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catofhope

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Location: New England
Children and/or pets: No children, no pets (anymore)
Marital status: In a relationship with Randy (bvwsmaker)

Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Food: Pizza
Hobbies:web designing, crafts

Ministry Involvement: encouragement online
Bible Translation: NIV, KJV, NKJV
Bible Verse(s): Matthew 5:16, Psalm 139:13-16, Hebrews 13:5, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Romans 8:28

Hymns or other Christian songs: Old Rugged Cross, In the Garden, Amazing Grace, Trust and Obey

Interesting Factoid #1: except for college lived in same state all of my life
Interesting Factoid #2: attended Eastern Nazarene college for one year when I was going to be an elementary school teacher
Interesting Factoid #3: transferred to DeVry Institute of Technology in Columbus, Ohio - would love to move back there someday
Interesting Factoid #4: My mother grew up Catholic going to parochial school until high school
Interesting Factoid #5: My father grew up Advent Christian
Interesting Factoid #6: I have attended many different denominational churches:
Advent Christian, Baptist, Mennonite, Nazarene, Salvation Army
 
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MN John

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First Name (if you want): John
Location: MN
Children and/or pets: No
Marital status (or lack thereof): In a relationship
Occupation: Education

Favorite Color: Hazel
Favorite Food: Ethiopian, Italian, Mexican, & Vietnamese
Hobbies: Dancing
Likes: Nadine
Dislikes/pet peeves: Scofflaws

Ministry Involvement: Homeless Shelter
Bible Translation: English
Bible Verse(s): [bible]Jeremiah 29:11[/bible]
Hymns or other Christian songs: Mountain of God, Made to Worship

Interesting Factoid #1: Studying Spanish
 
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2 kids (ages 6.5 & 4) 2 cats
Marital status (or lack thereof):
Married for nearly 9 years
Occupation:
Homeschooling sahm

Ministry Involvement:
I work in our preK during Sunday morning services, I work in AWANA (a Scripture memorization club), I sub-teach our Jr. High SS class.

Rachel
 
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First Name: Nadine
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Children and/or pets: 2 kids... lots of fish...
Marital status: getting ready to be... :)
Occupation: Real Estate/Banking

Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Food: Mexican
Hobbies:
1. Entertaining People - I like to cook when others will eat
2. Reading
3. Watching Movies
Likes:John
Dislikes/pet peeves: hmmm...
Ministry Involvement: Set Free - Overcoming Co-Dependecy
Bible Translation: NASB
Bible Verse(s):Jeremiah 29:12-14 12'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13'You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. 14'I will be found by you,' declares the LORD, 'and I will restore your fortunes and will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you,' declares the LORD, 'and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.'

Hymns or other Christian songs: Mountain of God, Made to Worship and then the oldie but goodie... How Great Thou Art


Interesting Factoid #1: I love cats, but when my daughter got married in January, I let her take the 2 I had to go live with her... so I only have fish now...
Interesting Factoid #2: I am learning to Round Dance
Interesting Factoid #3: Someone recently swayed me into liking to wear cowboy boots
Interesting Factoid #4: I use to have a 45-pound tortoise named Howie
Interesting Factoid #5: I have a hard time getting places on time... gotta go...
 
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First Name (if you want): Kim
Location: Ohio
Children and/or pets: 3kids 1dog
Marital status (or lack thereof): Married
Occupation: Mommy

Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Chocolate
Hobbies: napping :yawn:
Likes: Music
Dislikes/pet peeves: annoying people:)

Ministry Involvement: VBS and Mops
Bible Translation: NIV
Bible Verse(s): John 14:23-24
Hymns or other Christian songs: I like a lot of stuff!! Some favorite artists are Newsboys, Steven Curtis Chanpman, Chris Tomlin, 4Him, a lot more....

