Siesta Scripture Memory Team Celebration
We're just days away from our big celebration, ladies! I can't believe it's almost here. There are about 500 of you coming, which is going to make for a really fun group. I'd like to share a few last minute things with you.
1) Siesta Anne told us that some Siestas have decided to wear pink feather boas while they're traveling and once they're in Houston so that they can easily recognize each other. They asked me to let all the Siestas know so that everyone can join in the fun. We've heard that Michaels and Hobby Lobby might be good places to look for those. Siesta Teri even came up with a verse to support the boas. (If anyone needs an extra verse to memorize last minute, here you go!)
"He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart." (Psalm 91:4)
Love it!
2) We sent out an email earlier this month with information on how to order a Siesta SMT Celebration t-shirt. We know that some of you did not get this email because it was caught in your spam filter and we're so sorry about that. It is too late to order a t-shirt, but we will have a few extras available for purchase at the resource table on Friday evening.
3) Beth will be dressing casually this weekend and she welcomes you to do the same.
4) The most frequently asked question we've had is where to eat Mexican food. That makes me laugh so hard, y'all!
Here are my picks for Tex-Mex close-ish to the church.
Pappasito's
Escalante's
Guadalajara
Ninfa's on Post Oak
Houston girls, am I leaving something out?
If you love fine Chinese food and you happen to be at the Galleria, my current favorite is Gigi's Asian Bistro, which is located in the mall.
Oh my word, I am so hungry right now!
If you're here on Thursday night and want to splurge on a great steak, we have a great restaurant called Taste of Texas. If you go on a weekend night you'll have a very long wait, which is why Thursday night might be best.
5) Don't forget your Scripture spirals!
6) Here's a link to our Siesta SMT Celebration FAQ page in case anyone has a question.
Friday can't come soon enough!
Love,
Amanda
posted by Amanda @ 2:58 PM
233 Comments
233 Comments:
Whaaaa! Wish I were going to be there. I'll look at my spiral and will be there in thought. And I'm excited to be attending my first LPM event in Tampa in April.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Yay! Can't wait!!
Warm in Alaska.
I'm so excited about this weekend!! I'm praying for the message that Beth will share and I'm praying I can write my notes fast enough to keep up with Beth's teaching!! I'm almost counting the hours...:o)
Wooo whooo! We're so excited. Heading to Hobby Lobby to get our boas - that should be so fun! and make it easier to double up on taxi rides too! Get away Satan - you will have no victory in our lives, we're hiding 'neath His feathery wing! Till Friday.
A Cord of Three Strands
Karen, Christy, Cheryl
Jay, OK
Wish I were going to be there, but will be praying for a blessed time for all you gals.
Sue in Visalia, CA
REALLY wish I could be there. For the Mexican food, for Beth, for a T-shirt! BOO-HOO! Any way those of us who memorized our verses can still get one sent to us?
Congrats to all my fellow Siestas who memorzied their verses and to all of you who will be at the Celebration, have a blast!
Yea!!! I can hardly wait to get there! Not sure if I'll find a pink boa but what a fun idea. See you all on Friday.
Thank you for those helpful tips. Psalm 91:4 is actually one of my memory verses...how cool.
See you soon,
Janae
I will join Joyce in the "Whaaaa!" But it is probably for the best, because we are expecting our first "Whaaaa!" in the form our first grandchild any day now.
Can't wait to hear how God shows up.
I love the pink boa idea! This is going to be a blast!!!
See you all on Friday. We are coming in on Thursday afternoon and leaving on Sunday so we East Coast girls get to see a little of Houston while we are there. Thank you for giving us an opportunity to Worship Him in Houston! Awesome!
Lori
Cafe Adobe is one of our new fav's here in Houston. I know there may not be any super close, but for those who are great with directions, it will totally be worth the drive!
First time I have been on an airplane without my children in 3 years. What will I do without the stress of getting through security with enough homeland security approved baby/toddler drinks and snacks to survive a flight. Just me, my spiral, and of course some extra Galleria spending $! Wahooooo! So excited for a Siesta-filled, mommy alone-time weekend.
Heather Charton
Borger, TX
I will be praying for y'all. wish I could be there, but, I'm really getting excited for the teaching sessions -- Me Myself and Lies is really hitting some buttons here in Stayton, OR!
I just may have to go to Michael's and get me a pink feather boa. . .or maybe knit a cute scarf with some pink fun fur!
Love y'all
Thanks for posting about the boas, Amanda!
Siestas, how terrible would it be if we didn't recognize each other in the airport or restaurants or hotels? Wrap yourself in a glorious pink boa and we will definitely be able to find each other. We'll look awesome too. :-)
Can't wait!
Love,
Anne
Lorton, VA
I so wish I could be with y'all. I am reviewing my 2009 spiral every weekend and am on verse 2 for 2010 on my own. THANKS for blessing me with this challenge last year. God used the discipline to transform me. I can learn (so much deeper than just memorizing) scripture!! This blows me away and is nothing short of a miracle. I will be y'all in spirit and am praying for all at the celebration this weekend. Have a blast! CONGRATULATIONS to all who learned their verses.
Pictures, pictures, pictures pretty please!!!!
Just like Joyce said Whaaaa!!! I am Double WHaaaaaa..no triple Whaaaaa......no QUADRUPLE WHAAAAA!!!! Seriously choked up right now that I cannot be there... But I will be praying it will be the best LPM eventever!!!!! Would you please lift up all the siestas who did the verses but couldnt be there in prayer?? Love you all....and have the best time ever!!!
Yes, I totally missed the t-shirt email. So bummed about that. But I'll buy one there!
Looking so forward to this. Can't wait to leave Fort Worth and head to Houston!
Love, Shelli
Thank you so much for posting this. I CANNOT WAIT!!
My only real concern is the humidity level. I would really like for my hair to look cute, but humidity and my hair are not friends. So I'm sefishly hoping that Houston is still experiencing that streak of low-humidity. If not, I'll be the girl in the bathroom flat-ironing her at every break! ;)
Sooooo excited...
I'm sitting in an "interesting" hotel "lobby" in Billings MT, waiting for my flight early early early tomorrow to see Fuzzy Top (Adrienne) and then we travel to Houston on Friday. My stomach hurts....I'm so excited!! See you in a few days.
Melana and of course MIESTA MOOSE!!!
What an awesome thing you guys have done! I have just joined this blog and LOVE the Seista SMT idea, and how fantastic to get to share with one another what God has done in your lives this past year! Have a BLAST!
Amanda,
I'm one of the ones who inquired about Mexican food. Let me say..... Very important!!:) Cannot wait!!!!!
Susan in OKC
PS - prime shopping would be a good question too!?!
Have fun Ladies! Wish I had stuck it out for the year. Knowing God is celebrating with you!
Can I say how excited I am?! I am so stinkin excited! I can't wait to be among such a great group of scripture memorizing siestas!!! You ladies rock!!! See you in Houston!
You are so right, "Friday can not come soon enough!"
I am so excited about the celebration, and about the road trip with a great friend!
