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. Kathy Burrus Hendersonville, TN
2. 48 and a half 🙂
3. Accepted Christ as a twelve year old, kneeling next to my trundle bed. Raised in a Christian home, just dealt with doubts and God allayed them that night!
4. I trained as an RN and worked about 5yrs before kiddos. Once all three were in school, I began to teach at church. Now that they’re all in college I get to teach several classes. Never saw that coming.
5. #1 Hobby: I Looove to make verse cards. It’s sort of a cross between scrapbooking and Bible verses. I make small books with Bible verses in them. I truly believe God dropped this one out of heaven for me. I find it an absolute blast!
6. We’ve been members of First Bapt Hendersonville of 18 yrs. They bless us tremendously.
7. Heidi, a three yr old min schnauzer. My baby 🙂 And Louis, our nine yr old kitty.
8. Biggest disappointment: believing God had directed me to start a Bible study at a new location, and then no one showing up the first week. Did I misunderstand? Do I have sin in my life? Am I trying to do this in my flesh? Tons of self doubt and recrimination. Besides just plain ‘ole humbling. Biggest elation: the next week two gals came from a rescue house. Whew!
9. Perfect Sat: get up super early, quiet time followed quickly by garage sale’ing 🙂 Perfect finds? old books, old letters, old postcards (are you sensing a theme here?). Sigh. Missed this last Sat.
10. Only people who really know me realize that I am an obnoxious history buff. If you should actually have to travel with me, you may be subjected to random, unsolicited lectures of mostly useless facts about our present locale.
I am late anwwering as usual.
1. My name is Lynn and I live in Northeast Tennessee.
2. Middle-aged empty-nester.
3. I made the decision to accept Christ as my personal
Savior at the age of 11, during the hymn of
invitation at church.
4. I am a non-published writer.
5. My number one hobby is reading.
6. I belong to a United Methodist church.
7. Three cats who are my best friends.
8. My recent biggest disappointment was not getting the
job I interviewed for.
9. The perfect Saturday is spent reading, knitting, and
watching DVD’s.
10. Only people who really know me realize that I am
not really crazy.
1. Joan Klosterhaus Washington, MI
2. 58 years young
3. I grew up with Jesus. No great “ah ha” moment, just a quiet knowledge of always knowing Him.
4. I am a parapro for Early Childhood Special Ed. students
5. I LOVE reading.
6. Um, yes, but quietly searching for God’s will on a possible move. My spirit needs more feeding than I am receiving. (Is that okay to say?)
7. My chow/shepherd mix Sadie and a ferrett that came home from college with my daughter.
8. Wow, disappointment was probably feeling guilty for not enjoying a Bible study more./ Elation…shhh… don’t tell anyone, but I am going to be a first time grammie…..:D
9. A perfect Saturday would be sitting on a warm spring morning outside quietly UNTIL….all my kids come home and the laughs and overwhelming love begin.
10. Finally, only people who really know me realize that I have a wicked sense of humor.
1.Barbara S from Clarence, NY
2.53
3.9 or 10 at Vacation Bible School
4.1st career I was a TV producer, now I am a School Library Media Specialist (Librarian) in a city high school
5.Does Zumba count? If not, it’s writing. Used to be golf.
6.The Chapel at Crosspoint, Pastor Jerry brings it!
7.Ben, my long hair chihuahua and best buddy
8.My biggest disappointment would be that my faith has not grown to where it should be, being this old in the Lord and this old. Haven’t been elated in a long time. I’ve lowered my expectations on life. Too many disappointments.
9.Perfect Saturday – hanging with my friend having more opportunity to deeply befriend her, meaningful conversation, time to pray together and lots of laughing
10. People who really know me would realize that I wish people cared to really know me. And also that I am striving to live authentically, but haven’t gotten there yet.
wow, #10 really touched me, it’s so me – I also wish people cared to know me, and I too am striving to live authentically at 56 years young!
1. Your name and where you live. My name is Ann, and I live in Cataula, GA
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin) 54
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting? I was 15, and in serious need of some answers in my life. My high-school music teacher in the Christian school I attended took us through a prayer meeting series on a lovely book, Steps to Christ. I decided to just do what the book said, and Jesus took hold of my heart!
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’m a homeschooling mom who is also a Bible teacher.
5. What is your #1 hobby? Reading! And I love paper-crafts, too.
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one? Yes! I’m part of the Columbus, GA, First Seventh-day Adventist Church.
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind. Nope. But my 10-y.o. wants a dog!
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation. Won’t say/ being able to move closer to family, to a new church, expanded ministry opportunities.
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday. Church, people over for lunch, quiet time with my son, and a walk at Callaway Gardens with my husband and son.
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I love to just be home and be quiet!
1) Laura – Morgantown, WV
2) 32
3) My friends met the Lord through Young Life and shared with me in the summer of 1995 after they went to camp. I was a sophomore in high school.
4) I recently started back to work as office administrator at our church. I stayed home the past 2 years to be with my kids after a big move and having to leave a job I loved.
5) Reading
6) South Ridge Church, Fairmont, WV
7) a 9 year old yellow lab – Millie
8) People. And fundraising for my husbands ministry.
9) Sleeping in. Being outside on a beautiful day. Nap. Maybe some football. Take out dinner with my family on the deck.
10) Only people that really know me realize that I’m insecure about myself.
1. Your name and where you live. Naomi, Olympia WA
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin) 59
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting? I was 7, at my home church
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 worked as a medical assistant in Dermatology for 18 years. Then at Quilt-in-a-Day in California as Inventory Control Manager/Teacher I am now on disability from chronic lyme disease
5. What is your #1 hobby? Quilting, of course!
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one? Yes. Beit Messiah Messianic Jewish Synagogue, Seattle, WA
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind. Oh yes. That would be Abby, my tuxedo kitty that we rescued from the animal shelter. She is so sweet!
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation. Painful situation with my son and his struggles./Finding joy in gratitude to the Lord every day.
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday. Attending Shabbat services and spending time with good friends.
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am a 40+ year fan of Neil Diamond!
