
1. Your name and where you live. My name is Alicia and I live in Riverton, UT (south of SLC)
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin) I am 34 years old (according to my 9 year old that is only old to some people, but not her 😉 )
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting? I grew up in church, yet didn’t really commit my life to Him until about 20 years old. I grew up in a dysfunctional home and walked away from Him after HS, but never felt peace until one day I just gave up! I got on my knees of my bedroom floor and asked to come back to Him, I was tired and knew He was the answer!
4. What line of work are you in? Or, if you’re in school, tell us where and what line of work you’re steering toward. (Do not hesitate to tell us you’re a stay-at-home-mom. No harder work exists nor longer hours.) Right now I work PT at UPS and I’m going to school to become a child psychologist…not my dream job, but God’s dream job for me that has become my passion. I say not my dream job simply because I didn’t desire to become a child psychologist until after my husband passed away three years ago and I felt God leading me that way…so it’s not like I’ve dreamt of doing this all my life! Just the last three years of it!
5. What is your #1 hobby? My number one would be reading. I love reading a good book! A close second is skiing, if it weren’t so expensive it’d be number 1!
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one? Yes! Mountain View Christian Assembly, they are an amazing group of believers!
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind. Do I have pets! Two cats, two dogs, a turtle and a ferret!
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation. No recent disappointments that come readily to mind, but latest elation would be hearing God after months of really unknown quietness.
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday. Nap, OK maybe skiing or reading in there too!
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am a closet organized person. I really do enjoy having an organized home, yet sometimes fall short of that. I’m also pretty crazy at times…my motto is “Don’t think, just do!” but I don’t say that all the time, haha!
1. Tracy Potts, Tampa, FL
2. Age 52
3. I accepted Christ at the age of 6 in the kitchen at my home with my daddy.
4. I am in sales
5. My current #1 hobby is crocheting.
6. I am an active member of the First Baptist Church of New Tampa.
7. I have 1 cat.
8. My biggest recent disappointment is I just lost my job a week and a half ago. My biggest elation is my granddaughter.
9. A perfect Saturday would be sleeping in then a long walk on the beach. Spending the day enjoying the beach.
10. Only people who know me realize I am hiding my feelings deep on the inside so I am strong on the outside.
1. Darlene, Mt. Airy, MD
2. 55
3. 1975, Elders Baptist Church, prayed to receive Jesus at the end of the service
4. Retired from Dept of Justice, consultant and college professor, but mostly enjoy granddaughters!
5. Quilting
6. Yes, South End Baptist church
7. Yes, a cat by default when son got married.
8. Can’t say I have disappointments, maybe some heartaches…but all is in God’s hands. Biggest elation is my son and wife are expecting baby #2!!
9. Waking up with my hubby, sharing breakfast and going somewhere for a hike/walk, seeing the grandbabies, then a nice dinner at home or out.
10. I am pretty transparent, so not sure how to answer this.
1. Your name and where you live. Nettie Ruth Mitchell -Cleburne, Texas
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin) 66 years
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting? I was 12 years old in a revival in Paris, Texas
4. What line of work are you in? Or, if you’re in school, tell us where and what line of work you’re steering toward. (Do not hesitate to tell us you’re a stay-at-home-mom. No harder work exists nor longer hours.) I am Retired. My husband I teach 3rd grade at our church. I have been teaching children for 50 years.
5. What is your #1 hobby? Reading.
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one? Yes Field Street Baptist
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind. Yes Dog named Dasher. Mixed Breed
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation. Finding out that my youngest son has liver cancer. Sad but I know God is a Healer.
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday. Going to Yard Sales.
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am funny and at times I am insecure. There are times when I can only talk to my close friends when there is something going on in my life or my family’s life.
1. Kendalle ~ Colorado
2. 35
3. Age 8 @ VBS
4. Stay at home mom
5. Crafting and photography
6. Trying to find a community but I am involved in MOPS
7. min pin named Nani
8.