Thank you so much Beth, Amanda, Melissa, and All of the LPM staff!
and Travis and Curtis. . .and Keith. . .
My husband made the statement that he had never wanted to do anything bad enough to get up at 3:00 a.m, drive an hour to an airport to fly to Houston Texas and return back to said airport the following night by 9:30 p.m. to drive an hour home. I told him I've NEVER wanted to do anything this bad either. Now we've thrown in pink boas! I just thought I was excited! Praying for our safety, our health and that we all get there on time. So excited about praising our God with all the other siestas!
Vicki Knott
Greenwood, SC
Can't wait!
I am so sad that I won't be there! I memorized all my verses and really loved every minute of it. I pray you all have a wonderfully blessed weekend. I think I might go and buy myself a boa to wear anyway!
ps- Is there any way more t-shorts can be made for those of us who completed the challenge, but couldn't attend the event?
I only wish I lived there!! All 500 of you have an awesome weekend and go expecting to meet with Jesus!
Did my verses but didn't get logged on every month.......maybe next round. Have a great time!
Cannot wait!!!! SOOO excited!!!
Nothing related to the post.
I am a pastors wife and everything is crumbling around me. I am hanging on to my 5 statements of faith. Could use some prayer.
I bailed out of the Siesta Scripture Memory Team pretty early on basically because I am a wife, mom, part time worker, and full time college student. I found myself stressing out about memorizing scripture amidst writing term papers, coaching soccer, and trying to keep my GPA good enough to keep my scholarships. (I have a 3.942 right now...blasted B+ my first semester, grrrr.) Anyway, reading this blog post made me SO happy. I am ecstatic for my siestas who've stuck it out all the way to the end! It makes me so happy that they'll be able to enjoy a weekend together celebrating a job well done! I pray you all have an awesome time in the presence of the One! Yaaaaaaaaaaay! It's so good!
GREAT JOB SIESTAS!
Love,
Teri
Romeo, MI
My husband is bringing me to Houston. He would think I lost my mind for sure if I wore a pink feather boa!
But I think it's a great idea, and I'll secretly be looking for pink feathers while we're driving.
:-)
Can't wait! My hubby is driving me so I wouldn't have to travel alone - I'll be on the lookout for pink boas so the chick bonding can commence!
Absolutely cannot wait to be a part of this year's worth of memory verse and blog entry celebration. I'm flying from Atlanta early Friday morning and can't wait to see all my siestas.
Love to you all,
Dear Siestas who cannot come to the celebration,
You will be missed!!!
Anne, what a great idea about the boas! I will set out to find one tomorrow, and one for my siesta friend as well.
Looking forward to Friday!
Melissa
Asheville, NC
Whoo-Hoo! I'm so excited-can't wait.
Pink feather boas--lol! Our DIL wore a pink boa at her baby shower here right after Christmas and we're still finding 'Jess-feathers' all over our house. I love it-I say a little prayer for her with each one!
I love Psalm 91:4, it is one of my SSMT verses and one I prayed for our son while he was deployed!
Can't wait to see everyone...travel safe!
Oh girls!!!
I'm so sad that I'm not there this weekend. (My attitude is quite stinky about this.) I think I just might wear a pink boa all weekend just for the fun of it. :)
Hugs!
stephanie
To the pastor's wife who commented on here: I want you to know that I am covering you and your marriage in prayer!!
This is a special note to annonymous. I hold you Pastor's Wives in the hightest of esteem. My heart is breaking that everything is crumbling around you. Since New Year's Day, the same can be said of mine. I can't even explain what has been happening to our family but I can tell you this, hold on to our Lord Jesus Christ with all that you have. He is holding on to you. When our world crashed in on January 1st of this year I went straight to my Bible and this is where the Holy Spirit brought me to Romans 5:1-5 Apologetics Study Bible:
"Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Also through Him, we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance, endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope. This hope does not disappoint, because God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spririt who was given to us."
Even though our affliction is ever present we are giving the Lord praise. I know he is there with us through all we are going through and he will see us through this. I pray that you can praise Him through your storm. I will be praying for you my dear Sister in Christ.
In His Love, Lori
I'm so jealous. Hope everyone has a wonderful time. Beth take care of yourself.
Liz
Amanda: I am so excited! I'm coming with 3 other Georgia siestas and we are counting down to the last few days now!
Thank you for all the updates, especially about the casual dress and Mexican food!
Can't wait to see everyone!
Much love,
Georgia Jan
I wish with all my heart that my spiral and I could be there...I will pray for all of you and will be with you in spirit.
Cindy, Lake City, FL
Anonymous Pastor's Wife:
I am also a Pastor's wife and I am praying for you right now.
I am so sorry that everything is crumbling around you - and I'm praying that you will soon know the peace of the Solid Rock under your feet.
Take care sweet sister,
Georgia Jan
I think Lupe has THE BEST fajitas!
www.lupetortilla.com
So looking forward to our celebration!
I really wanted to be there, but for one reason or another, I just didn't get the go ahead for this. though I did get the go ahead to go to LPM in Green Bay, where Beth was almost in my lap the first night there! ;)
(my friend next to me was petrified she would, so I was sure we were gonna get her right there!!!!) LOL
Anyway, It is a God thing that I'm not going, cause my new part time job at my church is having a huge celebration this Saturday night that I am in charge per job requirements, so... all in all, though I will be sad to miss it, and did all the memory verses....
I AM SO PROUD OF YOU ALL! :) HAVE A GREAT TIME FOR ME!
God bless,
Heather
Mosinee, WI
I SO wish I was coming!! Have the most wonderful time!! Praying the Lord will cover you with His feathers this weekend!! :)
oh WHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I so wish I could be there. I will be wearing a pink boa to school on Friday and I am sure my little butterflies will think their teacher has lost her mind. I will be there in spirit....please put up pictures for us siestas who learned our verses but can't be there...pretty please!!!!
Have fun my sweets.
love and blessings
Tammy S.
I agree with REVJEN...ya gotta make more teashirts for the ones who could not attend but would love a teashirt!!!
Soooooooo looking forward to seeing my Siestas!!
If anyone needs to be carted around town, I have a big suburban!
Pappasito's is second to none! The one on Richmond near Hillcroft is not nearly as crowded as the I-10 location!
If you like Dim-Sum, Gigi's Asian Bistro in the Galleria is the place to go. All you care to enjoy for one low price of $15.95 or you can just order off the menu. Be sure and sit in the cherry blossom dining room.
If anyone cares to go to Lakewood Church on Saturday night, I could probably help you out with some close seating. Drop me an email.
Blessings on your travel and time in Houston!!
Welcome Y'all!!
Lots of love!!!
Roxanne
rmworsham@comcast.net
I sure wish I could be with you all! The date conflicted with an annual mission trip folks from our region (S.E. KS) take to Beautiful Feet, a church that serves and reaches out to the homeless and inner city population of Ft. Worth. I had to miss last year's trip so felt like I needed to try to go this year. Will miss you all -- have a wonderful time!
I am SOOO excited! Can't wait to hug everyone and put faces with names!!!