1.Bobbie, Arlington, TX
2. 52
3. 10-church camp
4. Preschool teacher
5. Spending time with my family-especially my husband and my daughter
6. First baptist Church, Arlington
7.yes;inside cat-Clara, outside cat-Precious
8.Elation-working three days a week allows me to spend more time with my family.
9. The morning would be leisurely enough so I could drink 2 cups of coffee, and then I would make. Big breakfast for my family. We would do something fun, hang out, watch a movie-just be together.
1. Hope Ryals, Columbus Indiana
2. 42
3. 2002…Jesus had to teach me what intimate relationship with Him looked like. I grew up in the Catholic Church and had all the pieces…just not the one about understanding my deep need for/surrendering my heart to Him.
4. A retired CPA…stay at home momma to my eight year old daughter.
5. Girlfriend Time
6. Deeply invested in Community Church of Columbus
7. PeekABoo (Boo). A rescue kitty we nursed back from the brink of death but fell in love with before we could send him back to the shelter. He is the softest grey and white furball I have ever known.
8. Disappointment: My husband decided he wanted a divorce and planned to file on Aug 6,2012 after 24 years of marriage (He still hasn’t as of today, Thank You Jesus)/ Elation: My baby brother Dominic (23) was in a nearly fatal motorcycle accident (without a helmet) on September 13…he was in a coma for 10 days. This past Saturday, after a week at Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center my heart soared watching him (sit with our 2 brothers and 3 sisters and parents and 3 aunts and a cousin) following the conversation, smiling, laughing, and making funny faces in response to questions that made everyone else laugh. His recovery is miraculous answers to fervent prayers.
9. My idea of a perfect Saturday would be spent on a beach with my 8 year old daughter Ary (and a fully committed to Jesus husband).
10 Only people who really know me realize that I am so redeemed and transformed by Jesus. (compared to the woman I was 11 years ago…a workaholic, unfaithful wife, absent mother, friendless and terrified of being considered worthless).
Be encouraged
1. Julia W, Brockville ON, Canada
2. 31
3. Re-committed my life to Jesus in 2006 — at a church in Brockville ON.
4. Academic instructor for at-risk youth; skating coach; fitness instructor.
5. Hobbies: fitness, movies, and art 🙂
6. Yes, my home church is Centennial Road Church in Lyn, Ontario, CA
God has also blessed me with a fantastic group of girlfriends who love the Lord!!
7. 2 girls and 1 boy: Trinity, 9 yr old golden retriever (the soft and nurturing grandmother-type), Lucy, 4 yr old yellow lab (the not-so-lady-like Princess of the family), and Jazz-man, our multiple-personality black cat who loves to snuggle and then pounce!
8. Disappointment — realizing that I have wanted MY career choice for prideful reasons
Elation — having recent moments of bountiful joy in my career life because of my desire to pursue Jesus!
9. Glorious Saturday…house is already clean, bible study, 5k run, have coffee with a friend, walk the ‘girls’ (our dogs), read or play with some paint, snuggle up with hubby for a good movie at night 🙂
10. Only people who really know me realize that I am…fragile – I seem to carry a good poker face which masks how soft my heart is… also that I’m a klutz when it comes to glasses with liquid in them, and that I can be fiercely competitive!
Laura Penny from Brandon, Florida
I am 32 soon to be 33 on Nov. 30…
I accepted Jesus one afternoon at a church summer day camp in Ohio where I grew up. I was probably about 7yrs old. Later during a mission trip to the Dominican Republic, I re-dedicated my life and was baptised in a beautiful lake in front of a little waterfall at the end of the trip. It was a moment I will never forget.
Stay-at-home mom with a 3yr daughter & 14mo son
Leisure travel is my #1 hobby, but my much more frequent hobby is shopping 🙂
Yes, my family & I attend The Crossing Church
We have 2 fancy goldfish
Besides the recent Simulcast?!? My most recent elation was hearing my 3yr daughter recite her first two verses, Gen 1:1 & Jn 1:3.
Perfect Saturday: sleeping in, breakfast & fun at the beach, then quiet dinner and movie with my hubby in the evening
Only people who really know me know that I am (a bit of) a control freak and that I have a very anxious stomach around big events
Laura from Brandon, Florida
I am 32 soon to be 33 on Nov. 30…
I accepted Jesus one afternoon at a church summer day camp in Ohio where I grew up. I was probably about 7yrs old. Later during a mission trip to the Dominican Republic, I re-dedicated my life and was baptised in a beautiful lake in front of a little waterfall at the end of the trip. It was a moment I will never forget.
Stay-at-home mom with a 3yr daughter & 14mo son
Leisure travel is my #1 hobby, but my much more frequent hobby is shopping 🙂
Yes, my family & I attend The Crossing Church
We have 2 fancy goldfish…not sure they really qualify as “pets” though
Besides the recent Simulcast?!? My most recent elation was hearing my 3yr daughter recite her first two verses, Gen 1:1 & Jn 1:3.
Perfect Saturday: sleeping in, breakfast & fun at the beach, then quiet dinner and movie with my hubby in the evening
Only people who really know me know that I am (a bit of) a control freak and that I have a very anxious stomach around big events
1. Michele Green, Cumming, Georgia (just a bit north of Atlanta
2. 56
3. 19, while in the Air Force
4. 2nd grade teacher-this is my 28th year, teaching 1st or 2nd gr
5.My hobby is card making and stamping when I have the time, but to be honest my real hobby at this time in my life is my grandchildren-
6. I am involved with a wonderful church called The Vine-
it is very balanced community of believers.
7.no pets
8. Recent disappointment-ongoing really-that my son and his wife distance themselves from the family(mostly his sister) because of their differences with parenting children. It breaks my heart that the cousins do not get to play with each other even though we all live within 30 miles of each other. I see them but son and wife don’t want to be around for family celebrations.
9.Perfect Saturday-playing with grandkids, or having time to get caught up
10. only people who really know me know how very insecure I am-
This post is days old, but I so want to be a part of it! Consider that I am helping the party linger! 😉
I’m Angela Haselton and I live in Statesboro, GA
I’ll turn 46 in about a month. This flabbergasts me as I’m still 12 on the inside. 😀
I think I was around 6 when I accepted Christ as my Savior. I climbed in bed with momma and daddy on a Sunday night after a sermon on the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, and asked to pray to receive Christ.