Interesting Factoid #1: I'm a trumpet player
Interesting Factoid #2: Married 12 years
Interesting Factoid #3: Cleaning clams my nerves
Interesting Factoid #4: No I won't clean your house
Interesting Factoid #5: I'm silly
 
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JuliaBond

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Location: West Coast
Children and/or pets: None
Marital status (or lack thereof): Single
Occupation: Retired

Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite Food: Ice Cream
Hobbies: Gardening, Cooking, Sewing, Reading
Likes: Nice People
Dislikes/pet peeves: Mean People

Bible Verse(s): [bible]1 Corinthians 10:13[/bible]

Interesting Factoid #1: Became a believer in my 30's
Interesting Factoid #2: I continue to struggle with S.S.A.
Interesting Factoid #3: I am double-jointed
Interesting Factoid #4: I have a hard time getting places on time too!
Interesting Factoid #5: My natural hair color is a actually light blonde.
Interesting Factoid #6: I got Tom Hanks' autograph while I was standing in my underwear.
Interesting factoid #7: I can sing, I can carry a tune and such, but I never sing in front of other people. I don't know why - I just never do and never have.
Interesting factoid #8: I can hear bats' echolocation. It's true!
 
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First Name (if you want): Edie
Location: Sylvania, OH (I'm about as close to Michigan as one can be and not be in Michigan)
Children and/or pets: Sam (25) & Hannah (21), daughter-in-law Kellie (30), 2 grandsons Lukas (5) & Logan (2)
Marital status (or lack thereof): married - 28 years
Occupation: RN, manage 5 physician pediatric practice

Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Food: salmon
Hobbies: knitting, reading, CF, playing with my grandsons, learning about wine
Likes: to many to name, but hockey (go Wings), watching Luke's sports, HGTV & the Food Channel, the Smoky Mountains/Asheville NC area (my favorite vacation spots)
Dislikes/pet peeves: my biggest - people with no common sense (and there are so many of them), loud music in cars with the bass cranked so high that it makes my car vibrate 2 cars away:mad::mad:

Ministry Involvement: secretary/treasurer at my church
Bible Translation: NKJV, NASB
Bible Verse(s): Matthew 11:27-30, Romans 8
Hymns or other Christian songs: How Great Thou Art, Great is Thy Faithfulness, Holy, Holy, Holy, Fairest Lord Jesus, Amazing Grace - I could go on and on

Interesting Factoid #1: I'm one of 4 sisters, no brothers
Interesting Factoid #2: I love hockey - the 19 in my user ID is for Steve Yzerman's jersey number
Interesting Factoid #3: I love food and love to cook - not enough time to spend lots of time at it though:(
 
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klynnmiller

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First Name (if you want): Kelly or you can just call me K Lynn
Location: Northcentral Indiana, about 3 miles from Michigan
Children and/or pets: 14 yo daughter and 8 yo son--soon-to-have: 13 yo daughter and 11 yo son as well. I have 2 ferrets and one mouse. (in a cage, not my kitchen)
Marital status (or lack thereof): married someday, just not sure when now.
Occupation: Unemployed at the moment, medical leave.

Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Food: Italian
Hobbies: CF, reading, watching Cubs and Colts, singing
Likes: Sports
Dislikes/pet peeves: Bad customer service

Ministry Involvement: Praise team, hopefully getting involved with the youth group soon.
Bible Translation: NKJV
Bible Verse(s): James 1:2-3
Hymns or other Christian songs: Amazing Grace, The Wonderful Cross, O Worship the King, When God Made You.

Interesting Factoid #1: I met Arnold Schwarzenegger and my daughter puked on him.:sick:
Interesting Factoid #2: I like strange and weird pets, I once owned 2 big snakes and one BIG lizard, all at the same time.
Interesting Factoid #3: I can decorate cakes.
Interesting Factoid #4: I was once a Budweiser Girl (before I was a Christian Girl) and then got hit by a drunk driver.
Interesting Factoid #5: I walk with a cane.
 
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Monaleezza

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First Name (if you want): Mona (bit of a giveaway I guess!)
Location: London. It's not the largest place in the world, so N.London is the finer detail.
Children and/or pets: I have a pet that is my child. Topaz, my beautiful cat. She's the best! (Except when she goes toilet behind the bath panel!:doh:)
Marital status (or lack thereof): I'm hanging in there waiting for a proposal and hinting for one too!;)
Occupation: I work with young people who are involved in criminal and anti-social behaviour!

