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Mary at Home-Steeped Hope tagged me over here to talk about what I was doing ten, twenty and thirty years ago for the 10-20-30 Meme, started at author Mary DeMuth’s Relevant blog…

10 Years Ago

Ten years ago I was 21.  I was in my Senior year at Bob Jones University.  I was finishing up a degree in Computer Science with a music minor.

This fall semester I was in my third semester singing Tenor with the University Chorus.  This semester we actually were a part of the Sunday Vespers singing two different songs in Rodehaver Auditorium.  This was the first time that the Chorus would sing in Vespers.

This semester we also built my first web application using ASP and an Access Database.  It was the Annual BJU Contest Management System (CMS) program– a program that would be converted over to JAVA after I left.

Socially, I was dating a girl I met at summer music camp long distance– a girl that I would eventually break up with on the path to finding my wife!  I was working at the BJU Dining Common, and was the regular server for the faculty and guests on Sunday– even doing a Thanksgiving meal for the Administration (even though I never left the kitchen).

20 Years Ago

Twenty years ago I was 11.  It’s interesting that I am asked 10-20-30 this year, because it was just twenty years ago that my family was in England on account of my father.  He worked for a company that was purchased by a company in Bracknell, Berkshire, and they moved all of us over to England between July and December of 1987– roughly 6 months.

We actually took a babysitter with us, who went back within two weeks, because we were sure we’d be in a hotel for some of the time, but ended up in a rented house–

Our House in England

14 Shepherds Hill, Bracknell, Berkshire, England (marked by the red tack) was where we lived, driving a French car because it was the only car big enough for our family.

I went to school around the corner (you can see some of it here on the left) and attended church in a community center.

At this point in my life I was adapting to a different culture– one that walked more than drove, said “Oi” instead of “Hey” and one that was different than anything I had experienced at the time.  School was different in that I went to a private school that had to wear a tie and was setup like a high school, even though it was still elementary.

I placed into the upper track (1W), but had trouble keeping up with the different pace as well as trying to figure out how to switch classes and where to end up– I swear, looking back, that I must have missed some classes because I was never sure where I was supposed to be.  For the most part, I just tagged along to where my friends were going!

30 Years Ago

In 1977 I was a 1 year old.  I’m sure that the milestones here were learning to walk and talk!  I was a late walker, I believe, but other than that, I’m not quite sure what’s notable here.  Sorry!

And now, it’s my duty to tag some other individuals…

I tag:

• Revka at The Porch Light
• Leigh Ann at Seeing Afar Off
• Rebecca at The Space Between My Peers
• Jess at Making Home
• Meg at Meg Logan

If you haven’t been around 30 years, do the best you can!

Lets see, I was asked to introduce myself but I’m never sure where to start. However, this past week, I was asked to do a personality test for work, so I thought I’d start there. It was mainly to see who makes up our team so that we work more effectively together. I found out that I’m a Gold. There are four colors, blue, green, orange and gold. Most people have a primary and secondary color. If your primary and secondary colors are within 4 points of each other there is likely to be overlap between the various characteristics making up your colors. Being that my primary color was 19/20 and secondary color was 11/20 it’s a pretty good indication that I-am-a-gold. I know we shouldn’t put ourselves into a box, but it was fun to see who made up my team of co-workers. I’ve done this type of personality test before and my primary color was blue but I guess over the years I’ve changed.

As I sat with the other Golds and read the description it was not surprising that gold was my primary color.
“Gold represents a need to be responsible, to fulfill duties and obligations, to organize and structure our life and that of others. Those with Gold as a Primary Color value being practical and sensible. They believe that people should earn their way in life through work and service to others” (taken from truecolors.org).
As we read through the description my supervisor and I chuckled because this described us to a tee!

But to get to the basics of who I identify as, I am a God-following, woman, fiancée, (soon-to-be) step-mom, daughter, aunt, sister, niece, athlete who eats only fish (and recently chicken) but loves anything sweet!

Min asks me to write for Weekend Kindness so I’ll be contributing once a month. That’s me in a nutshell!

Well, it was inevitable, and it couldn’t have happened to a nicer blogger.  Anna of Veiled Glory announced on her blog yesterday that she was choosing to leave the world of blogging right now:

Last week I realized there was much more listening I needed to do instead of writing for a season. God has provided some Elders (in person and through the internet) that have been vitally important to where I am spiritually right now. Don’t worry, I’m not getting into some sort of leader-worship-cult! Quite the opposite! We all need some mature people of faith to help us along the way at times.