YEAH! Emmy : )
Praying right now for those who wish they could be there : ( I know that has got to be hard! You will be so missed!
Oh, I so wish I could come. I especially love the pink boa idea and the verse. It just happens to have been one of my verses for 2009!
I'm counting down the hours!!
I'll be arriving Thursday evening at 5:40pm and picking up a rental car. I'll stop for all pink feather boas!!!
Anyone staying at the Omni Thurs night who wants to go for Mexican, please message me!
wiredfortravel at rogers dot com
I am not going to be able to be there but I am praying and am excited hearing the details. Wish I could be with you.
Oh, Beth, on one of the home shopping channels, not sure which one, I seen Living Proof hair fullness or thickness....not sure excatly what...I was channell surfing and thought of you. Are you expanding. We know you love your big hair.
To all who are goint to the event, have a great time!
I cannot wait!!! I have created a million lists in order to leave my five kiddos in good hands for a week (my hubby and I decided to make a little vacation out of this). I love the feather boa idea - wonder how the hubs will like me wearing that in the airport? LOL!
Anonymous Pastors wife...I am praying for you!!!
SO bummed that I can't be there!! But, I thank God for the way you challenged us to memorize scripture! My spiral is very worn! Praying for all of you to have an encounter with the Living God this weekend!!
Is there anyway that those of us that could not make it could get a T-shirt? I didn't get the email.
Love and many prayers!!
I am so excited i can barely stand it!
My mom will be finishing up a round of Chemo on Wednesday and then we will be flying out on Thursday morning. I would appreciate prayers for her. Thursday will be long hard travel day for her. please pray that God would give her extra strength for thursday and actually for the weekend as well. Thank you for giving us this opportunity to memorize scripture together this past year. It has really helped us through some tough times.
Pink boas, before my moms surgery for Ovarian cancer my sisters and i bought boas for her and us and we had a party in her hospital room. We bought her a princess crown too. I am pretty sure the hospital staff thought we were all nuts!!! Guess i better dig them out again ! thankfully this is for a much happier event!
I am displaced Houstonian going home just for this event. I also recommend Lupe Tortillas for Mexican Food. There is one out west near I-10 and Hwy 6. I know there are others, but I am not sure where. Probably my favorite, followed closely by Pappasitos.
Wednesday morning we'll set out for the drive to Houston. I pray that all siestas have safe travel and that God will meet us there, pink boas and all!
Thank you Beth, and LPM for this awesome gift!
And, to anonymous, I'm lifting you up in prayer this very moment.
I can hardly stand it I'm so excited: celebrating our 2009 accomplishment, seeing Beth :), a getaway with my hubby (fist one in over 6 years!), far from the cold and snow of Minnesota, kids (all 5 of them) safely with Grandma & Grandpa for the (long) weekend! See you all on Friday. I'm really, really not the pink boa type . . . and yet I'm considering it just a tad!
Blessings,
Shana
Your comment, anonymous, jumped out at me just now, and I wanted to tell you that I am praying for you. I'm dealing with some crumblings myself...and I feel the pain in your post. Remember, God is near to the broken-hearted. (((Hugs)))
I am also wishing like heck I'd found this blog a year ago and could join the siestas in Houston. SO. MUCH. FUN! I hope to catch you all the next go round, and having faith you WILL have a next go round!
How is it possible to be near tears over missing 500 people I've never met? But miss you, I will this weekend. I blocked out my husband's calendar for Friday night and strongly suggested he take me on a date, so that I won't be too depressed about missing the SMT. The wonderful man offered to take me out for Mexican food, listen to me say my verses, and try to say "siesta-like" things!! Can't wait to see what those are! ;)
Maybe I'll even wear a boa.
Have a fabulous time everyone!
Barbra
Oxford, PA
I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait!!!!!
Happy to leave foggy California and head your way. I'll have to see on that pink boa. I do have 2 in my classroom so Yvonne (my new siesta sister that I'm traveling with) and I can bring one just in case. Can't wait to meet all you wonderful siestas!
We'll be there Thursday...can't wait!
I sure hope you ladies have a wonderful time.
I hope hope HOPE you take lots of pictures/video of the event and post it so those of us who couldn't attend can see all the fun.
Purdy pweeeeze :)
I am sooooooo stinkin excited to be with you all !!!!! Friday can't get her soon enough!!!!
Lots of hugs,lots of prayers, lots of singing and praising his name and plenty of pictures too!!!!! whoa what a Jesus show we are going to have...
Love it!
Lichelle
Thank you Beth, Amanda, Melissa, LPM staff...everyone involved in putting all of this together! I can hardly wait until Friday!! I feel so blessed to be a part of this Celebration!!
Meredith Sloan
Greer, SC
wooooohooooooo! See everyone Friday. I'll be looking for other Siestas at the airport.....looking for those pink boas! I'll have one on too!
Hey everyone....let's go out to eat Saturday evening! Anyone up for church Sunday morning????!!!!!
Ginger
Wetumpka, Alabama
sounds sooooo exciting. i unfortunately can;t be in houston either but also would love to purchase at least a t-shirt.... see if more can be made for us and possibly a written copy of beths teaching for just those of us who memorized this past year. that would be such a blessing for having had to miss coming.... our hearts surely will be there!! and yes oh yes pics please. !
strngthnhm Leamington, Ont. Canada
I'll be digging through my daughter's dress-up box that has long been packed away (she just turned 16!) cuz I vividly recall her strutting her stuff - my little diva, with that long gorgeous pink boa trailing behind her!
Does anyone want to meet for dinner Friday night at Pappasito's? My darling young friend Lisa and are planning to head there at 4:30 and would love to meet up with some siestas :-) If you'd like to join us, email me at ahroeser@comcast.net or call my cell at 248-894-5604 and I'll reserve a table. Just can't believe that in a few short days I'll be worshiping God with Travis and you all, receiving a message from Him through Beth, and sharing fellowship with all you siestas in Christ - all icing on the cake of the incredible blessing of hiding God's word in my heart! Just too much to take in!!
On another note, amidst all my joy, my heart is heavy for Pastors wife who posted at 6:24. I am praying for you. Hold onto that pledge of faith and remember that things are not always as they appear. They may look to be crumbling but God promises to work ALL things for good when we love Him. In 2 Chronicles 20, God's people are facing a vast army and don't know what to do, but they keep their eyes on Him and He says "don't be afraid or discouraged, ... for the battle is not yours but God's." He can and will do what He says!
SO excited to get to Houston!!!! Yay! Pink boas? Yikes...I'll think about it. :)
Thanks for all the great information and for hosting this fabulous weekend for us!
It is so amazing that God is bringing together so many bloggyland acquaintances that we will get to meet face to face! God is so good!
Beth
To the sweet pastor's wife at 6:24, please know that I (a pastor's wife as well) am praying for you precious one.
You keep hanging on to that 5 statement pledge of faith! Reach up and grab hold of Jesus' hand and hold tight. If you read this, feel free to email me. I would love to pray for you by name.