9. Watching football with my family
10. I am genuine and have a heart to help others
-Michelle Pack, West Palm Beach, FL
-38
-8 years old, home church of Statesboro, GA
-Property Management
-Writing
-Christ Fellowship, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
-No pets (a dog if I could)
-Biggest disappointment was the ending a hopeful “relationship”/biggest elation was being prophesied over
-Beach, worship music, friends, iced latte
-…really funny 🙂 🙂
1. Your name and where you live.
Kristy McIntyre/Eugene, Oregon
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin)
42
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting?
5 years old in my family room. My brother told me I would go to hell if I didn’t!
4. What line of work are you in? Or, if you’re in school, tell us where and what line of work you’re steering toward. (Do not hesitate to tell us you’re a stay-at-home-mom. No harder work exists nor longer hours.)
My husband and I own a construction co. and I’m a decorator, but mostly a stay at home mom.
5. What is your #1 hobby?
Hangin with my kids but the times they don’t want me there – hiking.
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one?
Yes! Eugene First Baptist
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind.
My daughter as a fish named Batman.
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation.
They are one in the same…..My 17 year old son and his girlfriend recently told us they are expecting a child. I’m going to be a grandma!!!
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday.
Going to breakfast with my Sistuhs and talking about all the things the Lord is doing in us and around us and laughing a lot. Several hours later going home to my family who will all finally be out of bed and go do some shopping with whoever will go (because they want me to buy them something). Go out to lunch and shop till we’re too tired to walk. Have pizza delivered for dinner and get my pj’s on and read my Bible and jounal. If someone would bring me icecream while I’m journaling that would just be the bomb!
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am a total dork!
1.Karen – Stephenville, TX
2. 56
3. Accepted Jesus at 22, at the same moment I broke up with my boyfriend,the love of my life. God couldn’t be God in my life until I stopped treating my boyfriend as God.
4. Paralegal by day, certified personal trainer by night.
5. Boxing/kickboxing
6. Not at this time.
7. Golden labrador
8. Wasting all this time before finding what God made me for/my youngest son finally finding his passion/goal/purpose in life
9. Watching my youngest son play semi-pro soccer and my oldest son coach his college basketball team
10. …really bubbly and over the top excited about things.
1. Your name and where you live.
Kim Ledingham, Alabaster, Alabama
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin)
47
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting?
I was baptized into Christ at age 22, four months after my marriage to my hubby, who brought me to Christ. My grandmother was the only churchgoer in my family, but I always knew God was there.
4. What line of work are you in? Or, if you’re in school, tell us where and what line of work you’re steering toward. (Do not hesitate to tell us you’re a stay-at-home-mom. No harder work exists nor longer hours.)
I am a medical technologist at a local hospital. I work day shift, seven days on/seven days off.
5. What is your #1 hobby? Reading…..Bible study, parenting info, personal improvement, fiction
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one?
Riverchase Church of Christ
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind.
One fish.
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation.
Disappointment: bringing my second child home to homeschool and discovering it was NOT going to be as easy a task as his brother.
Elation: my oldest got his license (trepidation, too)
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday.
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am usually unsure of myself.
Denise McGaughey Ringgold, Ga. (borders Chattanooga)
I turn 40 next month! Oh my goodness!! lol!
When I was 25 after many disipointments in “my” life’s plan I decided I was done. My life seemed like one big disipointment after another. Then… My worried sister came for a visit we prayed, Setting their on my bed I excepted Jesus! words can not decribe what happened to my heart that day. My mother said even my nature changed. He filled my heart with hope, a hope I shear with almost everyone I come in contact with through the smile that almost never leaves my face. He gave me a gift that day now I see people through (Jesus glasses) seeing people & things through the beauty of love. Now it’s my lifes ambition to help other people see them selfs this way.
After loosing my Mom to cancer I left the world of Design(Interior Decorator) to become a Cirtified Pilates instructor, I teach my classes at a church charging a small monthly fee to the ones who can afford it because the many health benefits not to mention the fellowship. I also teach about balanced eating This also led to me becoming the Childrens coorddnator at this same church which was not per say my church but it is now!
