It's Fall Ya'll Giveaway / Contest Day 3

First off... Don't forget to submit your entry for the In Pursuit of Proverbs 31 Blog Carnival. Submit your best post pertaining to Christian women by Wednesday, October 31st at 6 PM. Blog carnivals are a great way to boost traffic to your blog. For more information please see this post: In Pursuit of Proverbs 31 Blog Carnival and Post It and Plate It Meme.

For the Fall Bloggy Giveaway Day 3, I am offering a youth Bible Study pack with a value of over $100 . This package includes: a Beyond Belief to Convictions CD set, a True or False Workbook for Younger Kids, a True or False Workbook for Older Kids, a Children Demand a Verdict and The Maranatha Kids Vocal Band cassette tape and teaching manual. The workbooks are brand new and the cassette is gently used. These would be great for a homeschooling family, youth leader, or any parent who wants to help their child pursue a relationship with Christ.

For your chance to win, just leave a comment on this post. I'll leave the comments open until this Saturday, November 3rd. I'll use a random number generator to draw a winner and post it no later than Monday, November 5th Don't forget to head over to Bloggy Giveaways for the master list of participants. Have fun!

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It's Fall Ya'll Giveaway / Contest Day 3

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It's Fall Ya'll Giveaway / Contest Day 2

First off... Don't forget to submit your entry for the In Pursuit of Proverbs 31 Blog Carnival. Submit your best post pertaining to Christian women by Wednesday, October 31st at 6 PM. Blog carnivals are a great way to boost traffic to your blog. For more information please see this post: In Pursuit of Proverbs 31 Blog Carnvial and Post It and Plate It Meme.

For the Fall Bloggy Giveaway Day 2, I am offering four CDs, a retail value of $60 . This package includes: a Jeremy Camp Restored CD, a Barlow Girls CD, a Mercy Me Undone CD and a Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around CD. All are brand new and unoped with the exception of the Johnny Cash. The shrink wrap did come off of this one but it was never used. Somehow we had a few duplicate CDs among our collections.

For your chance to win, just leave a comment on this post. I'll leave the comments open until this Saturday, November 3rd. I'll use a random number generator to draw a winner and post it no later than Monday, November 5th Don't forget to head over to Bloggy Giveaways for the master list of participants. Have fun!

It's Fall Ya'll Giveaway / Contest Day 2

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Bloggy Giveaway: Blog Makeover!

For the Fall Bloggy Giveaway I am offering a Blog Design, a retail value of $75 . This package includes: a custom header, background, post signature, divider, favicon, template color matching, up to 2 credits at iStockphoto (additional credits are $2.00 each), installation and support. This is for Blogger only and is blogger widget compatible. For examples of my work please view this post: Blog Designs.

For your chance to win, just leave a comment on this post. I'll leave the comments open until this Saturday, November 3rd. I'll use a random number generator to draw a winner and post it no later than Monday, November 5th Don't forget to head over to Bloggy Giveaways for the master list of participants. Have fun!

Bloggy Giveaway: Blog Makeover!

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Blog of the Week, My New Blog Designs

The blog of the week for October 28th is my friend Amanda from Hidden Art.

Amanda loves Jesus, being a wife, and she loves being a homeschooling mom. Her blog is full of lots of great things!! Be sure to visit her!

Here are my latest web designs:

Julee Ann's Journey - blog #7

Safe In His Arms - blog #6

AND...

The Honest Woman - blog #5


If your blog needs a makeover or if you are a new blogger looking for a great design, please don't hesitate to contact me. My initial rate of $35 won't last long!!! Get your order in today!

Blog of the Week, My New Blog Designs

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Our Beautiful Outdoor Wedding...

We were very blessed to have our good friends Allison and Micah Overmon drive here from Georgia to attend our wedding. Micah had a new camera that he brought along with him and offered to take some shots in addition to what our photographer and my good friend, Nicki Olinde, was taking. Of course we said that was fine and when we received the photos this week we were a bit speechless to say the least. He has a great eye and I think he has an awesome talent for photography.

I am still waiting on the official wedding photograpghs but while I am getting revived and rejuvenated at the Live the Dream Ladies Conference, I wanted you to enjoy these...

Our Wedding Photos

All photos are copyright protected by the artist, Micah Overmon.

Our Beautiful Outdoor Wedding...

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Speaking of Politics.... If You Are Anti-Hillary

You must have one of these bumper stickers. I know I want one!If you want one too visit my friend Lindsey over at Enjoy the Journey!

Speaking of Politics.... If You Are Anti-Hillary

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A New Blog Carnival and Blog Cooking Meme

There are a few new things going on at In Pursuit of Proverbs 31. First off, my friend Amy (Milk and Cookies) and I have decided to start a new meme. It is called Plate It and Post It! On Thursday of every week there will be a new cooking theme and your objective is to showcase the theme of the week by cooking it, plating it, taking a picture of it and then posting about it on your blog! The theme for week one, which will be next Thursday, is Family Favorites. So, anytime between now and Thursday get your cameras out photograph that food for us! We would love to see a recipe too! We will have lots of fun with this one!