Beth
bethherring62@ymail.com
I'm soooooo happy for all you Siestas and soooo wish I was going to be there right along with you. No doubt it will be an unbelievable celebration!!! As I look at my spiral this weekend, I'll smile as I think of what an awesome journey we shared throughout 2009! Praying for safe travels for everyone, praying for Siesta Momma and especially that God will show up in a HUGE way! Can't wait to see and hear all about it! = )
Love & hugs!
Tracy (Edgewood, KY)
Dear Annonoymous pastor's wife at 6:24 PM 1/18/10,
I do not know what your 5 statements of faith are... but I am praying for you tonight that you would cling tightly to Jesus. I will be lifting you up over the next several days!
********************
As far as the SSMT Celebration goes-- I am so excited for you all!! I will be praying for you all. So wish I could have made it there in person this year (need to put priorities in the right place, and right now my sweet 14-month-old girl needs her mommy!), but I know that the great great gift was memorizing the verses! It was such a wonderful adventure this year. Those verses helped me in HUGE ways through some pretty big stuff. And I've started it again this year on my own. Thanks to all of you for the encouragement to keep going and to truly hide God's word in my heart. I am so glad for true sisters in Christ that can support each other in our pursuit of more of HIM!
Angela
P.S. I'm kind of out of the loop, but did I see somewhere that we might be able to get a copy of the video or something of the teaching times?
Hi Y'all,
I am excited for those of you who are able to attend this event, but am feeling a bit sad about not being able to come join in all the fun !!! But, I do know that it will be a BLAST !
Having gone to the live events and SS classes in Houston for as long as the Lord allowed me to do so, I know that I know that the Lord will "BE THERE" with all of Y'all !!! And, I will be praying for each one of you !
I did manage to memorize almost all of my Scripture verses, though, which He surprised me, as even though I am an elementary school teacher, memorization has always been difficult for me.
T-shirts ??? Could we still get one, somehow ???
I will likely be working on my study on Esther this week during my free time, and it is starting to get "interesting" now... Esther just found out about what Haman has 'planned', and everyone is going into fasting and prayer...
Love you all,
In Christ,
Jennifer Olmstead
Janesville, Wisconsin
I was one who never got the email about a t-shirt. I re-e-a-aly want a shirt so hope there will be one when I arrive. I am meeting my sister in Houston and we are so excited to be part of this celebration. Glad you mentioned the pink Boa. I will be out shopping for one tomorrow. See you soon
Carolyn
Oceanside,Ca
OK...I did not get the email about the t-shirt and that makes me sooo sad. Can we please have a re-order, even if we have to get them in a few weeks? I'm so looking forward to this weekend...it will be a great celebration.
In Christ,
Stacy
Mexican Rest. to add to the list:
Maria Selma's on Richmond just east of Dunlavy
Ninfa's on Navigation
Pink boa's...yippie!
Lauri W.
I am so so jealous but I am actually going to a reunion with several cousins I have not seen in 15 years in two weeks. We live across the country from each other. I am so excited. It is the only reason I am ok with your celebration. You will be in my prayers. God bless all you ladies who go! Don't we serve an awesome God!
My oldest praying tonight,
"and please be with mama as she goes to Bethlehem cause I will miss her."
So I ask,
"Baby where did you say I was going?"
"Bethlehem".
"When am I going to Bethlehem?"
"You said you were going to see that lady."
"Beth Moore, baby, Beth Moore"
It made me laugh. So excited to get there!
Amanda, can't wait! I have a special song to honor the Siesta Scripture event.I can e-mail it to you. I shared it with Anne Z. from VA. didn't know if she passed it on to you, yet. (Hint, it goes to the tune of the "Brady Bunch" theme song)
see you on Friday....love, Pam in San Diego
I AM SOOOOOOO EXCITED!!! CAN'T WAIT TO HUG YOU GIRLS!!!
Ya'll have a wonderful weekend! I'll be quoting those scriptures to my two wonderful granddaughters.
I am so sad that I can't come to see you all this weekend, but SO GLAD to have participated in this grand journey of study with you all. Congratulations to all of you who hid some extra verses in your hearts this year! AMEN! :-)
Janine, Eureka, CA and Bolivia
To the pastor's wife who requested prayer....I am praying for you!
God has you engraved on the palms of his hands!
Kathy
Corinth, TX
I am so excited about this weekend!!!!
Kathy
Corinth, TX
Can't wait!!! I'm bringing a pair of jeans I wore to my first Beth Moore Bible study in 2008, 75 pounds heavier than I am now. It is a pretty funny sight! I just can't imagine all the fun we will have. That many scripture memorizing, Bible studying and God loving women in one place, may make me a little giddy. I have a feeling this is going to be a very long week.
Jan
Wish I was coming, but I will be thinking about all you gals. Have a wonderful weekend celebrating together. Love & blessings from NC!
I will be on my way to Houston on Friday with my daughter. I am SOOO excited. I just hope all my verses don't "mush up" in my head from all the excitement. :) I am keeping the siestas who finished the race but can't be there in my prayers.
I am so very sad i won't be able to join you for this special celebration. I will be with you in spirit and in the Spirit!!
love to all,
Sister Lynn
I am SOOOOOO disappointed to miss this. I worked hard to get 24 verses down but couldn't make the party. :( Yes, please post pics! ~~Oh, and t-shirts? any chance to order them after this weekend pretty please? I didn't get the email :(
Anonymous pastor's wife--I'm praying for you to be strengthened and blessed Siesta.
I'm so excited to be flying to Houston from Nashville on Thursday with my husband who surprised me with the trip for Christmas. I will be on the lookout for pink boas. Sad about not getting the t-shirt email but hope to be able to get one at the event. I can't wait to see everyone! I'm praying for safe travels for all the siestas.
Vicki in Murfreesboro
You have no idea how it is killing me that I'm not going to be able to go. After all the hard work of studying & memorizing my scriptures ALL YEAR long with all of you and now I can't afford the trip... it's KILLING ME!! I have been so looking forward to it!! :(
I know yall will have a GREAT time. Know that I'll be there in spirit with yall.
Hollie (aka: Groovewoman)
The Tex Mex thing made me really sad. Never had Tex Mex and I love Mexican food. My husband had some while he was in Dallas and he said it isn't any different than the Mexican restaurants here. Doesn't taste any different, but I'd sure like to find out for myself!
I have to post this anonymously caused I am too embarrassed!
I am not only not excited about coming - I am in full blown anxiety and wondering why I ever said I would do this. And although I was pretty confident of almost all of my verses, I am so fearful that I am now having trouble with just the 10 easiest ones. I can't back out because I have purchased the airline ticket.
I am trying to be excited and thought your excitement would rub off - but alas, it hasn't!
wishing I could trade with another siesta my place :~)
I'm so excited and a tad nervous (it's like a test and I remeber having a brain freeze on test days...LOL). Can't wait to see all of you.
Boo hoo! Okay, having a little pity party at not being able to come. Seriously, though. . . God's Word doesn't return void and I am basking in the Truth I've memorized this past year. Have a great time ladies. May God richly bless you this weekend!
P.S. If you may more t-shirts, let us know. I'd like to have one.
