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Jill Thomas

November 23, 2012

My name is Jill I live in Ohio and I am the oldest of ten kids i have been on memverese for a wile one of my Favorite things to do memorize Bible verses on my spare time (Which there is not much of ) just thought I would put in there. I asked the lord in my Heart when i was 6 but when i was 13 I needed to make things for sure and I did. it was the happiest day of my life I got Baptized in our creek I have a wonderful church family the lord has been so good to me I am writing this on thanksgiving with my family all around me it is a wonderful feeling I have so much to be thankful for. p.s. thank you AstroLeah for telling me about this site. JIll

Sheila Edeliant

November 24, 2012

Hello, Jill. Glad to meet you! It sounds like you have a lovely family.

I, too, have been on Memverse for awhile (about 8 months now)–finally decided to see what the forums are all about. :)

My name is Sheila. I love memorizing Scripture, too, and have found Memverse to be such a blessing! I memorized several Bible passages in the Christian school I first attended as a child, but did not put the emphasis I now know I should have on Bible memorization for many years after that.

When I was 18, I became the Sabbath School leader for the youngest children's division at our church in Carson City, Nevada. Each week, there was a short passage of Scripture that the little ones were encouraged to memorize. One week, I suddenly realized that if we were expecting 2-, 3-, and 4-year-olds to memorize the Bible, we teachers ought to be doing the same!

I started out with some difficulty, but found as so many of us do, that our minds really do strengthen with use–especially when that use is meditation on God's Word.

I truly enjoy children's ministry. I have four children of my own that I home school here in Oregon. (Well, two of them have graduated, but anyway….) I also write and illustrate Vacation Bible School materials and activities for Christian children, some of which I sell and others that I give away, mostly online.

I lead out the weekly #myBiblechat on Twitter, too. My hobby of sorts would be playing acoustic guitar.

I guess that about sums it up!

Blessings to you, Jill and AstroLeah–and all of you "Memversers" out there. I really enjoy being part of this community.

~Sheila :)