I am a hairstylist and have been for about 23 years.
My hobbies are reading, painting/creating.
We are part of Friendship Baptist Church.
We have an Austrailian Shepherd/Lab named Bruhni. She keeps us from sitting on the couch for extended periods of time. 🙂
Biggest disappointment – stupid unexpected expenses. Biggest elation- speeaking to a financial coach and finding out that we could be debt free in just under 4 years, as opposed to 9.
A perfect Saturday would be: awakening without the alarm clock, and the luxury of not leaving the house. Also, accomplishing a lot of personal projects which include a balance of work and personal interests.
Only people who really know me realize I am: a recovering perfectionist/controller.
1. Your name and where you live.
Jan Semon, Dublin, Ohio
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin)
65 years old (where has the time gone???)
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting?
Don’t remember exactly…it wasn’t one specific incident that I can recall. I grew up in the church and gradually “got it”.
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 used to be in HR for Coldwell Banker but out whole office lost our jobs in 2009 when our jobs were sent to Chicago. Now I am a receptionist/admin at my church and I love it.
5. What is your #1 hobby?
Reading would be first with knitting a close second.
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one?
I have gone to my local Grace Brethren church for approximately 18 years.
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind.
I now have cats…Murphy & Mia. I’m an animal lover—always had dogs before.
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation.
The fact that some of my family members are not believers is a huge disappointment. Elation – our Bible study is working on Kelly Minter’s Nehemiah and were are loving it!
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday.
No schedule, wake up and have coffee with my husband and decide what we want to do together for the day.
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am an introvert.
1. Your name and where you live. Candice Michelle Zito Michigan(Downriver)
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin) 31
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting?
2nd grade,In An After School Bible Class
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 work at an assisted living facility
5. What is your #1 hobby ? Singing
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? Yes, Woodhaven Baptist Church
7. Do you have pets? No way !!
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – I would really rather not say. Your biggest recent elation- Celebrating My 1yr Wedding Anniversary !! I Love Being Married To My Best Friend !!
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday. Lounging In My Pajamas, Then Hanging Out With My Family And My Friends
10. Complete This Sentence: Only People Who Really Know Me Know That: I Am Not Always As Happy As I Seem. That My Smile Hides Alot.
1 – I am Lisa Timmer and live in Boonsboro, Md. Just a hop, skip, and a jump from the C&O Canal and the AT.
2 – I am 48 at least until December
3 – I’m not exactly sure when I excepted Christ, not the day at least. Sometime between 1987 and 1995 but I do recall that I was baptized in the Potomac River on August 2nd, 1992.
4 – I am a subcontractor working (I work in IT) on the regulatory side of clinical trials for the NCI. Would love to be designing quilt patterns/fabric or something in that field. Quilting is my hobby.
5 – My hobby – See #4
6 – I am the Board Secretary for our church and am currently facilitating a 2nd study of yours with the ladies.
7 – Scruffy Dog is my buddy. He’s a Cairne terrier-poodle mix. When his hair grows out he looks like Toto. He was just treated for Lyme – it’s terrible on the east coast. Happy to say he’s doing much better. Here he is all cleaned up: http://ilovescruffydog.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-06-30T18:42:00-07:00&max-results=2&start=2&by-date=false
8 – Disappointment – last 2 bible study sessions I’d have to say. Would prefer to have more discussion time but it has been reduced to awkward silence while we go through 2 pages of homework at a time to see if there are any questions and then the video. I really miss the small group from years ago. / Elation – Well, Im guess Im working on that one. We actually just finished that characteristic in Living Beyond… I am in awe of Paul. Lots of satisfaction yes, just dont think Im at that level of joy.
9 – Perfect Saturday – love the fall and hiking on the AT with hubby and son, but son is busy in school and the pup isnt what he used to be. He’s so happy on our short walks and when we make it back to the yard he rolls around and plays ‘crazy dog’ in the grass. I laid down and did that once – there is something freeing about that! The rest of the days – the boys cook, laundary is already done, and quilt, quilt, quilt!
Only people who really know me realize that I am … well, I am a bit of a homebody and so not sure how many folks really know me. Hubby does of course but he knows the good, the bad, and the ugly so I will just skip over this one 🙂
The correct blog posting for the Scruff-meister.
http://ilovescruffydog.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-06-23T17:03:00-07:00&max-results=2&start=4&by-date=false
1. Kelly Womack, Fort Smith, AR
2. age 41
3. Accepted Christ at age 10 several months after attending VBS and then continuing to attend this little country church. We were invited by a sweet neighbor lady down the road from us.
4. I have had numerous jobs over the years including a school bus driver, a barista, a medical records clerk, and a P.E. teacher, but I am currently a stay at home Mom.
5. I love reading and exercising, trying to rid myself of this mom-belly, muffin top.
6.Grand Ave. Baptist in Fort Smith
7. No pets right now. My four year old keeps asking for a dog but I do not need anything else to take care of at the moment.
8. Biggest disappointment: My son regressing in school because of behavior issues. He is a child with special needs who is non-verbal so a lot of his behavior is probably related to not being able to communicate. Biggest elation: Feeling release and the freedom to worship when I obeyed God in something He had been asking me to do.
9.Perfect Saturday: Sleeping until 7 or 7:30 which is late in this house. Working out and getting grocery shopping done then having the rest of the day to enjoy my husband and boys, preferably doing something outside.
10. Only people who really know me realize that I have a great sense of humor and that I can imitate lots of voices. I would love to be a voice actor if I could glorify God doing it!
1. Kelly Bollman, Cheraw, South Carolina
2. 31
3. 5 years-old at bedtime with my Daddy
4. Art teacher at a public middle school 🙂
5. Going on little adventures with my 9 & 10 yr-olds! …and painting
6. Yes! Love my sweet family at First Baptist Church, Cheraw
7. Mittens – the sweetest gray and white kitty, ever.
8. disappointment – discovering my ex-husband was dating someone yet again. Praying for reconciliation now for 5 years! The Lord is faithful. Just waiting – biggest recent elation – this is so silly & not at all significant like the “disappointment,” but I’m a South Carolina Gamecock grad/huge fan and being #3 and beating Georgia makes me jump up and down!!!