Vicki
Burton, MI
I didn't make it through the challenge in 2009 unfortunately, but this transplant to the greater Houston area can vouch for Pappasito's and Gigi's for lunch/dinner options. Anything Pappas related is pretty close to awesome in my book.
I bought my airline ticket to come last year and have been beyond excited for weeks. This week has had an unexpected turn of events though and I have been called to my father's bedside who is not expected to make it. I am reading all these wonderful comments from his bedside and am feeling such strength from the love and familarity in this precious blog community. I will there Friday regardless of what happens here and will deal with it when I return. I so need a fresh word from God and some fellowship with my Siestas. I'm praying for God's presence this weekend and safe travel for eveyone.
Anonymous Pastor's Wife - As a pastor's wife, I know how hard it can be when difficult times come. Somehow that position just makes you feel very isolated at times. I am praying you have someone who can be "Jesus with skin on" during this time to walk with you through this. And obviously from all the other posts - You are NOT isolated and alone!
As for this weekend, I am so excited I can't stand it!! I had so wanted to attend the pastor's wife event last year and just couldn't afford to, so I am convinced my God's perfect timing that THIS is the weekend I am to gather with my sweet siestas. Ya'll be looking for me...I'll be the one in the pink boa...
Oh and maybe a blingy little (or not so) crown necklace in honor of my King.
I am so excited for those who can go.So sad for those of us who can't.Have a great time and post so we can share with you.
Praying for Pastor's wife this morning.
Praying for you sweet pastor's wife. Praying hard for you- all of you.
I don't know if I can make it through the next three days of work because I'm so dadgum excited about this weekend!
Pink Boas!! A little too girly for me! But, for you siestas, I'll suffer through! If anybody finds out that I wore a pink boa...I will never live that down! Not to mention I may just break out in a rash!
to have a good reason to wear a pink boa AND a Scripture to back it up??? this is just too fun!
so looking forward to this~
tracey knight
arkadelphia ar
Anonymous... I am praying for you now... praying that you would feel God carrying you, sustaining you... you are His precious one!
"I have made you, I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you!" Isaiah 46:4b
I totally agree..WHAAA!!! Wish I could join you this weekend ladies!! Praying for a GREAT time and safe traveling!! I will be clinging to my spiral and wearing pink!!! Maybe a trip to Hobby Lobby or Michaels will help!!..
~To Anonymous Pastors Wife~
Prayers are with you!
I am so excited to be in worship with all you ladies that love His word!!! Us two New Mexicans will be wearing pink feathers. See you soon.
Seriously I don't think this heart can read any more posts....a trillion WHAAAAAAAAA's!!!!!
Donna I am praying for your mother for safe and healthy travels.
Pastors wife - I will continue to lift you in prayer.
Hugs and kisses to all of my siestas!!!
to the woman who said that her hubby is taking her out and has offered to hear her scriptures and say "siesta-like things to her" all during the meal...oh honey! you made me want to cry! God bless you sweet lady and know that those of us who are going are gonna miss all of you who couldn't make it. And when we meet in heaven , be sure to wear your pink feather boa!
Deirdre
Happy Dance! Happy Dance! Counting down the hours...
Tracy L. and Dailey Rae
Richlands, NC
Wish I were going! Like Joyce I will look at my spiral and be there in thought. Have a great blessed weekend!
Kathryn
Glendale AZ
SOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!! Plus if y'all have seen the weather forcast... 75!!!!!woo-hoo!!! God just knew we wanted warmth :) can't wait to meet all the siestas... and pink boas- awesome touch!!!
see y'all in houston!
Holly in SC
This was such a great thing to do in 2009. I'm sorry I'll be missing the gathering in Texas. I know you siestas are going to have such an awesome time together. I will be in prayer for each of you for safe travel. Have a wonderful time and eat some Mexican food for me. :)
I was picturing myself wearing a pink boa walking around the airport by myself, since I am traveling alone. I started to wonder what people (non-siestas)would think of me! I think that is a sign that I need the insecurity lesson more than ever!! I do have a hot pink scarf, wonder if that would be okay??:)
I am so sad I am not going to be able to make it, but I will be praying that all the Siestas will have an awesome time in the word! I have started the scripture memorization in my ladies sunday school class! I am really excited and pray that we can perservere!!
Dear Siesta Scripture Memory Teammates,
I hope you all have an excellent time at the celebration. It was the most amazing year memorizing scripture with you all.
I wish so much I could be there with you, I know God will bless you all in a mighty way this weekend, indeed He has already blessed us for being faithful and memorizing His Word!
Have a BLAST Siestas!
Pam
Okay I have to respond to Heather who is flying with no kids for the first time in three years... ME TOO!!!
I. CAN'T. WAIT. I don't even know what it will be like to just SIT on an airplane on not be responsible for anyone but myself. I will be so giddy. I'm already praying for the people who will be sitting around me.
And to the siesta who mentioned Beth's hair and the shopping channel... the pink boas will be GREAT but WHY DIDN'T I SUGGEST BUMP-ITs??? How funny would that have been? Of course, maybe we would have been too hard to recognize in the land of big hair. Yes, boas are best.
Oh girls, I'm excited!
Pumped, catching myself going over my scriptures by heart in the middle of the night, and looking forward to what Jesus is going to do in my heart and the hearts of the 450+ women in attendance.
Lovingly,
Yolanda
Someone asked about the 5 statements of faith... It's from the Believing God study.
1. God is who He says He is.
2. God can do what He says He can do.
3. I am who God says I am.
4. I can do all things through Christ.
5. God's Word is alive and active in me.
I am believing God!
Anne
Lorton, VA
I've been to 5 LPM events... every single time, God has had a very specific word for me. I am going to Houston expecting a big big word from our big big God! Can't wait.
see you all there!
Jackie
Sounds like TOO MUCH FUN!! I was part of the memory team but am not able to be in Houston this weekend, still I will be with you in spirit, cheering you'll on!! I hope the weekend will be a blessing and blast for you all.
okay tell me the truth - am I the only one who doesn't know what a boa is?? I googled it and came up with a SNAKE, a rock band, and something that looked like a duster.
Totally looking forward to Mexican food and - for all of us coming from cold, snowy places - the weather channel website is predicting
75 DEGREES
on saturday - woohoo!!
I am SO excited to see everyone this weekend!
I've dreamed twice this week about forgetting my Scripture verses! I've memorized Psalm 139 and in one of my dreams Beth told those of us who had memorized Psalms to kneel and recite our verses. I was totally blank and my friend next to me wasn't saying anything. I whispered to her and asked why she wasn't saying her verses and she said she was saying them to herself. :)
The next night I dreamed I kept getting stuck on verse 4!
I'm anxious to see friends I haven't seen since San Antonio and to meet many, many new Siestas.
This morning on page 45 of Beth Moore's "Praying God's Word" right at the top of the page it says:
"Lord, You cover me with Your feathers and grant me refuge under Your wings;....."
I'm thinking that's conformation that I need to get out today and find a pink boa. :)
We'll miss all of you who aren't able to come.
Love to all ~
Valerie
Oklahoma
I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!! I will try to find a pink feather boa. Since I am traveling alone, this will be fun to get to the airport and look for others wearing them.