I love to make things! Aromatheripy Pillows, jewlrey etc. and change everyday recipes into healthy ones.
Yes! Boynton UMC but also the multidenominational group of ladies in my Pilates class.
Yes! My massave 4lb Chihuahua named Chico my furry child
Loosing both of my parents in the passed five years.
Perfect Saturday? One that’s not rushed, hangging with my Husband and two boys and laughing a lot. We all have a funny bone.
Only people who really know me realize how much effort it takes to keep that smile on my face.
1. Mary Jane Smith
2. 46 yrs old
3. 32 years old; a friend at work lead me to Christ
4. Registered Nurse
5. Reading
6. Troy Christian Church
7. Two blue healers: Walker and Blue (the best two dogs in the world 🙂
8. My stress over a co-worker/ My daughter’s growing relationship with Jesus!
9. Wake up early, spend at least 2 hours with Jesus and His Word, drink coffee, take a walk, spend time just being in my home, my husband taking me out for supper.
10. Only people who really know me realize that I have only known Jesus since I was 32 years old.
I love your salvation snippet, Mary Jane!
1. Lynda – Illinois
2. 60!! (I’m still having a hard time believing it, myself!)
3. Grew up in church loving Jesus. Made a formal commitment at age 11 while at youth camp in Lake Tahoe.
4. I’m a retired family practice physician assistant.
5. Quilting!!! Love it!
6. The Chapel
7. Three dogs. I’m a dog-lover BIG TIME!
8. Biggest recent disappointment: Seeing blatant betrayal between friends. Biggest recent elation: Spending last weekend with my daughter and her husband. LOVE those two!
9. Walking the dogs, quilting, sitting in the backyard with my husband and having a long wonderful conversation.
10. People who really know me know that I’m basically very insecure.
1. Shannon, Birmingham, AL
2. 40
3. age 9, home with my mom
4. stay at home mom (although I don’t think I’m ever really home)
5. pursuing the Lord,family time, dates with my man, traveling, swimming, cooking/trying new recipes, health/exercise, reading
6. Yes, Liberty Church
7. 2 frogs and a wild lizard here or there. Hoping to buy one for our kids for Christmas.
8. my failures/realizing He uses them to draw me to Him and how I grow stronger through them and He uses them in me to help others going through similar struggles
9. no plans, catching up on homelife, a walk with my hubby, extra time with the Lord, enjoying my kids, no running around (staying home).
10. too hard on myself and have battled this for far too long.
Kathy
50
9
prop manager
shopping, Beth Moore 🙂
FBC
2 cats
too personal for public
sleeping late, doing anything I feel like that day, lazy
insecure
1. Caroline Spellman, Charleston, SC
2. 21 years old
3. Started a relationship with Jesus when I was 14
4. I’m a senior in college at Charleston Southern University, studying psychology. I’m learning towards further schooling to become an addictions counselor.
5. Music. I play guitar, lead worship, and write songs for my church. I love it!
6. Yes, my home church is Cathedral of Praise in Charleston, SC. We’re non-denominational.
7. I have the CUTEST little yorkie of all time!! His name is Riley 🙂
8. Biggest disappointment would probably be some things going on with my family – biggest elation would be I just got 9 months sober this past week! 🙂
9. Perfect Saturday would be sleeping in, going shopping and walking around downtown with friends, then going to see a good band play live. And of course some good food thrown in there! 🙂
10. Only people who really know me realize that I am a lot more sensitive than I let on to be.
1. DeAnn, Milford, IN
2. 43.
3. At church when I was around 13.
4. I am a medical transcriptionist.
5. I love to read.
6. Nappanee Missionary Church.
7. We have the cutest Shih Tzu ever. His name is T-Bone.
8. Watching a friend go through hurt and heart break / getting back into Bible study after a long time after really questioning things – getting some answers and being content with some mystery!