9. Sleeping in to 7:30. Go for a run in 65 degree weather. Quiet time and coffee (nice & slow). Wake kids. Play! (Go for a hike at the state park) Do laundry and watch kids play with the neighborhood, while watching college football. Finished by having friends over to watch a really exciting Gamecocks game! Maybe some of those friends don’t know Jesus and you build relationship with them… ahhhh. Perfect Saturday.
10. Only people who really know me realize that I am… I think you only need to kinda know me, to know who I am. I’m an open book. The “Wal-Mart line people” might not know that I am incredibly stubborn and strong-willed but the redeemed version of that (Christ in/through me) looks something like perseverant and Faith-filled.
Kelly,
I am also a huge Carolina Gamecock fan and I am SO pumped over the game last Saturday and looking forward to more wins!! Go Gamecocks!! 🙂
1. Your name and where you live.
Jenny Kozar Orland Park, IL
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin)
47 (I really don’t know when this happened!)
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting?
I was Young and in church but I seem to go through stages
where I need to recommit myself.
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.)
Full time momma / part time consultant for a software company where I provide training and support on products we develop.
5. What is your #1 hobby?
Scarpbooking/card making
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one?
Chicago First Church of the Nazarene in Lemont, IL
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind.
A chocolate lab named Harley
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation.
Disappointment was learning of my husbands infidelity / elation is watching my children grow
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday.
Home / family movie time and Pizza!
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am very hard on myself.___________________________________________________________________.
1. Your name and where you live:
Jen Larson, Roanoke VA
2. Your age or general age grouping:
late 30’s (as in my last year in my 30’s)
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting?
I was 6 years old in church on Easter Sunday.
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.
I’m a RN at the local pregnancy care center – I do ultrasounds, pregnancy tests, client education, and follow-up after ultrasounds.
5. What is your #1 hobby?
reading
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one?
Yes, Sovereign Grace Community Church
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind.
Nope
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation.
I’m facing a hysterectomy which will end my monthly woes (migraines included) but will also end any hope of having more children. So this is an elation and a disappointment at the same time.
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday.
sleeping late, sitting in a hammock at a beach or mountain cabin
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am lazy and a procrastinator. If I don’t make a schedule for myself, I will waste the whole day doing nothing.
1. Your name and where you live.
Kelly~
Andrews, Texas
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin)
46 not grinning
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting?
I was 8. I was wearing an orange dress with a brown velvet bow. I had on white knee socks. It was in church and I will never forget it.
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 Reading specialist
5. What is your #1 hobby?
Cooking/baking
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one?
Yes. FBC
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind.
I have a precious 12 year old Lab. Her name is Sunny.
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation.
Realizing that my 17 year old son is becoming quite a man.
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday.
Sleep in, coffee, big breakfast with son, walk with dog, something fun with my husband and/or friends.
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am truly down to earth.
1. Lisa Satterlee from Edmond,OK
2. 34 (I’m pretty sure)
3. When I was in the 5th grade at church and I was so excited I told anyone who would listen.
4. I am a high school English teacher.
5. I enjoy reading, crafts of all types, and playing with my kids.
6. Absolutely, Lifechurch.Tv and a lifegroup.
7. We have a ten year old schnauzer named Max, 5 fish, and a snail.
8. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis/ birth of my 2nd baby just 4 months ago.
9. A lazy unplanned day at home with my family…a walk to the park and a movie with my hubby when the kids go to bed.
10.Only the people who really know me know that I am indecisive.
1. My name is Amy and I live in Washington, DC.
2. I am 29 years old.
3. My dad was attending Christ for the Nations in Dallas and my family lived on campus. We were at a children’s event and when they gave an alter call I told my mother I wanted to go forward and ask Jesus in my heart – I was 5 years old and knew exactly what I was doing.
4. I am an administrative officer (glorified assistant)at Georgetown University’s cancer center.
5. Reading and writing (both equally).
6. I am! I attend National Community Church and I love my friends!
7. My family (back in NM) has a dog named Chester (Scottish Terrier) and he IS the life of the family. I don’t have a dog (my pet of choice) here in DC. Very sad, indeed.
8. Not believing in myself or having the determination I’ve needed/biggest elation – knowing that God will use me no matter where I am.
9. Overcast. Really overcast/even raining. Sitting on a covered back back porch with hot tea. Listening to peaceful music. Being still and knowing that He is God.
10 Only people who really know me realize that I am hurting, not perfect, but ready to be used by Him with my arms open wide.
1. Your name and where you live: Jenifer Wakefield – I live outside of Austin, so I’ll just say Austin!
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin) I am a very young at heart 50 yrs old!!
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting? I ran to Jesus as soon as our camp chaplain gave the invitation to “have eternal hope & peace with Jesus.” I was at Highland Lakes Baptist Encampment – 13 years old. We were at an outdoor pavilion, but the weather was storming. The analogy was not lost on me, for my life had been turbulent, destroyed, and I was utterly without hope already! Jesus gave me life & hope that stormy night. I have never been the same. What an impression God made on 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.) I am an admin at my church – Great Hills Baptist Church. I worked in the corporate world for several years – done. Seminary is in the very near future – pursuing a dream of ministry and teaching.
5. What is your #1 hobby? Probably cooking gourmet desserts. 🙂
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one? Oh yes, Great Hills Baptist Church in Austin, TX.
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind. Yes, one really old mutt named Mollie. Bless her heart.
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation. Biggest disappointment: my mom didn’t come to my daughter’s wedding. Ouch. Recent elation: after praying the prayer of Jabez and intercession for my husband for 14 months, the Lord literally open a door for him professionally that changed his life. Seeing the reality of prayer in private coming to pass in the market place, was thrilling for me! It has caught the fire of my heart, my family, our close friends and everyone is seeing the blessing of God. Total wow!
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday. Puttering around the house or yard with my husband – hanging out with no pressing things to do. I guess just doing “nothing.”
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize I am a very simple girl. I lead a very quiet, unassuming life with my family. Because I’m blonde, they think I’m at parties all the time (I am not kidding), and I have this blown up social schedule. Crazy.