Please say a prayer for me. I will be, as I said, traveling alone, renting a car on my own for the first time, finding the hotel (which is not that close to the church since I missed the block of rooms) and trying to find the church. All this from a girl that is Map Challenged, to say the least!!!
Any idea when we will be saying our verses? (or are you not telling???) I am so NERVOUS!!!!
Can't wait to see everyone on Friday.
Yvonne
I agree with Joyce.....waaaaaa :(
I want to be there...but will be with you in Spirit as well....Will pray everyone has a wonderful time and that all travel safely.
Can't wait for the "Insecurity" Bible Study, Book Study to start in February. I am also stoked because our church as decided to be a host church for the April simulcast......all you Michigan Siesta's in NO MI look up Westside Comm Church. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Again, have a great time "Memory Siestas".
Blessings,
Bible Bunny in NO MI
Anonymous Pastor wife.....praying for you!! God will be there for you..He is God!! He is Sovereign!!
HE LOVES YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blessings,
Bible Bunny in NO MI
A good Mexican restaurant that is close to the Omni hotel and the church is:
Cyclone Anaya's
5761 Woodway Drive
Houston, TX 77057
Phone: 713-339-4552
It also has a large section in the back of the restaurant that would accommodate a large group of us.
Anyone driving from B'ham AL? Any husbands going, if so what will they be doing while we are in the sessions? Any suggestions for husbans??? Please email me with them at wdroe@bellsouth.net
Still not positive I will be able to go, but have a room reserved and hoping and praying to be there.
Thanks,
Deanna
I love Rhonda's daughter praying for her mom as she goes on her trip to "Bethleham"! But the more I thought about it, she was right. We are going to the land of Beth-la-ham!! Well come on Momma Beth, you are pretty funny. I think we have just renamed Houston. The land of Beth-the-ham!
Love you all, can't wait to meet you all!
Lori
Wish I could be there too! However, I knew back in the fall that there might be a life change coming our way and knew that the timing was not going to be good for me to be away and I was right. My husband just took a job at another university 1.5 hours away.
Grace and I are finishing up the school year here. I just met with the realtor last week and am trying to get my house "de-cluttered" so that we can put it on the market. This is the only home Grace remembers and she has so many close friends here that she will miss.
So if you could, would you pray for us during this transition? Especially pray that God would provide Grace a BFF in our new town. We know this is the path that He has laid out for us and are trusting Him with every detail of this move!
Have a wonderful time this weekend! I'll certainly be thinking of you all. ;o)
Kimberly
To all you wonderful, beautiful,
God-loving, siestas...have a heart warming, glorious giggling, bountiful bonding time this weekend...I'd also love to see pictures of this happy event of fellowship...Oh my, won't God be tickled with you all this weekend!
Tammy in SD
I really wish that I was able to come! :( I am going to get to attend the "So Long, Insecurity" event in Atlanta on April 24th. I am looking forward to that!
I know the event will be wonderful!
Kristin
Joyce, you hit the nail on the head......
"WHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"
*sniff*
For those of you who will be there, ENJOY.
Ya'll are gonna have a great time! Too bad that there wasn't some way to get groups together of those who aren't able to attend for one reason or another.....OR......some way of having a live online chat for those who can't attend.
To the anonymous one who posted the need for prayer...**bless your heart**....you are in my prayers.
Blessings to all you Siestas!!!
♥ it!
so excited....can hardly wait!!
see you soon!!!
I will be there in my heart! Have the best time ever! xoxo
By faith... I'm Believing God to help us remember our verses.
Angie from Michigan
xoxo
I am fairly new to the blog, and am wondering if y'all are doing this again for 2010? I don't want to be late if you are or miss out!! :)
Thanks!
Katy in Texas
Anyone coming from Colorado? I cannot wait to see everyone!
Don't forget to check Hancock's, if you live in a small town like me and there isn't one of those other wonderful stores!
If you don't mind send up one more prayer as I am coming stand-by and hope I don't get bumped! I have the room and the car reserved, just gotta get on the plane! Then pray for my family as DH will be here with all 5 boys alone.
While I'm asking for prayers remember to ask for safety for all involved, the travelers and the ones staying home.
Can't wait to see you all there!
OnYa!
Can't wait to get there with all my Siestas friends!!
GG2002
Judy Baggett
For those who want to try some BBQ: Goode Company BBQ, 8911 Katy Frwy., 77024 (a few miles from church on I-10).
For a really awesome gem & mineral exhibit: Houston Museum of Natural Science (http://www.hmns.org/exhibits/permanent_exhibits/gems_minerals.asp). Many are uncut specimens, in their natural state; these are my favorite.
For those going to the Galleria Mall, if you're from out-of-state (or country), you can get a 10% traveler's coupon to use in Macy's. Just go to their gift wrap/customer service desk and ask for it (it's not advertised). BTW, this is available at most Macy's around the country.
I won't make it to the Celebration, but I'll be praying for y'all to have a wonderful time together with the Lord!
Blessings,
Karen K.
Houston
Have a good weekend and celebrate to the max. This is an accomplishment that deserves a good celebration!
I do hope you all can video parts of the weekend celebration....and PLEASE take pictures. Amanda and Melissa take pictures...we know because we see the evidence on this blog. AND you have a wonderful photographer...PLEASE hire him for the weekend! ;-)
I am reading the posts on this blog....there are quite a few folks that will NOT be able to make the weekend celebration...and what an accomplishment for the year of 2009. PLEASE bring it to us as well!
Thanks!!
I'll be honest. Truthful. Blunt. To the point.
I AM G~R~E~E~N!!!!!!!!!!!
From the top of my head, to the tippy tip of my toes, and all in-between.... I AM GREEN!!!!
I didn't start this Scripture Memory Trail with you girls. I found out about it waaaay into your path. I felt it too late, I was too far behind, I couldn't even see a single soul from way behind where I lQQked. No binoculars were powerful enough. I was afraid I'd get lost... and no one would know.... for ya'll had long since left and traveled so far on this road without me.
And now................
GREEN reeks from every single one of my pores! I think I am a stench to all those around me. IF you smell that??? If you smell that something funny smell, that's me... in my green!
So.
I won't get to go. I won't get to participate if I did. I don't guess ya'll would possibly even let me in?
Just in case though, just in case ya'll see a GREEN girl (with an added GREEN BOA, of course!) standing to the side with her jealousy smell know that you've just seen me... a me that is horribly green of ya'lls glorious and beautiful trip! GREEN!!!??!! When it's P!NK that is my favorite color!!!!
I LOVE YOU GUYS despite myself!
I'm so proud of ya'll I can hardly stand it! I stand proud looking at your radiate faces from afar!
May you walk with a glorified HIGH in the footsteps of the AlMighty!
Love to you all! :)
I wish I could be there! I have the Siesta Scripture Memory Team on my church's prayer chain this week.
I have a bright pink scarf I can wear, if I don't make it out to get a pink boa for God's G.A.L.S. bible study on Saturday morning.