9. Sleeping LATE and then lounging around the house with my husband and daughter (maybe getting some projects done/maybe not!).
10. Only people who really know me realize that I can be pretty insecure (I know, I know…you wrote a book about this, Beth! I’m working on it. 🙂
Here’s the skinny on me…
1. Michelle Bentham, Watauga, TX
2. 42 years young
3. at age 12 I recognized my need for salvation and Romans 10:8-10’d after meeting with several leaders in our church. I entered into a deeply intimate relationship some 18 years later when my family began to attend church as an adult.
4. I am currently a self-employed radio show host. My official title is Inspired Artist & Communicator. 🙂 http://www.bloominginspirationradio.com
5. I have a tie: Writing & Painting (Acrylic Artwork & mixed media)
6. Gateway Church, HQ Southlake, TX – we attend North Fort Worth.
7. Yes, two dogs. Grand-dogs actually. My youngest daughter left her pup Pogo with us when she left home a couple of years ago and he is officially “our dog.” Pogo is a mixed terrier breed who stands about two hands high! 🙂 He carries a lot of hair, and is black and gray. My eldest daughter is back at home with her 9-10 month old scruffy Jack Russell Terrier named Lulu. Lulu is a hot mess but quite adorable.
8. I think my biggest recent disappointment is not seeing a change in the life of someone I recently forgave a large debt – this person has recently wounded someone I love financially- very disappointed/The month of September! (Meeting You, Siesta Momma, at Life Today, The LPL Simulcast, and attending Women of Faith through a gift of tickets). God’s grace astounds me in so many ways.
9. A clean house, a good book or the Good Book, a fire and hot chocolate and my hubs close by. 🙂
10 Only people who really know me realize that I am… deeply insecure about speaking in front of people. Though I recently shared my story about the root of that fear on my radio show. 🙂
This has been fun… Now to read the other responses. 🙂
Michelle, I am so intrigued by #10 particularly with my own journey. I’d love to hear about that!
I will write to you about it. I know what you mean… I’ve read So Long Insecurity & heard you speak on it. It really encouraged me to move past my weakness and do the “thang!” Love you, friend. 🙂
Beth,
I believe you & God are about pushing me out of the nest right about now.
I’ve wrestled these last 24 hours with sharing my response to more about my #10 on here mostly because you don’t have to be very close to me to know I use A LOT of words. So… After much prayer and contemplation I’ve decided perhaps someone in addition to you may benefit from hearing my story – so I will write it here. 🙂
My birth experience proved very traumatic and my mother nearly died as a result. It took her a long time to recover after I was born, and we did not bond well as a result.
She was also raised the ninth of ten children and suffered wounds from living in a household where there was never enough. My mother loved us and took care of us far better than she had been taken care of as a child, still hurt people tend to hurt people and my momma did hurt me in little ways she did not know were hurting me.
I got the message very early that as a child, I proved anything but pleasing to my mother and I wanted more than anything to be loved, accepted and valued. Over and over again I overheard my mother tell others I was her “problem child” and that I had “almost killed” her when I was born, and had “given” her high blood pressure. She didn’t mean it was my fault, but my heart of hearts heard it just that way – everything that was wrong in my mother’s life I grew to feel responsible for.
At 8 years old our family moved to a small rural area just outside the D/FW metro area. We left our large urban home and moved to a trailer park where our family of five undertook the task of helping my father build his dream home.
By the end of that semester in school my parents received word I was failing for the first time ever in my better than average school career. (I had been a very good student up until this time.) The report they received was that I had not been turning in my work.
For six weeks I was grounded to my bedroom and required to do double homework each night. At the end of the week I would receive my graded work from my teacher and at the end of the day she instructed us to clean out our desks and through any graded work away. I did as she instructed. My parents were still receiving reports I was not turning in my work. On top of being grounded and completing double assignments, I was now being corporeally punished as well. This went on until the end of the grading period. My parents met with the teacher and in that meeting it was realized that I had been turning in the work, but the teacher had not recorded my grades because she had overlooked my name in her gradebook each time she recorded the scores. My parents explained to me that my teacher had made a mistake and she even apologized for not recording my grades, but no one ever said that all the punishment I had received was not earned. As a matter of fact, it could be heard in my home often that even if you didn’t deserve to be punished you’d eventually do something to earn it. I made a vow in my young heart that if I was going to get punished I would have a good time doing it.