1. My name is Melissa and I’m from Black Creek, GA
2. 35
3. I accepted Jesus when I was a teenager, but I didn’t realize that He had accepted me until I was about 22.
4. I work from home with my husband who owns two businesses.
5. Reading
6. I go to Savannah Christian Church.
7. I have 2 German Shorthair Pointers, a boxer, a springer spaniel and a white cat.
8. My most recent disappointment is the amount of taxes we have to pay and the elation would be when my son got his driver’s license.
9. My perfect Saturday would be to sleep in, read all day, go to church, out to eat and home to read some more.
10 Only people who really know me realize that I am a nerd and an airhead both in the same amount.
1 Jenn, Frederick CO
2 37, but I still think I am 27.
3 15-16? On a youth group ski trip to Colorado – I am originally from Illinois.
4 Stay at home Mom.
5 Quilting
6 No, I wish I wasn’t so scared of people.
7 Yes a Dog (Shiba Inu) he is 13, starting to slow down 🙁
8 Lowest, the kids, and the whole family getting the skin infection MRSA.
Highest, making two new friends who have kids. So we can have play dates.
9 Having a happy Hubby. His work stresses him out. I should show him the post Beth put up about being a work martyr. But I don’t think he would get it, so I will pray he gets there by himself.
10 That I am scared of people.
1. Stephanie Knight
Waynesboro, MS
2. 40s almost mid
3. I accepted Jesus as personal Savior at 12 years of age at a youth revival at my home church
4. I teach high school senior English
5. Reading is my #1 hobby
6. I go to Calvary Baptist Church Waynesboro, MS
7. I have a jack russell terrier whose name is Buddy and a gray, black, and white striped kitty named Katniss
8. My biggest recent elation is my 16 year old daughter just celebrated her 2 year post transplant lungiversary (two years since transplant) and Glory to God she is doing fantastic!
9. On the perfect Saturday, I sleep late, clean house a little, swim some, and curl up in my recliner with my dog and cat (my two daughters close by)
10. Only people who really know me realize that I am … I have no idea; I really consider myself an open book-every expression is usually written plainly on my face. My best friend of 20 plus years says I am strong, but I just hold onto the hand of God day by day!
1. Your name and where you live.
Cassie Graves. Norman, OK.
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin)
28 years
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting?
To be honest, this is a sometimes daily thing for me. I am a bit of a control freak and still working on the whole forgiveness thing, so accepting Him as my personal Savior is a constant.
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.)
Just had my first child, a son, 2 weeks ago. So right now, Hutton’s momma is my official title : )
5. What is your #1 hobby?
Long conversations with my momma.
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one?
Just started attending Journey Church here in Norman
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind.
We have Frank the beta fish
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation.
Biggest recent disappointment is that my son’s father is not and does not want to be involved in his life in any capacity.
Biggest elation is each moment with my son… he continually astounds me.
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday.
Getting to sleep for a solid 8 hours the night before, spending the day with my mom and my son, nothing big or extravagant. Simple things with lasting memories.
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am… not nearly as put together as I appear.
1. Dawn Campbell, living in Mankato, MN
2. 38 years old
3. I feel like I’ve always known of Jesus as my savior, but it all “clicked” for me in 7th grade during confirmation classes while studying the Apostles Creed, the section on the Holy Spirit. It’d be safe to say that I “accepted” him most fully into my life in my 20s, telling Him, “Take over, please!”
4. My occupation is Nursing Home Administrator.
5. crocheting seems to be the #1 hobby lately.
6. I attend regular services at the church my husband grew up in – Centenary Methodist in Mankato. I’m not completely invested. I keep on keeping-on because of a word received at one of Beth’s simulcasts from Psalm 37 verse 3. “dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture”. I don’t enjoy this body or denomination, but I also don’t feel called strongly to leave. It’s like He keeps saying, “Bloom where you’re planted”.
7. We have 2 dogs (Zoe & Felix), 1 cat (Zi), a smattering of fish, and a turtle. Yes, we have pets.
8. Biggest elation: planning a Christmas/New Year’s vacation with family in anticipation of getting to meet 3rd grandchild to be born in December. (You can be a step-grandma at any age!)
9. A perfect Saturday would involve both my husband and me starting the day with a big pot of coffee, prayers/devotions, and then deciding that the housework can be on hold for one more day. The weather would be divinely fitting for a hike down by a riverbed and we’d explore the rocks and water and hike the MN River Valley in a warm-afternoon sun. Actually, we just had this perfect Saturday on Sept 29th and we also stuck around long enough to watch the full-moon rise over the Red Jacket Trestle.
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am … able to see the humor in just about everything. I find that God has an awesome sense of humor and sometimes, the joke is on us.
I am 59 (although the next number scares me a little)
I accepted the Lord on November 10, 1963 in Pioneer Girls-Mrs. Alexander was my teacher and she had a beautiful Scottish voice. That being said, for MANY years I would have said I was a Christian but I am sure many times God would have wished that I would stop saying that. I did so many things for which I have sought (and received) God’s forgiveness. However, there are still consequences with which we live, but God gives grace upon grace.
I am a high school English teacher in Newtown, PA
I attend Hope Community Bible Church in Flanders, NJ where my husband pastors a small but mighty church.
We have two doggies: a pit bull Boxer mix Theodore -10years old and a Boxer Lincoln – 6 years old
My greatest event in my life is my wedding anniversary – 35 years on 10/15 – every day with my beloved is a blessing. Number two is our grandson Adrian – 2 1/2
My greatest disappointment is the fact that our son walked away from God and married a woman who is so angry and antagonistic towards anything Christian.
My best Sundays are full of singing and worshipping with my husband, my sister, and our church.
The people who know me best know that I will always support the people I love and that I love them beyond measure but I fear losing them and living life without them.