I'd hope to make it as I could combine it with a visit to my husband's family, but it was not to be. My SIL lives only 15 minutes from the church.
I will be praying for all of you.
Blessings & Peace,
Mary Ann, Woodbury, MN
I am very excited to get to come to Houston for something other than doctor appointments:) Not sure about the pink feather thing. We will be leaving early Friday morning and driving so prayers for all the traveling siestas and see yall on Friday night. I will be saying my scriptures all week to try and get the book and numbers right- going for all 24!!!
Anon 1:12, that is the enemy trying to discourage you! I understand your stress but there is no need to carry that. No worries if we don't say our verses exactly right - God knows we memorized them. Take some deep breaths and pack your bags, sister!
Whaaa!!! Wish I could be there! I will be thinking and praying for your time together. I have my spiral almost full! And even gave some to my Sunday School ladies to encourage them to start their own from the first of the year - what a great resource. Such a learning experience to look back at the Scriptures I chose over the past year and all that God has taught me through His Word - thanks Beth for the challenge and encouragement!!!
Do you think Beth will be able to do a recap for all of us who cannot attend, but did the SMV, but can't attend? Pictures please!!!
Betsy
P.S. DID I SAY I WAS GREEN HERE!!!!!
I'm sorry. I'm just saying.
I'm green! I'm green! I'm glowing in the dark green!
But I'm happy for ya'll. I really am. As happy as I can be in my green.
Okay. And I'll hush now. I'm gonna go powder my nose and put lipstick on or something! And perfume! LOTS of perfume!
I am so excited I can hardly contain myself!
I am flying in on Thursday with my hubby! He is sad that he cannot come and sure would have like to meet Travis, but he is excited for me!
Ok, I AM SCARED TO FLY! Flying in from NH with a stop over. Please pray for me and my husband has never flown before.
I will try to get a pink boa but up here in the North Country of NH there is not many places to buy them.
Can't wait to meet you all. Praying for you annonymous and for all of us siestas who are attending and for those who cannot.
Lyn NH
Hey Amanda! I've been so blue about not being able to join the fun this weekend. I will definitely keep the whole bunch of Siestas in my prayers as they travel. And I may make my husband listen to my verses this weekend, so that I can feel apart of it. :)
For those of us who cannot be there, I remember you said something about videotaping the weekend. How can we access a copy of that?
Thanks! And much love!
Missy
Anonymous Pastor's wife I have prayed for you. I have had my life crumble too and God carried me through and I know He will do the same for you.
Praying that all my siestas have a blast in Houston. Unfortunately I won't be able to make it this time, but am so thankful for the challenge to learn these scriptures and that I now have 24 new scriptures hidden in my heart. Boy, have I used them this year! I have already started my index cards for 2010. Please take lots of pictures and post them. Can't wait to hear all about it! Love you all! Have a wonderful time and hug each other for me!
Something for you to go on with the trip for Friday on the Scripture Memory Verse Team,a verse that is like icing on the cake; Ephesians 1:11and12 :) In HIM WE WERE PREDESTINED according to the PLAN OF HIM who works out EVERYTHING in conformity of HIS WILL ETC......having believed,YOU were MARKED IN HIM WITH a SEAL,THE PROMISED HOLY SPIRIT etc....it is my birthday today and that is my first favorite Bible verse for the New Year of 2010,a great way to anoint my day of birth,LOVe with angels on the Wing, Susie xooxoxoxo
Okay I'm dying over here...someone created a siesta scripture song to the Brady Bunch music??? LOL!!! I want the words now...BOA's?? which I have no idea what it is but I want one.....and someone asked to meet up Friday night for dinner???... I would do it in a heart beat....okay I really can't read anymore..i'm feeling left out... I'm ready to cry again...I want to be there...!!! WHAAAAAAAAA!!!! I have to stay off this blog for awhile....bye...
Ticket--check. Boa--check. Flip-flops (hooray for warmer weather!)--check. Excited--check!
I am so sad this NC girl cannot be there :(. Please have fun without me!
I am so looking forward to this weekend even though I am stepping WAY out of my comfort zone. I will be driving from the Dallas area to Houston alone...I will then stay in a room with someone I've never met...and I will then join a group of 500 ladies that I've never met. Wow! I am still so excited and looking forward to what the Lord is going to do this weekend!!! I have got to find me a pink boa...which is so not me! Praying for everyone who will be attending and those who can't make it!!!
Tammy
Garland, TX
We are also soo-oo sad not to be going to "Bethlehem". Learned all 24 verses, made our plans, but the LORD has something different in mind. Looking for God's richest blessing on all those siestas who are stayng home...pics and t-shirts might help! :)
Lifting up pastor's wife this am--may you feel God's loving arms around you...
And to the rest of you in PINK...we are praying from Philippians...that you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the Word of Life!
Love & Prayers from Toni and Mary in San Diego, CA
Can't wait! Thanks to all of you LPM'ers who are working hard to get things ready for us. We appreciate you!! Beth, I'm praying that you'll be blessed as much as we're going to be :)
I wish you all the best weekend! I wish I could be there but could not spend the money right now. I did want to tell you one thing. My husband quit smoking at the beginning of the year and he told me he recites Bible verses when he thinks he wants a cigarette so I gave him my spiral notebook with my memory verses. So we all thank you! Have fun!!
Cindy
Flemingsburg, KY
Got pink boas at Hobby Lobby this morning - 50% off this week!
Looking forward to this weekend,
Andrea
(Also praying for our siesta, Anonymous Pastors Wife!)
To anonymous @ 1:12 –
I agree with Amanda…it’s totally the enemy!!
As the weekend gets closer, I am having to fight off discouraging thoughts too. From the concern that I’ll forget my verses (or lose my spiral)…to being sad because I had fantasized about losing a bunch of weight and feeling cute in a new outfit, but instead, I weigh more and I’m afraid my insecurity will rob me of the joy I’m so looking forward to experiencing.
Seriously, if it’s not one thing, it’s another.
I will pray for you.
I arrive on Thursday – if you want to get together early to practice our verses and pray for eachother, I’d love it (email me if you do)! :)
~ Amanda
YOU ARE SOOO Right!
Friday cannot get here quick enough.
Getting to meet my siestas for the first time is oh so exciting!
Amy-GA
Man! I was so-o-o-o looking forward to this weekend and I even live in the Houston area, but I'm needed with my husband at a conference this same weekend that I cannot miss.(I'm trying to have a good attitude about it.) The past year's Scripture memory was (and still is) such a huge blessing. I'll miss you guys but I'll be thinking of you!
See you for Bible study in Houston on the 26th - can't wait!
Loyce
Deer Park, TX
OHHHH, I wish that I could be there. I will be praying for you!
Happy Heart!
Love the pink boa idea and that verse is on of my very favs. It is the verse that the Lord gave me the day that we were told that I would need a heart transpant.
Enjoy every moment of the celebration, Siesta Sisters!
I have my verses memorized but still struggling with their addresses. I have my pink feather boa. I can't wait for Friday to get here.