Favorite Color:
OOoh I dunno if I have one.:scratch:
Favorite Food: Indian and Caribbean (yes I like it hot & spicy)
Hobbies: I write Christian articles & enjoy every minutes of it. I'd love to be a writer some day.
Likes: Nice things?! (Ooops, that sounds vain doesn't it!)
Dislikes/pet peeves: Rudeness! I will not tolerate rude people! Oh and racism!

Ministry Involvement: I volunteer on our conferences youth and teens ministry management teams.
Bible Translation: NIV
Bible Verse(s): Isaish 41:10
Hymns or other Christian songs: Come Ye Disconsolate

Interesting Factoid #1: There isn't a (clean) food I wouldn't try at least once.
Interesting Factoid #2: If I could travel the world and never went to Iceland, Finland, Poland or any other land I'd not feel as though I missed out!:D
Interesting Factoid #3: I used to be able to play piano and guitar, but I've simply forgotten how.
Interesting Factoid #4: I used to have special insoles in my shoes to help me to walk straight when I was little.
Interesting Factoid #5: I've begun reading a book (The Success Principles) that's encouraged me my goals and achieve them. This time next year I'll be rich!:thumbsup:
 
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Location: Houston, Tx area
Children and/or pets: 1 daughter / no more pets
Marital status (or lack thereof): Married 10 yrs in June
Occupation: stay at home mom / Arbonne independent consultant

Favorite Color: blue
Favorite Food: Thai / sushi
Hobbies: singing
Likes: when someone else does the cooking
Dislikes/pet peeves: my daughter leaving her stuff lying around

Ministry Involvement: Music: praise team/choir
Bible Translation: NKJ
Bible Verse(s): John 15:13
Hymns or other Christian songs: Just about anything Hillsong / United

Interesting Factoid #1: I have red hair
Interesting Factoid #2: part Irish / German
Interesting Factoid #3: have lived in Tx most of my life in Tn 2yrs)
Interesting Factoid #4: never been out of the U.S.
Interesting Factoid #5: planning a trip to Europe this summer
 
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GritsnGrace

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First Name (if you want): Renée
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Children and/or pets: 1 son, 1 daughter, a cat and a puppy
Marital status (or lack thereof): divorced
Occupation: Customer Service at a grocery store

Favorite Color: blue
Favorite Food: anything Italian
Hobbies: computer, gardening, reading
Likes: happy people
Dislikes/pet peeves: rude people

Ministry Involvement: letting others see Jesus in me.
Bible Translation: KJV
Bible Verse(s): Isa 40:31
Hymns or other Christian songs:lots of favorites, love contemporary Christian

Interesting Factoid #1: I lived in Spain as a child
Interesting Factoid #2: I have a son in Iraq
Interesting Factoid #3: I love cats
 
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First Name (if you want): Matthew
Location: England
Children and/or pets: Neither
Marital status (or lack thereof): lack thereof :)
Occupation: Student

Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Chinese
Hobbies: Guitars
Likes: Snow
Dislikes/pet peeves: Things that don't work properly.

Ministry Involvement: None
Bible Translation: KJV, NIV
Bible Verse(s): John 3:16
Hymns or other Christian songs: Amazing Grace

Interesting Factoid #1: My Mum met Princess Diana.
Interesting Factoid #2: I briefly flew a plane when I was 11.
Interesting Factoid #3: I have less than a year in this forum as I'm 39!
Interesting Factoid #4: I'm not very interesting.
Interesting Factoid #5: Do I have to fill them all? :)
 
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MN John

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Interesting Factoid #3: I have less than a year in this forum as I'm 39!
Hi Matthew!

Not this forum. You have less than a year in the Terrific 30's forum. You can stay in 30+ Fellowship as long as you remain 30+ (You only have to leave if you get younger!:thumbsup: )
 
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MatthewR

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Hi Matthew!

Not this forum. You have less than a year in the Terrific 30's forum. You can stay in 30+ Fellowship as long as you remain 30+ (You only have to leave if you get younger!:thumbsup: )
Oh how silly of me :doh:
Note to self - "read the webpage properly".
I could always blame my error on old age ^_^
 
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This is a neat idea.
User Name: Sampa is an Indian girls name meaning "Visible flash of light"
Location:Midwest
Children and/or pets: Nope
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Highway Tech.

Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Asian (thai, Japanese, Vietnamese…)
Hobbies: Running, surfing, foreign and Indie film and bible study
Likes: green grass, mountains, UK, inquisitive childlike people, smell of sweet pea, open fields and land, Barlow Girl, pastel shirts (not vivid or soft soft), sleep, runners high
Dislikes/pet peeves: sound of base, commercialism in the church, being cold (I work outside),

Ministry Involvement: Navigators (93-94), Campus Crusade for Christ (94-99), JET Christian fellowship (99-03),
Presently I’m looking for a home church.
Bible Translation: KJV and NASB
Bible Verse(s): Gal 1:10 approval has been my struggle for years, but I’m seeing breakthrough recently
Hymns or other Christian songs: Jeff Deyo “bless the Lord”

Interesting Factoid #1: Never been married and haven’t had a boyfriend since my teens.
Interesting Factoid #2: had more than 20 addresses and jobs in 13 years
Interesting Factoid #3: lived on a small island off the tip of Japan
Interesting Factoid #4 : have a hard time making it to places on time.
Interesting Factoid #5: Many mistake me for 10yrs younger.
 
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catofhope

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This is a neat idea.
User Name: Sampa is an Indian girls name meaning "Visible flash of light"
Location:Midwest
Children and/or pets: Nope
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Highway Tech.

Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Asian (thai, Japanese, Vietnamese…)
Hobbies: Running, surfing, foreign and Indie film and bible study
Likes: green grass, mountains, UK, inquisitive childlike people, smell of sweet pea, open fields and land, Barlow Girl, pastel shirts (not vivid or soft soft), sleep, runners high
Dislikes/pet peeves: sound of base, commercialism in the church, being cold (I work outside),

Ministry Involvement: Navigators (93-94), Campus Crusade for Christ (94-99), JET Christian fellowship (99-03),
Presently I’m looking for a home church.
Bible Translation: KJV and NASB
Bible Verse(s): Gal 1:10 approval has been my struggle for years, but I’m seeing breakthrough recently
Hymns or other Christian songs: Jeff Deyo “bless the Lord”

Interesting Factoid #1: Never been married and haven’t had a boyfriend since my teens.
Interesting Factoid #2: had more than 20 addresses and jobs in 13 years
Interesting Factoid #3: lived on a small island off the tip of Japan
Interesting Factoid #4 : have a hard time making it to places on time.
Interesting Factoid #5: Many mistake me for 10yrs younger.
Welcome to CF sampa and nice getting to know you some. :thumbsup:
 
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ranyhyn

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First Name (if you want): Shawn
Location: central Georgia, USA
Children and/or pets: no children. 4 cats and 2 dogs now that we've gotten rid of the ferrets and chinchillas
Marital status (or lack thereof): Married, just over 6 years
Occupation: A/P associate

Favorite Color: green
Favorite Food: spaghetti, cubed steak and gravy
Hobbies: Flight Simulation, being lazy, reading, music
Likes: The Lord, my wife, people with a sense of humor, the beauty of nature
Dislikes/pet peeves: the lack of ability for too many people online to use correct grammar and spelling when they type

Ministry Involvement: Music/choir director, deacon
Bible Translation: KJV, but looking to get an NASB study Bible too
Bible Verse(s): Ephesians 6:11
Hymns or other Christian songs: Hymn - In The Garden, Christian song - Feel The Nails by Ray Boltz

Interesting Factoid #1: I didn't know my dad's real name until I was about 10 years old
Interesting Factoid #2: I was in Homestead, FL in 1992 for Hurricane Andrew.
Interesting Factoid #3: I actually looked forward to getting up on Saturdays to go to math competitions when I was in high school
Interesting Factoid #4: I'm married to the only woman I've ever dated
Interesting Factoid #5: Lived just south of Miami until I was almost 29 but can only remember going to the beach once in my life.
 
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sampa

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>Interesting Factoid #2: I was in Homestead, FL in 1992 for Hurricane Andrew.

Shawn, I was at Homestead AFB too in 1992 with the Army doing clean up. Umm and sorry if I have incorrect grammer, I'm quite an incorrect person of sorts. I wanted to get this quote in the brackets, but it didn't work out? Urgghh.
 
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