So, for however long it takes, I will be writing in my journal that collected dust while I was blogging or thinking about blogging. I will be reading Scripture, five chapters a day. I will be visiting with new friends. Trying out wobbly lamb legs, spiritually speaking. Sewing and knitting lots of cool stuff.

We wish you well, Anna, and pray that your journey closer to God will be a fruitful one.

As a new contributor to Weekend Kindness, I was asked to start out by introducing myself. For some reason, I find such an assignment rather difficult to articulate, much preferring to jump right in to the issues at hand—why speak of myself? Yet, a good reader likes to be educated at least a wee bit as to the author.

Hello everybody! I was pleasantly surprised to be invited by MInTheGap to contribute here at Weekend Kindness and am excited to join y’all. :o)

My name is Amy and I am wife & helpmeet to my wonderful husband, Sean, and new mother to our zany little daughter, Miss Peapod, who is soon to be ten months old. I have had the opportunity to serve my Heavenly Father, husband, and now our daughter, as a “keeper at home” ever since I married. We have just recently returned to our adopted home state of Georgia, after the completion of my husband’s military service this past spring, and are excited to be living “civilian life” once again. My husband and I have called six different addresses home over the past few years and will finally be settling down at one home for at least a year (God willing) in just two short weeks. This blessing from the Lord is something I am most thankful for and I cannot wait to see where He might lead us next!

I blog at Clothesline Alley about a host of Godly womanhood topics, ranging from femininity, modesty, motherhood, homemaking, and everything in between. Writing, sharing with, and learning from others are all passions of mine and I feel blessed to have opportunity to partake in all of these activities and more through the Christian blogosphere.

I look forward to the pleasure of contributing here at Weekend
Kindness and hope that many interesting discussions are to come. Many blessings!!

~Amy

Hello everyone~

I’m Jess, wife of one amazing man (for nearly seven years now), mom to three precious kiddos (two boys- 5 & 3, and one girl- 15 months), and we’re currently pregnant with our fourth. I write, opinionize, and philosophize over at Making Home, a blog about the Christian home, biblical womanhood, God-honoring sexuality, and relationships. I grew up in a solid Christian home, have a degree in Political Science, which is the field I worked in until we had our first child. So I love discussing politics too!

Min the Gap has invited me to be a regular contributor over here at Weekend Kindness, and I’m excited to have another venue to discuss biblical relationships and family. It is my passion to help Christian women discover biblical roles, to encourage fellow believers to study the Word, and to grow and learn in my understanding of the Christian life, sharing that with the people around me. So I look forward to doing that with the other contributors, and readers here at Weekend Kindness.

See you around & I’ll look forward to discussing all aspects of biblical relationships with you!

Jess

I’m Leslie. MIntheGap asked me about contributing to Weekend Kindness, and must say I am thrilled to be a part of a site that is focused on encouraging husbands and wives to be better husbands and wives. Relationships are my thang! I love to meet and get to know new people and find out what makes them tick.

I was not raised in a Christian home. My parents divorced around the time I was 9 years old, so I wasn’t privileged with a good example of what a healthy marriage looked like. This probably has something to do with why I think people and the way they relate are very interesting subjects.

I was introduced to Christ by some very caring friends of mine when we were in eighth grade. They invited me to a youth revival night at their church. Honestly, I would have gone anywhere to get out of the house! Though my parents took my younger brother and me to church from time to time, I never really remember hearing the gospel. But that night in April 1991, I understood the good news for the first time and my heart heard God’s call. He has rescued me from heinous sin. I do not deserve his grace and goodness toward me through Jesus.

I graduated from the University of Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS), but that was only after I changed my major five or six times. The only college I wasn’t enrolled in during my tenure at good ol’ UofA was Business and Administration. I couldn’t settle on what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn’t want to major in business. What made me settle on HDFS? My sweetheart proposed and we decided I would be a wife and mother, and since I didn’t know anything about cooking or babies or healthy relationships, I decided to major in homemaking, child-rearing, and family. Thank God for schools that still offer programs in home economics (even if they don’t call it that anymore; it’s called Human Environmental Sciences)!

Now, here I am a mother of four (ages 8,7, 5, and almost 4). I am very happily married, and Hubby and I are working on our tenth year. I spend my days doing laundry, cooking, cleaning, and teaching my little ones. I spend what little free time I have reading and blogging. I only have one blog, Lux Venit, and I am looking forward to helping out around here at Weekend Kindness.