Week One: Family Favorites
Week Two: Asian Delight
Week Three: Football Food
Week Four: Thanksgiving

This is the code for the Plate It and Post It meme button. Copy and paste it into your blog.

<a href="http://www.inpursuitofproverbs31.com/"><img src="http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x193/popcorn1975/recipe1green.jpg" width="150" /></a>

Also, beginning in November, In Pursuit of Proverbs 31 will be hosting its very own blog carnival! We would love for you to participate. Here are the specs:

All blog entries must pertain to scriptures in Proverbs 31. Other scriptures are welcome within the post. Tell us about your successes, your trials, your revelations, concerning the Proverbs 31 Woman. It can be about the hubby, the kids, cooking, cleaning, earning money, homeschooling, the possibilities are endless. We have so much to learn from each other! All writing must be uplifting, encouraging, and from a biblical view point. We ask that you display the In Pursuit of Proverbs 31 Blog Carnival button on your site or as a post to link your readers to the other participants in the carnival. Entries can be previous posts from your blog but please only submit a particular post once. We reserve the right to omit any post that does not meet these guidelines.

This is the code for the Blog Carnival button. Copy and paste it into your blog.

<a href="http://www.inpursuitofproverbs31.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z12/ipop31/Ipop31BlogCarnival.png" border="0" width="200" alt="Blog Carnival" /></a>

There will be two carnivals per month. The schedule is as follows:
November 8 - submissions due by November 1st
November 22- submissions due by November 15th

I will host the above carnivals. Starting in December, I will have the carnival begin to travel. If you are interested in hosting then please contact me at amy@inpursuitofproverbs31.com .

December 6 - submissions due by November 30th
December 20- submissions due by December 13th

Here is a partial schedule for 2008:
January 10, 2008 -submissions due by January 3rd
January 24, 2008 - submissions due by January 17th
February 14, 2008 -submissions due by February 7th
February 28, 2008 - submissions due by February 21st

Where to send your submission for the next In Pursuit of Proverbs 31 Blog Carnival.

Submissions are due to: amy@inpursuitofproverbs31.com by 6:00 PM (CST) on the specified due date. It will be greatly appreciated if the submissions come in earlier. Please send the following information:

Title of Post
URL of Post
Name of Blog
URL of Blog
Brief summary of the post

If you haven't participated in any blog carnivals before, please read Blog Carnival.

I can't wait to read what you ladies have to say!

A New Blog Carnival and Blog Cooking Meme

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Wordless Wednesday

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Wordless Wednesday

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The Rest of the Story...

So, Ryan got off a bit early and rushed home so we could make it to the concert. On the way there he told me that he had spoke to someone who could help us get the tests that I needed done without paying out of pocket. This was a huge relief to say the least. After we had that conversation I became more aware of just how serious this could be. Could I really lose my hearing? This happened so gradually that I have just recently come to grips with the fact that I really can't hear a lot of things. I have to watch TV with complete silence in the background or else I have to use subtitles. There are times when my boys insist that they called for me but I never heard them. I find myself saying "What?" quite often. I just can't hear everything people say to me sometimes. I hate it. Again I started to question God.

We arrived at the concert and I met Susan who is just as pretty as she is sweet! What a great lady. We chatted briefly, hugged and we rushed in to find a seat. There were people standing everywhere because there were no seats available. We figured we wouldn't be able to sit down which was bad because Ryan had been standing at work all day and he was hoping to be able to rest his legs for a while. And what do you know, two seats were left unoccupied. We asked the gentlemen sitting closest to them if they were occupied and he said, "No, they are yours!" We sat down to enjoy the show.

We worshiped through the first two bands and then right before Mercy Me came on this video played:

I knew what God was speaking to my heart. I just needed Ryan to confirm it and he did. As soon as the video stopped playing he looked at me and with the most sincere and concerned tone I have ever heard from him said, "We need to do that." I told him I agreed and that we would have to look up the website when we got home. I immediately asked God to remind me. I have a horrible memory! But, as it turns out we didn't need to be reminded. Right then and there they asked who was interested in sponsoring a child. Ryan's hand went up and we were handed a packed that contained the picture of a little girl from Bolivia. She immediately became a part of our family. Meet Veronica Medina....

We immediately signed up to sponsor this little girl for the mere price of $32 a month and the time it takes to write her letters of encouragement, send her pictures, lift her up in prayer and send her gifts for her birthday and Christmas. We have the opportunity to share Christ with this child who is thousands of miles away. She is one of 6 children and she lives with her mother who is employed on occasion as a seller at the market. They make less than $75 a month.

After we filled out the papers Mercy Me began to play. We worshiped and sang and I just let go of all that other stu