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Renee Swope

Encouraging and equipping moms to parent with God's grace and confidence.

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{Week 2} Word of the Week, Roll Call & a Giveaway!

 

This graphic is part of our verse for the week.
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Our Verse for the Week: “Satisfy [me] in the morning with your unfailing love, that [I] may sing for joy and be glad all [my] days…for I have put my trust in you.” Psalm 90:14, 143:8b, NIV

Our Word for the Week: SATISFIED (Download in a PDF or download in MSWord). Please print it and post it everywhere so you can remember that God’s love can satisfy the thirst of your soul!

Roll Call!! {and a giveaway!}
Let’s  get to know each other this week! All who participate will be entered to win a $15 gift certificate to our Proverbs 31 Ministries Online Store.

Just answer these 3 simple questions: Where are you from (state or country), what is your age, what do you enjoy doing in your free time?

I’ll go first: I’m 46 and live in North Carolina. In my free time (which I wish I had more of) I love to sit on our back porch and read, and relax or play games with my family. I also love to watch a movie with my husband.

Click on “Share Your Thoughts” below to give your answers. {If you are reading this via email, click here to return to my website to participate}.

Comments

  1. I am 60 years old as of January and I live in Washington state. I enjoy riding horses in my spare time.

  2. Hi I’m from Southern California and I’m 42 years old. I enjoy reading when I have some extra time for myself

  3. I am 59 and live in the beautiful NW mountains of North Carolina. I love to run, ride a bicycle on the Blue Ridge Parkway and sit on my porch and read….if it ever gets warm enought to do that.

  4. I am 55 and live in Kansas. I love to spend time with family, read, walk and watch old movie with my sisters.

    • I am 48 and live in Alaska. I also love to read, spend time in the sun, and watch old movies with my sisters. Funny thing, Kathy is my sister. 🙂

  5. I am 53 and live in CA. I love to ORGANIZE! paint, sew, craft, etc! Just about anything!

  6. Hi everyone! I am 52 and I live in Redford, MI. In my spare time I love to read and also enjoy knitting and cardmaking.

  7. Hi! Ruth, I have to say this is so fun to see where everyone is from. It makes it so real that all of us are doing this together! I am from Nebraska and I am 54. I like to run, bike, and read. I also like photography.

  8. Hi! I’m 28 and I live on Dominica in the Caribbean. In my spare time I love reading and going for drives around the country with my husband.

    • HI, Joy: Is that the Dominican Republic? Just wondering. I also like reading and going for drives with my husband – he is such a good navigator. We had the privilege of living in Italy for four years, courtesy of the U.S. Army, and we drove to many neat places. 🙂 I am 56 years young and live in West Virginia, USA. God bless you richly!

  9. Hi everyone! I am 55 years old and live in Southeastern NC. In my free time I like to spend time relaxing at the beach, reading, or playing games, either online or with my husband. And I LOVE spending time with my 16 month old grandson!

  10. Hi, Im 35 and im from Rockford, Illinois. In my spare time I enjoy gardening, scrapbooking, taking walks and being with my family. 🙂

    • Hi kristy, very rarely do I found someone with the same spelling as me. We are about the same age I am 36. Hi

  11. I am 52 and live in Texas! I LOVE going to the coast with my family, sitting on the decks and listening to the sounds of the ocean and talking. I LOVE MY TEXAS AGGIES….WHOOP!

  13. Hi Ladies! I am 63 years young and live in Texas. I love spending time with my hubby and enjoy arts & crafts.

  14. I am 43 and live in Elkhart, Texas. I love spending time with my family. My favorite place to relax is on my porch. 🙂

  15. Hello all!
    My name is Apryl and I live in the amazing Oklahoma with our crazy weather! In my free time I love to read, go to the lake, cook and try to sew. I also love spending time with my amazing husband and our family and friends.

  16. Hello! I am 33 and line in North Alabama. In my free time: does free time count as being at my son’s (both of them) baseball games. I also enjoy being outside at our farm where we raise lots of God’s beautiful creatures and here lately I have started to enjoy reading and studying more. I am about to start at the beginning of the Bible I work my way through it a chapter at at time with a Commentary or two in each chapter on hand.

  17. I am 34, I live in West Virginia, and in my free time I like to hang out with my family playing sports or watching movies:)

  18. Hey, Ya’all,

    I am 61 and live in Glencoe, Alabama. In my spare time I like to read on my Kindle, crochet, and watch the Braves baseball games.

  19. I am 34 and although I call Florida home, I am currently living in Germany . I love to read, work out especially Zumba and spend time with my family.