I found this blog after the simulcast. What I blessing! I look forward to reading and sharing. I live in Cottage Grove, Oregon (Near Eugene… Home of the Oregon Ducks) and have been walking with the Lord since 1996. I accepted the Lord at a dramatic presentation of Heaven’s Gates and Hell’s Flames and my life has not been the same since. At that time I was a single mother deparately in need of her saviour. Three years ago I met the man that I KNOW the Lord had for me to marry. At 42 I am loving every minute God has given me with him. I serve in my local church as the Children’s Ministry Coordinator… fancy title for someone who wants to see kids have their own personal relationship with their Lord. My son is 21 and is not walking with the Lord and that is a daily struggle but I know God has a plan for his life too..
1. Cathy – Spring Branch, TX
2. 49
3. Mother’s Day (5/11) 1975 – Children’s church
4. Accountant – SEC reporting
5. Yoga
6. Yes! Oak Hills Church – North Central
7. Indeed! – three cats: Scooter (13) and “the twins” Gracie and Chloe (4)
8. Biggest recent disappointment: crazy nervous for a worship team audition / biggest recent elation: I was invited to join the worship team rotation anyway!
9. Plan A – getting to spend the day with my hubby, sleep in, go to Magnolia Pancake Haus, and just hang out. Plan B (since Plan A isn’t currently an option) – go for an early morning run (in cool weather), catch a yoga class, and just hang out at home.
10. Only people who really know me realize that I am pretty (okay extremely) indecisive and I love to do research (to have the best info while waffling in indecision!)
1. Lisa from Bethany, OK
2. 46
3. In 7th grade at a youth revival where an exconvict explained how we were all sinners and his straight forward, uneducated,unpretentious, grace-filled testimony made everything I had read in the bible make sense.
4. Today is the start of my 25th fall break as a high school math teacher in a public school!
5. Reading
6. Crossings Community Church
7. My best friends little boys bought me three goldfish b/c they thought I was lonely. They named them Rocky, Comet, and Fishzilla. I prefer to call them Uno, Dos, and Tres.
8. That the 3 little boys mentioned above have a different fall break than mine this year so they do not get to come stay at my house where we have some grand adventures. Elation holding my newborn great niece.
9. Sleeping in till I decide to get up, no plans, wearing my favorite sweats and thermal shirt, doing things I enjoy, watching sports, taking a nap if I feel like it, reading and a bowl of ice cream!
10. Only people who really know me realize I am very sentimental.
1. Carolyn Schwindt Kearney Nebraska
2. Just turned 38 (groan!)
3. 1998 I grew up in the Church but finally ‘got it’ when a coworker invited me to join a Bible Study.
4. Hair Stylist / Therapist 🙂
5. See question 7 🙂
6. Holy Cross Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Kearney Nebraska
7. We have one 12 year old lab mix named Chunk, we just had to put down his 12 year old lab mix partner in crime named Squirt :(, a kitty named Not (as in not our cat), another kitty named Toes Gambino (has 7 toes on each paw), a bunny named Fud ( as in Elmer Fud)—and we have been adopted by stray/dumped mama kitty that my husband has named Miss Pissy Pants for her stellar attitude!
8. Extended family situation that is getting much worse…….my Step Mother wants to borrow one of the Beth Moore studies I have for her and a small group to do during Lent, they are all Catholic and is their first time doing a study!!! :):):):):):):):):)
9. Get up at 9ish….read paper over coffee and chat with hubby….take Chunk for a walk…..watch the Nebraska Cornhusker Football team win BIG….while eating some of my hubby’s home made chili…
10. Very emotionally sensitive…. I try to be the tough girl who can handle anything.
1. Your name and where you live.
Karen Dixie, Lexington KY
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin)
EARLY 40’s
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting?
1980over care ministry sausage and pancakes On Saturdays
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 Benefits counselor (insurance agent) cancer plans mostly and maternity Short Term Disability
5. What is your #1 hobby?
Zumba
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one?
Christian new church plant, amazing story!
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind.
Yes a Beagle Jack Russell hound
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation.
My printer broke/Love of him surrounding me in a thanks giving prayer
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday.
2 hours of Zumba with my sisters in Christ, go for lunch at a tea room visit the boutique gift shop and then pedicure and date with my husband
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me I am just trying to figure my life out and any given moment I could breakdown in tears for wanting to relay my love for Jesus.
1. Angie – currently just like a gypsy working and traveling with all my “stuff” in storage!
2. 36 and single and looking! Never been married!
3. When I was 8 years old at church I grew up in
4. Oh work … was laid off in April; got my alternative teaching cert, but no teaching job yet; currently helping a friend out for the fall selling cowhides in her booth at Antiques Week, AQHA Congress, AQHA World and National Finals Rodeo!
5. Honestly – being with my family and/or friends.
6. When I am in Houston … YES! Bayou City and loving it!! Was at 2nd Baptist for 11 years prior.
7. You know it — Barney the Bichon! Just made a 1313 mile road trip with me and my dog driving a truck and 24′ cargo trailer and he slept most of the way!!
8. Being laid off/Being laid off! Figuring out what I want/get to do next and the gift of time in between!
9. Yummy breakfast, drinking coffee, seeing the Littles (my nephew and nieces) plus my family, out with friends in the evening – perfection would be to an old dance hall in a small town!!
10 Only people who really know me realize that I am a former Rodeo Queen. 🙂
Missy from N. Myrtle Beach, SC. I am almost 52 years old. I accepted Jesus at 15 while at a Bible Club Camp. I am in full time Christian Ministry and a 24/7 Caregiver. I love fishing and shell collecting. I teach an Adult Sunday school class and Tuesday Small group Bible study at Ocean Drive Presbyterian Church. I have a cat and kitten plus a pet DUCK! My biggest disappointment has been the delay in purchasing a new home- greatest elation is knowing that I am in God’s will! On Saturdays, I like to fish or curse down the riverwalk, play games with family/friends and then finish off the evening by preparing for my SS class. People who really know me know that I am a WUSS! =)
I’m sure it was a typo, but you said on Saturdays, you like to “curse down the riverwalk.” that’s my laugh for the day!
Opps Kim…MY BAD. Thanks for being so observant. That would be CRUISE down the Riverwalk.
I knew you meant “cruise” down the riverwalk, too, but it surely made me laugh out loud!!! 😀
1. Your name and where you live. Wendee, Houston
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? When I was somewhere around 11, through a Go Ask Alice mailaway bible study! I became an atheist for years after but came back to Christ after reading the Bible in college.