I grew up among friends who were more popular, prettier and well at times crueler than I knew people could be. By the time I was twelve years old I was being tormented by these girls daily at lunch threatened and mocked in demeaning fashion. I did everything I knew to fit in and more. They still treated me very badly and I wanted so desperately to be accepted that I took the punishment and continued to call them my friends.
Boys made fun of me… and as an adult I would learn from one who had been a close friend that they all thought I was too good for them – I just thought they didn’t find me attractive. I saw myself as fat and unpopular – undesirable.
I joined the choir in middle school and had decided at 9 years of age that I wanted to be Loretta Lynn when I grew up. Maybe because my mother loved Loretta Lynn or maybe because I really thought it would be fun to sing at the Grand Ole Opry… or a little of both. Perhaps I just liked wigs and lacy evening gowns. Whatever the reason, I wanted to be a singer. I joined choir and learned to sing and read music. In 8th grade I entered the solo and ensemble contest with the solo song, “Wayfaring Stranger.” I practiced regularly and had it down. At the competition we waited our turn standing outside. When I walked in for my turn before the judges my teacher must have seen my face turn pale because he simply said, “Sing it for me just like you did in the classroom.”
I turned to look at the expressionless judges and felt an earthquake begin in my feet and work it’s way right up my entire body and out of my throat as my voice quavered through the entire song.
I walked away and swore I would never get up in front of people and make a fool out of myself like that again.
By 16 years of age I had been sexually traumatized by an extended member of our family and lost my virginity in the event. It broke my heart and made me wish for death. I also feared being blamed for what happened so I kept it a secret. By the time I was seventeen I dated a very troubled older man and found myself pregnant just a few weeks before the beginning of my senior year.
I had my son a few months before I graduated, I had been abandoned by his father and my family situation was not good. I carried a lot of pain and rebellion in my heart and my parents generally disapproved of most of my choices. I left home when I graduated in the fall. I ended up in several abusive relationships and was a mother of three and divorced by the time I was 21 years old. My new found freedom from marriage and wounded soul drove me into a season of “wild” prodigal living. I drug my three kids through the muck and the mire. My history is both colorful and scandalous – and today is utterly redeemed but not without the marks that accompany a life lived in the stench of the pigs.
My husband and I met during my prodigal season and together we found a church home and gave up our two nights in a honky tonk a week for three services a week at church. We rose to leadership roles in the church. I eventually began “leading” women’s Bible study but would not receive the title women’s minister. First of all, most of the women in our Bible study were older than I was by 15-20 years. And, I felt totally disqualified for leadership because of my past. Still, the woman who invited me to lead the study and encouraged me to take it on on my own back doored me into the role. I avoided studies like “Breaking Free” and “When Godly People Do Ungodly Things” like the plague – praying with everything in me that no one would ever discover the shameful details of my past. As you have often said, “I just wanted to keep the monster down.”
My worst fear was that the lock would come off the closet of my mind and all my skeletons would come rattling out of the closet on full display for everyone to see.
When we left some four years later I was indeed the Women’s Ministry Leader and on staff at the church. I had stood in front of the women, shared my heart, prayed for the women even spoken to the entire church body about special events and sharing testimonies. Each time I felt that earthquake start in my knees but found a way to move beyond the nerves to a place of success. Still, in the back of my mind I knew that if they really knew about me I would be disqualified and dismissed.
Beth, as I watched you on the screen I would ask God to make me just a portion of the woman of God you were. But, I also heard things in my heart like, “You don’t have to look like that.”