  20. Hi! I’m 41 and live in Prescott Valley,AZ. In my spare time I love to read, cross stitch, bike and hike.

  21. Hi I’m 52 yrs old, I live in Baton Rouge LA, for now, my home is in Northern Virginia. I like to read, love football, started Line dance & Hand dance classes

  22. I am from MN but live in KY. Just turned 39, whoohoo!! Love walking outside and reading when it is quiet.

  23. I am almost 27 and live in Georgia/Alabama. We live right on the time zone line. I live in Alabama and work in Georgia. In my spare time I like to sit outside and read, watch a good movie, or (call me crazy) I love to clean when I have an empty house!

  24. I’m 27, I live in Florida. I enjoy spending time with my family especially my 9 month old daughter, reading, working out and going to the beach!

  25. I am 42. I live in Scotland (UK) and in my very limited spare time I love to spend time with my husband and five sons and also read 🙂

  26. I also love spreading awareness about hydrocephalus. I have had two brain surgeries for the shunt placement, and one to lengthen the tubing. Several eye surgeries, due to prematurity.

  27. I’m 53 and I live in WV, like Renee I love to sit on my backporch and read, watch tv with my cat Daisy in my lap, I love to plan and make lists, or scrapbook, or shop, or garden veggies and flowers, or take pictures, try a new recipe…no shortage of things to do for fun!

    • Hi, Pam: Where in WV do you live? I live in Elkins and am 56 years young. 🙂 I like to be outside, take pictures, listen to music, sing and lots more. 🙂 God bless you.

  28. I’m 45, and live in Ohio. I like to read, crochet, do genealogy, and play on dart leagues with my boyfriend and daughter.

  29. Hello ladies, I am 57 and I live in sunny Florida. I take care of my 90 year old mother 24/7. I love working with my plants and flowers, just being outside. Love bird watching, reading, old movies, and spending time with my best bud, my hubby of 34 years.

  31. Hello all,

    I am 53 and reside in Kingwood, TX. I am a transplant from a small town outside of Buffalo, NY. I moved to Texas about 18 years ago and love it. I love needlepoint, painting, quilting, gardening, reading, biking and loving on my grandchildren…4 boys and a baby girl that I have yet to meet. She lives in NY with my oldest son.

  32. I’m 52 years old living in Baton Rouge, LA but, my home is in Northern Virginia.In my spare time I like to read and enjoy jogging. I’ve stepped out of my box, signed up for Line dancing & Hand dancing.

  33. I am 54 and live in Georgia. I like to explore it in may ways, because I,m from Germany and live here 1 1/2 years now. In my free time I play online games, chat, read and watch movies

  34. Hello! I live in Harrisville, PA (near Pittsburgh), I am 27 years old, and I like to read and garden.

  35. Hi,
    I am 45 years old and from South Carolina. I enjoy hanging out with my pygmy goats and dogs, playing Gardens of Time, and rewriting song lyrics. Nice to meet you all!

  36. My name is Jessica.I am going on 35 and I live just outside Washington DC in Rockville Maryland. I love to spend my free time with my hairy little daughter with 4 legs (Chloe), my sisters and thier families, playing Phase10 card game with the whole family, doing crafty things, and watching Netflix movies (they have some great Christian movies by they way).
    Its been great reading all of your posts and getting to know about you thanks for sharing!

  37. I’m 38 and live in Minnesota. In my free time (when I have it) I love to read, run and golf with my family.

  39. Hi! I live in Alaska, I am 37 years old, my free time is spent with my largish family of my hubby, three daughters, my hubbys parents, grandfather and a variety of animals that live with us on our small farm! I also love to sew, crochet, read, and go out on the ocean to shrimp and fish!

  40. I am 60 and live in Pennsylvania. I love spending time with my grandkids, reading, and working outside.

  41. I am 49 and live in Texas!! In my free time I like working in my garden/yard, sewing, crafting and spending time with my family.

  42. Good Afternoon, my name is Lisa and I am 42 and I live in McCordsville Indiana. In my free time I love to relax and spend time reading and going for walks.

  43. I am 52 and live in Oklahoma. I love to hang out with the family and watch movies and enjoy outside.

  44. Hi, I’m 42 and I live in Mississippi. I like to spend time outside planting flowers or just enjoying sitting in my swing reading a book. I also love to travel.

  45. I’m 31 and live in the upstate of South Carolina. I love to read and volunteer in my spare time.

  46. Hi, I’m 43 and live in Texas. I just started taking a cake decorating class for fun.

  47. Hi, I am 50 and I live in Eastern North Carolina. I like to read, camp, and spend time with my family as much as I can. I also enjoy relaxing and reading. Hope everyone has a great day.

  48. Hello! My name is Emily and I’m coming from Los Angeles, CA. 🙂 In my free time, I enjoy hanging out with friends, doing arts and crafts, reading, and watching youtube videos/anime. 🙂

  49. I am 31, and live in Mississippi! My favorite pass time is drinking coffee with friends and sharing life together!

  50. Hi, I’m 36 and live in Texas. I love to read and knit. If I’m not reading or knitting then I’m volunteering for our neighborhood, church and the rodeo.