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.
I’m a freelance writer and photographer, specializing in science, nature, conservation.
5. What is your #1 hobby?
Traveling!
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one?
Woodlands Church East
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind.
3 cats
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation.
Heartbreak over estrangement and struggles in communication with my 17-year old daughter, and seeing my pain get triggered by her behavior and disappointment with myself. Elation – my new kitten Pippin who I adore!!
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday.
Visiting orphaned baby sloths in the slothpital in Costa Rica. Hopefully this will happen soon! 🙂 Anything watching wildlife, anywhere!
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am…. this is a tough one bc I’m a very heart on my sleeve person and blog and write about my struggles. I’d say a hot mess but that’s probably obvious from my blog. LOL. Perhaps that I have diarrhea of the mouth when I am upset… 🙂 The Lord isn’t through with me yet!
1. Mary Lou Eoff
Ramona, CA.
2. mid 40’s
3. I accepted Christ when I was 14. I had been home due to a rare illness during that time when my sister had begun witnessing to me and taking me to church when I could go.
4. I was a special education teacher for many years. After I got married–later in life, I became a stay at home wife and took care of our aging parents.
5. My number one hobby? Besides taking care of my husband? 😉 Tough one. I feel like I’m finally getting a moment to take time to have one these days. Just put together a craft room–so I’m a little excited where that will take me!
6. We go to Maranatha Chapel in San Diego.
7. We have a tiny bundle of fur named Jenny. She’s a shorthair domestic 12 year old cat, that thinks she’s a 2 year old.
8. Disappointment–that I was unable to attend my sister’s 50th birthday celebration due to illness.
Elation–my brother’s reaction to seeing me for the first time since I’ve lost 100 pounds!
9. My perfect Saturday would involve getting up early, heading out to have coffee/morning dish to share with my husband, have devotionals and gabbing for awhile before we head out for the day. Go for a walk along the coast or down by the marina. Go for a drive, listening to music and enjoying each other’s company as we head to a town to walk around. (We love to explore) Head back for an early dinner and go to our Saturday night service (our church has Saturday night services, and my husband likes to go to that service).
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am crazy for old movies! I know a lot of obscure facts and have been kidded that I should be the next person to be on AMC or TCM for the “little known fact” person in between movies. LOL!
1. Anne living in rural, Waller County, TX
2. mid 40’s
3. Raised in a certain denomination that didn’t encourage a personal relationship with Christ. That never felt “right” to me, in my 20’s I accepted Christ as my Savior.
4. SAHM
5. Reading!!
6. Baptist church in Washington County
7. 2 GARGANTUAN yellow labs, Ricky and Bobby
8. Biggest Recent Disappointment: realizing a close friend was not the person I thought she was.
Biggest Recent Elation: everyday joy that my two children bring me.
9. Perfect Saturday: sleep in, read, shop, read, nap and dinner with my family,
10. Only people who really know me realize that I am a walking contradiction: a people person yet a loner…talk a mile a minute yet like the quiet…love to socialize yet hate to socialize.
SAHM- the toughest job around! Hang in there!
I’m always a date late & a dollar short!
1) Tracy Hays in Simpsonville, SC
2)40 for 12 hours, now 🙂
3)5 years old in the living room of the house I grew up in with my precious Daddy. Fully submitted to Christ and began full relationship with Him in 2001–ironically in my living room…
4)I am a full-time wife and Mommy to David and John David our 3 year-old son. (Poster child for The Strong-willed Child! Grin)
5)Reading.
6)Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC
7)Yes. Rocco, the sweetest 7-year old pug dog you will ever meet! Rocco and his older “brother”, Albert (now wherever good dogs go after life) have provided raucous snoring “praise” accompaniment to many of Siesta Momma’s studies and homework!
8)Biggest disappointment: I think just me–getting bogged down by life and not remembering the power of Christ that lives in me. Biggest elation: God meeting me where I needed it most the past 5 days and providing some sweet times of rest and relaxation and some sweet times with my Man.
9)Just had it this past Saturday–got a rare time to sleep in a little. Went for mani and pedi. Home to time with my two favorite men. Had an afternoon to read, watch some TV in bed, short nap. Then had a date night where I got to get dolled up and had dinner in a resteraunt we could NEVER take a 3 year old!
10)Only people who really know me realize that I am really a loner at heart and crave silence and alone time even though I am the “life of the party” otherwise. And I am one step away from the looney bin!
1. Your name and where you live.
Kim, Louisville, KY
2. Your age or general age grouping (grin)
44
3. When did you accept Jesus as your personal Savior and, in briefest possible terms, what was the setting?
in college. Christ had been pursuing me for quite a while, and finally i surrendered to Jesus while praying and crying in my bedroom.
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’m a reading instructor
5. What is your #1 hobby?
reading!
6. Are you currently invested in a local body of believers? If so, which one?
yes. facts of faith fellowship
7. Do you have pets? If so, you surely know we’ve got to know what kind.
no i don’t. 🙁
8. Your biggest recent disappointment – slash – your biggest recent elation.
my biggest recent disappointment was friends who didn’t follow through on supporting me in a business endeavor. my biggest recent elation was finding out a relative has begun attending Bible study for the first time in his life (he’s 55).
9. Describe your idea of the perfect Saturday.
sleeping in. a long lunch with friends where we linger around the table, talking and laughing. then a good movie in the evening with buttered popcorn and coke.
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I am
very insecure and that i have a wicked sense of humor.
1. My name is Lynn and I live in Pittsburgh, PA
2. I am 47
3. I accepted Jesus as my personal Savior as a child, I’m
not sure what my age was.
4. I am a teacher’s aide at an elementary school in the
life skills room – I can’t wait to meet these kids in
heaven.
5. My #1 hobby is hiking in the woods with my family.
6. I have belonged to Tetelestai church since I was 17.
7. I have no pets – and my 12 year old daughter is very
disappointed about that.
8. My biggest disappointment was not telling my mom how
much I loved her before she died this past February.
9. My perfect Saturday would start off with quite time with the Lord (no interruptions); making breakfast for my
husband and three kids; going on a long hike with them through local woods – or exploring new ones; stopping for
ice cream BEFORE our pizza dinner while we watch The
Princess Bride.