“You don’t have to sound like that…”
I thought at first it was wishful thinking, but as I grew in my role as a leader, I realized there was something more inside of me – something God-sized that He wanted to do. And, come what may I submitted to follow Him to and through it no matter what it meant I would have to uncover and deal with.
Since we left that small community of believers in 2007 and come to Gateway Church I’ve grown in healing and maturity. I’ve come to embrace my calling to a larger platform of ministry and am now walking that out as He leads. Confirmation has come to me through so many areas and places as I have learned to walk in obedience. It was a little more than a year ago when I agreed to teach two classes- one on shame and one on forgiveness for a divorce recovery class in our church.
As I sat with the group leaders in the room before the class began they asked, “Are you nervous?” I thought for a minute… No… not really. Somewhere between that small Baptist community of women and that night in the class my fear had lessened. I still have a reverent, cautious fear about speaking in front of others. I carry the weight of that into every lesson I write and teach. But, today, I do not feel an earthquake in my body or fear looking foolish before men. I only concern myself with bringing honor and glory to God through my testimony of faith in spite of living through nearly every one of my worst confessed fears.
The thing I struggle with today is, and I have written to you about it privately, how to tell the less honorable parts of my story authentically without seeming to glory in the sin. I’m learning as I go and finding a place of settlement with the Lord on these things.
Some people may disqualify me as a result of the choices I made in my late teens and early twenties. I understand and accept that – But to those to whom I am called to minister to — I am going to tell my story and relate His glory to the best of my ability until He calls me home. And, that’s my story and I am sticking to it.
Thank you for asking Beth. I love you, and appreciate you so much. You helped me find my way out of a pit and into a place of peace, joy, purpose and blessing.
Always,
M
Thank you for sharing your testimony, Michelle. Never underestimate what God can do with what we’ve been through. Glory!
Yet another reason why I am living proof! 🙂 Thanks you, Shelli. 🙂
1. Karen Miller, Reading PA
2. 57
3. 15. Catholic family…my parents received Christ personally when I was 15; they shared with my brothers and me and that night, the very first time I heard the plan of salvation I knelt down in my bedroom and took Jesus as my Lord and Savior…”Knowing You, Jesus was and is the Best!”
4. What line of work are you in? Ministry. Before children I was a TV news reporter. Work in Messianic Jewish ministry with my husband and also for local church: women’s ministry, media, creative arts (drama).
5. What is your #1 hobby? Worship Dance, including Jewish dance. Not that I call it a hobby, but it is one of the many wonderful ministry things I do. I’ve said to my “dance girls”, “I’m in my 50’s and I still get to do this, Thank you God!”
6. Local Church: Grace Fellowship, Shillington PA
7. No pets…I’ve got boys for crying out loud!
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation.
Dear friends who I no longer connect with weekly due to their leaving church/ my young adult sons living for God, special times with them ministering in music and preaching.
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday. Rest in the Lord, where ever I am and whatever I am doing.
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am not a domestic queen and cooking is not my thing.
1. Katie Etna, CA
2. 42
3. Age 3 with my mom at home
4. I wear a lot of hats. Primarily stay-at-home mom, but I subsitute teach, do the books for our ranch,work at a group home for teenage girls
5. Hmm… Exercise? Don’t do much for fun
6. Yes, Scott Valley Berean Church
7. 2 Border collies, 1 blue heeler, 1 annoying cat (Plus 80 or so cows, 120 sheep, 30-40 horses/mules, 5 peacocks, 20 chickens, multiple deer, the occasional bear and lots of coyotes)
8. My sister and son are really struggling right now/ Starting “So Long Insecurity” with high school girls and having a great response
9. Having all my chores done and free to go to a bookstore, play or good movie…do something cultural/intellectual (never happens :))
10 Only people who really know me realize that I am: Very Shy
1. Your name and where you live. Karen, in Missouri
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin) 50-60
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting? When I was 6 years old, after stepping in a mud puddle and staining my new lacy white socks. The preacher had just preached a message on the blood of Christ washing us white as snow. That was the beginning of eternity for me.