I won't be able to make it after all. If anyone is still looking for a room, I just cancelled my reservation at the Omni. I am SO disappointed, but I will be thinking about y'all and know you will have a blast!!! Will be looking forward to pictures!
Deanna :)
Yea! I am so excited. Also for Mexican food, I would recommend Lupe Tortilla. Is there one near the church? I can't remember!
Amanda--Chuy's!!!
I may be risking embarrassment, too, if we're to be put on the spot, which I'm sure we won't be; I "meditated" on my verses more than "memorized" them all last year - which was wonderful. Memorization has never been my strong suit. COME ON & HAVE FUN!
Maybe God will see fit to put us in the same "group" or seated next to one another.
Hilda in Houston
Wishing all those going a really great time - I am sure that it will be a fun, and jesus-filled event that you'll remember forever.
I am just so thrilled that I was albe to leave 24 verses in 2009 (who'd have ever had guessed it?) and excited to be starting a branch-off SMT with my siestas in my home church -even without the trip to Houston, this memory verse team as been life-changing :-)
Praying for Anonymous at 1:12 AM who is nervous about going. I can understand the nerves but just keep trying to remind yourself that these siestas are a lovely bunch of women! Praying that God will do a wonderful and unexpected thing in your life this weekend.
1:12 AM
Any chance you could make the message Beth shares available online too? I have been richly blessed by being part of the Scripture Memory Team, but with a newborn in our home can't make the trip!
Just an idea!
stacey
Can't wait! My 10-year old son has helped me practice my verses so much that he knows almost all of them too, but I'm still leaving him at home. This trip is for me and my mom, who encouraged me to do it!
We'll miss the rest of you! I hope you will find someone to say your verses with this weekend, and go eat Mexican food too!
HOORAYYY!!!! cannot WAIT! can-NOT wait! any Siesta travelling from Orlando MCO on Continental Noontime flight on Friday?? let me know!!!
I so wanted to be there but this is not the time. Have a wonderful time celebrating. I'll be there in spirit.
Marcia/Portland, OR
I wish I was coming, too! Everyone have a wonderful time celebrating God's Word.
Amanda,
Thanks you for your 10:34 encouraging comment. I am nervous about menopausal brain fade during the reciting of my scripture verses, but will trust the Lord to carry me on His wings. He knows my verses are in the secret places of my heart.
Enduring "many pause" moments,
Sue
I'm SO sad to be missing it, but am so thankful for the Scripture I memorized this year that God has used to deliver me countless times! Hope you all have a wonderful time!
Will miss being there also...thank you Beth for having us do that last year. Those verses are in my heart and I, too, am starting on some for 2010.
Blessings to all of you this weekend!
I am sooo excited for this weekend! And, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am to be present.... You see, my dear grandpa died last Saturday. He was 90 years old, and a Godly man. I live in Ohio, my grandparents live in my hometown - Centralia, WA. The Lord worked out all the details for me to spend the entire week with my grieving grandma who is really struggling with this new phase of life(my grandparents celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary on Dec. 30th). My grandma is the sweetest, Godliest lady I know. Both she and my grandpa are/were ordained ministers in the Free Methodist Church. Their model of Godly living, a focused devotion to the Bible and prayer, and their love of family has shaped me more than any other human force on this earth.
The funeral is on Thursday, and I will speak at the service. I will fly out on Friday morning for Houston.
When I originally purchased my airlines ticket to Houston, I also purchased flight insurance (for the first time ever). It appears that I will be fully reimbursed for my originally booked ticket. In flying from Columbus to Seattle to Houston, and back to Columbus, the Lord provided a wonderful deal. He knows what we need; He is so good!!
I am getting more and more excited about this weekend. I had flat out decided against coming wanting so much for my friend to be with me (who went to be with the Lord in Nov). My husband surprised me last Tues. with a plane ticket, so I was going whether I liked it or not - ha! It's a bittersweet time for me knowing how much fun we were going to have together. God knows and will walk with me every step.
Have boa will travel. I am praying for everyones safty and am soooooo excited to be coming to Houston.
Ladies I'm beside myself! Absolutely can't wait. I'm even just excited about getting to pack tomorrow.
For those many, many of you who will not be there, I just want you to know that we will feel your absence. You will be missed. I'm usually on the "missing out" end of things like this it seems, so I get you! Just know we love you and consider you part of the thing.
For the dear pastor's wife who is going through a crisis and asking for prayer, I'm praying honey. You hang in there.
And Deidre, we are all so thrilled that your husband bought you that ticket and is putting you on a plane. I've thought of you often since you shared your story about losing your friend. Your siestas are looking forward to seeing you.
Yippeeeee! Houston here we come!
Kay
Arizona
I'm so excited I'm about to bust! I cannot wait to gather together with this great group of women and break open the WORD!
Expecting GREAT thing!
so wish I could be there but I will be praying for safe travel for all and lots of fun!! My spiral will continue to grow and I will be there in spirit!
SSSSSSOOOOOO EXCITED. So looking forward to the celebration. I have no clue what a boa is but will check it out. 3 days to go.
Andrea, posted 12:30
Thanks for the Hobby Lobby 1/2 boa sale info. I'm going tomorrow.
Sue
Nothing like meeting ya'all covered in our "GIRLY GOD FEATHERS" celebrating together the awesomeness and faithfulness of our Lord and his word.
I cant's wait!!! ... driving up from Corpus Christi, TX.
Teri
Excited for the weekend to start. Praying these blasted HUGE storms move out of the West just long enough to fly back and forth smoothly (I'm praying for a good long break so I don't "bump, bump, bump" into Houston - I am NOT a fan of flying on airplanes).
You won't waste a prayer on me Thursday AM between 11:50A and 3:30P that God calms my nerves about the flight and I just rest in Him.
Thank you for putting on this Shindig! I just know we're going to be bathing in the Holy Spirit! I can't wait to put faces to names!
Laura
Pleasant Hill, CA
Can I get a woo-woo?!
I'm like Melissa I suppose and am definitely a girl who likes to join the fun, but I'm NOT a pink type of girl. I'd rather find a boa that matches my outfit. :-)
See you Friday night!
Heather G.
Charlotte NC
I'm coming in from Portland, Oregon.
Not knowing anyone... until I meet Jackie for the first time at the airport. (Thanks to Audrey's spreadsheet!)
I haven't gotten my boa yet... maybe tomorrow.
I had initially thought that I would keep this like a private retreat... just hanging out by myself... until the Lord reminded me... you all are kindred spirits... or is it kindred siestas?!
I'm missing my blogging Siestas who can't join me... and hoping to pick them up a little something from the Celebration.
Very excited about coming to Houston! :)
Papacitas is my favorite - everytime I come to Houston I try and eat there!!! I didn't get to do the scripture memory with ya'll - but I will be praying for ya'll!!!!
Sarah Stinnett
Yikes! I can't seem to find a pink boa :o( I'm sorry!
To all of you who don't know what a boa is, its a long, feathery thing that looks like a scarfe made from feathers!
I found mine yesterday at Michael's in Canada, but I told my family "I'm keeping this in my suitcase until I reach the hotel and see that others are wearing it!"
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