10. Only people who really know me know how insecure I am.
1. Carol – Kokomo IN
2. 59
3. Never had an acceptance moment – just always have (as a kid, didn’t realize there was a choice!)
4. customer service, commercial insurance
5. reading
6. small, country United Methodist
7. golden retriever named Macie. only pet I’ve ever had and can’t believe how attached I am!
8. Goin on vacation next week and the whole week is supposed to rain
9. Sunshine, book, iced tea
10 Complete this sentence: Only people who really know me realize that I pretty shy. Acting silly is a cover up.
Sarah, Jasper, TN
age 51
3. At 19 I confessed my sins and accepted Christ as my own personal Savior; very powerful at a Lay Witness Renewal conference in Memphis, TN
4. RN
5. I like to read and grow flowers.
6. FBC, Jasper, TN where my husband is the pastor
7. A dachshund named Puck; not sure I would call him a pet either
8. I have recently left a job due to health reasons and management changes that I dearly loved but recently saw my daughter married to a wonderful man.
9. No alarm clock on Saturday is just fine with me.
10. Only people who really know me realize that I am learning to speak up and listen more.
1. Laura Courtright from Zeeland, MI (Feel the Zeel!)
2. An fresh-fruity early 40’s kinda gal
3. I accepted Jesus at the age of nine at a Billy Graham Crusade! It was at the Pontiac Silverdome, right down on the football field, that a little white haired lady prayed with me to ask Jesus into my heart…Then we sang “Because He Lives” with 72,000 people 🙂
4. I am an Adjunct Professor of English Composition and College Reading at Grand Rapids Community College. (You’ve been to the VanAndel Arena in GR Beth!)
5. Do my girlfriends count as my hobby? I love them dearly. Anything social is my hobby!
6. I go to engedi church in Holland, MI. It’s a lively group (lots of Hope College kids) and the teaching is stellar! We are moving next door into the former Kmart building soon 🙂
7. I have a Chihuahua named Nappy (Napoleon) and a Cockapoo named Bentley. I never wanted a dog and now I have two! I love the CHI-WAH – He is tooooo funny!
8. I was disappointed to wake up to a flood in my house last month — but it turned into new carpet for the second floor and fresh painted walls!
9. Waking up late, breakfast on the way to the beach with my favorite man, a good book and the sound of waves.
10 Only people who really know me realize that I am a crazy impromptu dancer! With any style of music I can cut a different groove;)
1. Sharon- Modesto,CA.
2. 56 oh boy :o)
3. 4 years old in church mom wouldn’t let me go down front but I remember that moment. Strayed a bit but going strong now
4. Register nurse
5. Digging in the dirt (gardening) and cooking I love mixing it up in the kitchen!
6.Big valley grace Modesto
7. Trinity /bull terrier. Bear/ Doberman/ bull mastiff mix. Dally doodle Corgi / dachshund mix. Blaze our palamino horse
8. That our finances are still a struggle but I know God is working! Elation my man let me go to living proof in long beach! Yes!
9. Getting up late for a nice breakfast with My man then working on a project together or irrigating I love irrigating the field!
10. Tough one.. people really don’t know me at all… I’m working on that one though… making myself more vulnerable
1. My name is Rebecca B. and I live in Springfield, OH.
2. I turned 40 in August of this year. 🙂
3. I believe I was around 15 when I was first saved in a little Freewill Baptist Church in Catawba, Ohio. I didn’t understand what I had accepted at the time and it took about twenty years for me to finally get what it meant to be saved.
4. I’m a published author, a student who is getting ready to complete her second Master’s degree in Religion and the mother of one beautiful little girl.
5. I love to write.
6. I’m a member of CrossPointe Community Church in Springfield, OH.
7. No pets that live with me. My ex-husband got custody of our Yorkies in the divorce. 🙁
8. I’ve been under a cloud lately due to some sinful behavior that crept back into my life when I thought I had things figured out. Happily, I recently took a stand and threw part of that problem out of my life, choosing instead to reach for Jesus from now on.
9. Writing, reading, having fun with my daughter, listening to or watching Beth Moore, Joyce Meyer, Jentezen Franklin, or Joel Osteen.
10 Only people who really know me realize that I am terribly afraid I don’t measure up, but that I keep trying anyway.
Thanks Beth! God bless you!
1. My name is Missy and I live in Sumter, SC.
2. I am 45 (yikes…when did that happen?!)
3. I grew up in church, accepted Jesus when I was 9 years old, but did not really understand the importance of a real relationship with God until I was 20.
4. I am a RN- currently the director of a hospice agency. I miss patient care, though, and if I can ever get someone to take over my position, I’ll get back to my patients. Really love hospice! 🙂
5. I love to read, garden, and decorate. Pinterest is an obsession right now! Made a couple of wreaths and have my Fall decor inside and out looking so cute!
6. Yes, I am a member of Alice Dr. Baptist Church and I have a monthly Bible study with some wonderful girls. I’m hosting the study at my house next week! We’re currently doing the study, Remembering the Forgotten God by Francis Chan. Life changing.
7. I have never been without a pet my entire life. Currently “the love of my life” is a 7 pound yorkie named Brinkley. He is a mama’s boy for sure and I just adore him. Watching him sleep and snore right now. 😉
8. Biggest recent disappointment: my current job…has not been what I hoped for. My biggest recent elation: the engagement of my niece who is like my daughter…going wedding dress shopping on Saturday! Woohoo! And counting down the days to my Jamaican vacation in 5 weeks!!!!
9. A perfect Saturday for me would be sleeping late…I’m talking 10 or 11:00. Slowly waking up, housework already done (you said a ‘perfect’ Saturday!), reading some, cuddling with Brinkley, then going to dinner with my fella and watching a good movie.
10. Only people who really know me realize that my house is cluttered and I’m kind of a tomboy. I wear nice clothes to work all week, have blonde cut similar to yours, Beth, and looked “fixed” when I go to work, church, etc… But I really like to put my hair in a ponytail, dress down, and just play! Some people can’t believe I even cut my own grass! Crazy.