4. What line of work are you in? Or, if you’re in school, tell us where and what line of work you’re steering toward. (Do not hesitate to tell us you’re a stay-at-home-mom. No harder work exists nor longer hours.) Accounting & income tax preparation
5. What is your #1 hobby? Playing those hidden object computer games.
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one? FBCB
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind. I have 3 kitty-children.
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation. Disappointment- not being able to see the Beth’s 2012 Simulcast with my family of faith because I was in the hospital.
Elation- watching the simulcast in the hospital on a friend’s laptop; and allowing Beth and Travis et. al. to witness to at least 20 hospital personnel who would not have otherwise heard the message. I had been fighting an infection for two weeks prior to this and had spent Thursday night and Friday morning in ER observation before going to a regular room. The infection magically–no, Providentially- went away on Friday. Then on Saturday, at about 3:30pm, when the Simulcast was winding down, a hospital on-staff doctor came into my room and said, “We’re sending you home because you’re not sick.” One CNA in particular had made an effort to be in my room doing paperwork for some of the Beth parts; and for the sinner’s prayer. I know I was there for that reason. Praise our Omniscient God!!!
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday. Staying at home away from the crowds in my own little house.
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am __friendly_________________________________________________________________.
1. Sarah, Dallas, TX
2. last year in my thirties! 🙂
3. 7 years old at home, Mom led me to the Lord
4. Investment consulting
5. cross-stitching
6. First Baptist Dallas
7. Not right now, but I have plans to get a Pug or two next year 🙂
8. Fell and spent a month propping my leg up on couch instead of exercising, continuing to make progress with fitness/weight loss. Got a random, unexpected vacation paid for by work at the Four Seasons (somewhere I could never afford on my dime!) – stayed overnight and got a free massage! Thank you, Lord! 🙂
9. Watching college football and cross-stitching all day
10 often lonely, and really long to be a wife and mother, though I trust the Lord knows what He is doing and I’m really trying to be content with the blessed life He’s given me. I know He has a Plan, and the older I get, the more I realize maybe His plan is not what I’ve always dreamed about. But I know His plans are always right and for my good. 🙂
1. Rhonda Abellera – Aptos, CA
2. 50+
3. Accepted Christ as a child in my church, and answered altar calls pretty much all my teen years!
4. I am currently the Assistant Program Director in our local Women’s Teen Challenge. Although I have no drug or alcohol background! I’ve been there for 10 months and it has literally changed my life!
5. I love to read, take walks and shop!
6. I sing in the choir at Green Valley Church in Watsonville, CA. Have been there for over 20 years.
7. Because I work so much, I don’t have any pets right now.
8. Biggest struggle right now is my son and daughter-in-law have lived in San Francisco for two years and are not serving the Lord. They are in the music scene and have really hardened their heart against the church. Everyday I struggle with that sorrow.
My biggest joy are my three grandkids from my oldest son. They bring so much joy into my life, and so does my husband. He is very sweet.
9. Perfect Saturday? Walking on the beach, drinking coffee with my best friend, hanging out at home and going out to dinner with my husband.
9. Only people who really know me realize that I am extremely sensitive. I’ve had to work very hard to overcome that part of my personality and not take things so personally. With the Lord’s help, I’ve made a lot of progress!
1. Lynn- Burlington, MA
2. 55
3. In my bedroom after reading a gospel tract my then to be husband had given me. It was the missing piece of the puzzle I had been looking for. I was in my early 20’s.
4. I am an RN and am currently the Manager of Complex Commercial Care Management for a health insurance company. I have been a nurse for 36 years- hard to believe.
5. My grandbabies!
6. My husband is the pastor of Heritage Park Baptist Church. I lead worship and ladies’ ministries. We have a fabulous, very diverse church. We are always being told that we have “something special” in our church. I love the people God has given us.
7. I have a 7 yr old Lhasa-Poo- Caesar and a 5 year old Malti-Poo- Gracie.
8. Biggest disappointment- It would be people who talk the talk but don’t walk the walk. Biggest elation- earthly speaking- my grandbabies. Heavenly speaking- just knowing Jesus.
