Bible Bee "Excitement Room"

I hope that's how it is, Rosie, because that's how we registered Ellia (who is old enough to compete).

I'm really excited lol. Just not sure how 2 express it right now. :) lol jk

237 families, 610 contestants as of April 4, 9:35 PM EDT!

From the FAQ page: "The Young Explorer Sword Study is designed especially for the younger half of the primary division. The younger children who chose this book may have more success in working through and completing their study. Children ages four to eight should continue to have close, parental involvement in their study of the Bible. Those who chose to use the Young Explorer and compete in the Primary division should be adequately prepared if they do the suggested reading and digging deeper sections with their parents' assistance." So apparently Young Explorers can still compete like any other Primary. (Good thing, since Zachary's a YE as well!)

BTW: Just a little something I saw. Interesting that the name "Sword Study" is now trademarked. Seriously, it's on the home page!

Do you have a Young Explorer in your family, Matthew? What does trademark mean? (Don't laugh, since I know you probably will when you see this comment!) :D

Yes, Zachary is a Young Explorer.
Trademarked means that the Bible Bee has the permissions for that particular name and nobody else can use the name "Sword Study" for their product.

Thanks for posting that thing from FAQ…I was getting concerning that we had mis-read something about YE and Ellia couldn't compete!

Can age of any Primary use it? I'll have a 10 year old brother in the Primaries, and he's still working on his reading….

We didn't see an option for that when we registered.

Sorry, but it seems that only seven-year-olds can be Young Explorers. :(

Oh, okay! Too bad!

Anyway, SCREAMS and jumps on the bed I'm SO excited!

Okay, not really about the screaming and jumping part. But I AM SOOOOO EXCITED! :D

Oh….I thought you just saw a bug in your bed, or something like that…that was, before I read the rest of your comment! :P

LOL! 8D Do you remember the time I told you about the cricket? :D

Yes! That was hilarious! :D :D

Now it is, but it WAS NOT funny when it actually happened :D

I'm sure it wasn't! If I get awakened from something in the middle of the night, I'm not very happy (I'm normally not in the best of moods in the middle of the night). The worst thing that happened in the night, was when I woke up with myself sitting on the floor with all my sheets laying around me. For some reason, I thought I needed to do that, though I have no idea why….

(This ought to go under Social Chatting!)

Once I was sleep walking and went in the kitchen thinking I was making pizza! I think I was in the fridge looking for something when mom came out and asked what I was doing :D

I found a stink bug 2day and freaked out!!!!!

We registered and I think we were like 301 and 302. Or maybe it was 201 and 202. I know it was _01 and _02….:) LOL I'm super excited too…I'm just sad because my bff who usually does it is going to China and won't be able to compete. :( sob!

Our family now officially has a "Bible Bee Countdown" on our white board. :) Yeah, we're excited. ;)

Hey, I noticed on the Bible Bee site that there's a Bible Bee in South Korea… how does that work?? :P

It's actually in China!! And there is one on an island in the Mediterranean Sea!!!!!! Lol :)

@Nicolas – Any US citizen can participate, no matter where they are at the time being. I guess if they make it to Nationals, and want to go, they'll have to fly to TN :D Last year, there was one in a US military base in Europe, if I'm not mistaken….

And I believe that last year there was also a bee in Kenya (at the U.S. embassy there). :)

Wow!

Registered :) No idea what number I was.
Can't wait until June 1st!!!!!!!
267 Familys
669 Contestants

That's great! :)

I'm soooo happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P :P :P :P :P and excited. Any suggestions on which translation I should use??

What do you normally use? You would be familiar with it… Personally, I would recommend the KJV… I've used it for pretty much my whole life! But then I don't want to get in a Bible translation debate!!! ;)

Hey, if I were you, I'd go with the KJV…it's my favorite version, and kind of wished we still used it :(

Thought you guys used ESV.. Why'd you switch?

For all of you who used to use NIV, what do you use now?

I'm assuming they use a different version!!!

And I'm just kidding around!!

Go for King James!! :D (I'm obviously biased) But, if you've been raised on a modern translation, ESV would be my recommendation.

Hmmm all the pros seem to say KJV is the best but I doubt I can convince my little brother to leave the ESV cause he loves it, and I have to do the same translation he does. :)

I would recommend Either KJV or NKJV, but that's just my opinion… I've mostly used KJV all my life, but NKJV has a bit more "modern" language :) I'm using KJV for BB

As long as we're recommending Bible translations (I wouldn't recommend any paraphrases, but thankfully BibleBee doesn't offer those)
I would recommend the KJV (King James Version) which I use for memorizing both on Memverse and in the BibleBee.
And the ESV (English Standard Version) which we use in Church, and has more modern language.

Do KJV!!!!! =D =D

Wow, I didn't realize so many people used KJV on here! :)

Does ANYBODY use NASB? Or am I the lone ranger? :( :) LOL

I DO! We'll be the NASB Rangers together!

I know several people that use NASB, so you are not alone:)

Well, I wouldn't exactly call myself a pro, but if you say so… :P

ESV.

What does NASB stand for? :) wait is it 'New American Standard Bible'? I'll probably end up using ESV because that's what my brother likes. :)

Lol and yes I consider anyone who has made it to nats a pro! :) lol jk :)

'New Awesome Super Bible'!

Whew! That makes me feel better! jk!

I agree with you Danielle, and even Mrs. MacMahan calls the Nationals contestants her Olympians;)

Lol :) I have no idea who that is but that's pretty funny! :)

Mrs. McMahan, is the leader of the Entire Bible Bee, and she also writes the Sword Studies:) if you go to nationals, ( or if you've aready gone,) you'll meet her for sure:)