9. Being at a Living Proof Live event and taking part in worship led by Travis, then getting into the Word with Beth! Counting down till November when we get to do it again!
10. Only people who really know me know that I am very shy.
1. Kate Posthuma, Cheney, WA
2. 39 years old
3. As a very young child, I believe at church
4. I serve the Lord within the context of a local church body and I am a Pastor’s wife too
5. Reading
6. Yes, Cheney Faith Center, the preacher is tall, dark and handsome (my husband)
7. A sweet little schnauzer named Sadie, who is sitting at my feet as I am typing this
8. Disappointment – they way I acted at a staff meeting recently : ( / Elation – watching my 10 year old son swim on the swim team he just started. . . they swim for 1 ½ hour straight!
9. That would be one without chores – however the fortune cookie I got at Panda Express recently said, “Saturdays are the perfect days for chores” . . . what kind of fortune is that?!? : )
10. Only people who really know me realize that I am a bit of a germ phobic . . . potlucks just about do me in with everybody touching everything!! : )
Kate, not only would my mom not eat potluck suppers at Wednesday night church (even though she always went), she would ruin it for the rest of us. She’d whisper in my ear, “They’ve got a cat. I wouldn’t eat that.” Laughing honestly out loud at the thought. So fun!
Angie Prairie Village KS (right outside KC)
41
at age 5, came home from church on a Sunday night and told my mom I wanted Jesus to live in my heart forever. And he has!
Mom to three kiddos, but also write/speak and head up the Women’s Ministry at our church and lead Thursday morning Bible study where Breaking Free is currently kicking my tail.
Hobby. . .hmmm reading, shopping, watching my kids soccer games 😉
Blue Valley Baptist Church in Overland Park Kansas
Max the Wonder Dog is our beagle.
We’ve been dealing with some health issues with our oldest son which landed him a weekend stay in the hospital. It’s overwhelming sometimes.
On the opposite end, he turned 14 yesterday and I’m so proud of the man he’s becoming!
A clean house, no schedule and we get to stay in our PJ’s all day watching old movies and playing games or curled up with a great book.
Only people that really know me, know that even though I’m in front of people all the time, I’m really introverted and shy. That would shock most.
Sandra, Southeast Georgia
I celebrated my 64th birthday on Thursday.
I accepted Jesus when I was 11 years old at our house with the pastor of Milan Baptist Church.
I am retired since my husband sold our business in 2007.
I had been a teacher and a school librarian before my sons were born.
Reading is my #1 hobby but I do some crocheting and knitting.
Yes, we are members of the local First Baptist Church.
Yes, we have one cat named Bitey for obvious reasons. I have learned to pay attention and move my hands quickly.
I love him anyway.
Biggest disappointment–my sister-in-law/neighbor’s recent diagnosis with a degenerative disease.
Biggest recent elation–As a birthday surprise my husband took me out to eat at a nice restaurant in a neigboring town and then back to my hometown to change the flowers in the cemetery where my parents and grandparents are buried.
The perfect Saturday would be being caught up on the housework and yardwork and having time to enjoy a good book.
Only people who really know me realize that I am not as organized as I like for people to think I am.
1. Dawn Eastern NC
2. 43
3. accepted Jesus at age 11 at the altar. Recommitted
my heart and life to him at age 25.
4. Business owner w/ spouse
5. My # one hobby may sound boring, but I love to READ
6. Yes….First Church
7. Yesssss…. 2 adorable, loving, friendly dogs (boy
girl)
8. Biggest disappointment… has to do with people.
Biggest recent elation… pumpking spice latte from
Starbucks last night :)… its the little things 🙂
9. Perfect Saturday– sleep in, have coffee and quiet
time, shower up and spend the day shopping, eating out
and just relaxing with my man (also hanging out with
great female friends is always fun too)
10. People who really know me realize I tend to be a bit
sensitive in both a good and bad way…. praying
through on this 🙂