His Servant

No…I'll be back right before locals, before nationals, etc. I just want to make sure I'm staying on schedule. I'll miss you all!

That's a great idea, Bethany! But, I doubt we'll run out of things to talk about too. :)
Love you too! Yes, Lord willing :)

I'm going to be leaving the forums for a while as well. I will probably come on every once and a while to check on here and maybe the Modesty topic as well. I'll miss you all!

No, I don't think we'll run out of things to talk about – because I have a list going now! It'll be fun when I can actually ask you the questions….only 5 more days! :D

How are the verses going? I'm finishing mine on Wednesday. They are such encouraging passages that they put in…but, I can share more when we see each other :) Hope Bible Bee is going well for you, Rosie! sends you a long hug

Oh, good! I have a list going now too! Some of the questions are, well, I guess you'll see…..;) 4 more days!! :D

My verses are going really well; I'm finishing mine on Wednesday or Thursday. Oh, that'll be fun if we are both done with our verses when we see each other. :) I know – they chose such wonderful verses for us to memorize! I especially like Psalm 36:7-10. Well, I need to go now. big hug

Oh, I can't wait to hear your questions (but, much more, see you!) Only 3 more days…when you see this comment :D

I'm glad your verses are going well – that's good that you'll have them memorized by then! Keep up the good work! One of my favorites if Psalm 36:7-10 as well! "How precious is your steadfast love, O God"…so amazing!

hugs you back

Hi Bethany! :) sends you a hug

3 days!! I'm so overwhelmed – I can't believe I'm actually going to see you all again!! :D

Yes, and what is funny is that I wrote that first part of Psalm 36:7 in my letter to you on Saturday; before I even knew that that was a passage we would be memorizing. :) That is what I have been praising God with recently – how precious His steadfast love/lovingkindness is!

hug (can't wait 'till I can give you a real hug!)

Rachel – hugs you too :)

Hi Rosie :) hugs you back :D

Hello, Rachel! I don't know if you're still on, or if I will be when you are. Oh well :)

I'm on for a minute, but will be leaving shortly.

Oh, okay. I have to get off very soon anyway. :)

I got the message!

Sorry, the computer malfunctioned. :} Well, I have to go. It's time for lunch. :) Bye, Rachel! Have a good day!

Same here! (About lunch :D) have a good day!

Same here! (About lunch :D) have a good day!

It is hard to believe that I'm going to see you again – it seems like forever since November! :) My excitement is starting to mount more and more these days! Also, I got a large list of questions going, we might run out of time to answer them…and, I have to answer your questions as well =)

That is funny – I'm looking forward to getting your letter! Have you finished your verses yet…I haven't yet, but I will by the time you get here!

Had a quick question for you – do you or any in your family have any food allergies or things you can't eat? Thanks :)

I can't want to give you a real hug as well!!

gives you and Rachel a hug

Bethany – Lol It is hard to believe that I am going to see you again too :D Well, it's been 7 months since November….so it has been a while.
Oh, I know! I now have a large list of questions too, so we probably will run out of time! Especially since we won't just be sitting around asking each other questions :) But we can just try to get through as many as possible - we have to make the most of our visit!

I am finishing my verses this afternoon! What about you? And I am about to finish your letter – have been working on it all morning. Hopefully my handwriting isn't too sloppy…:) I was writing a bit fast.

No, none of us have any food allergies that we know of….unless Root Beer pop counts. :)

Two more days!!! :D I might not survive two days! :)

You'd better survive!!

I'm finishing my verses today as well. Yeah, we cam do more than talking, since I want to show you our garden.

Btw…when you supposed to get to our house, do you know? :)

grins

That, and we have to play for each other on the piano (oh, that reminds me, I should probably pack my music along…..). :)

I believe we are supposed to get to your house around 10:30-11:00 your time. It is going to be so odd, I've never been far enough West to have to adjust to time change. I better change my watch as we leave tonight. :)
Well, I need to go, and I might not be back on until we get back from our trip. :) That will only happen if I don't get back on at all today, because I'm not taking my laptop along. We shall see.

Thanks for the hug! :D sends you both a really big hug :D

How long are you going to be there, Rosie?

Where? On our trip, or at the P.'s home?
On our trip, from tonight, to Friday evening next week. At the P.'s, from about 10:30 a.m. (or 11:00) to sometime early afternoon (on Saturday), I believe. I'm not completely sure when we will leave.
I'm not going to be on here for long (just so you know).

ITS TOMORROW!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!!!!!

IT'S TODAY!!!!!!!!!!! :D so happy for you all!!! :D

Yes, it was today! Oh….it was SO.MUCH.FUN! I could just keep thinking about it, and thinking about it. :)

So you glad you all could come, Rosie! I had such a wonderful, wonderful time seeing you again!

(And, since I like remembering what a great time we had, I put our picture up…hope you don't mind! :D)

Oh, we're finally home! In one way, I miss everyone we were with so much, but, it also is nice to be home again. :)

Oh, it was SO MUCH FUN visiting your family, Bethany!! I enjoyed our time immensely, and will never forget it! Thank you for everything – tell your family thank you for me too :)

Of course I don't mind you putting our picture up! I was excited to see it on here just now :) I really liked how the picture turned out

Hi Rosie!!! I had such a good time with you as well – won't ever forget it. When did you get home?

We got home at 12:30 last night….well, this morning. :) I'm about to go check to see how the garden has done while we were gone.

How is your garden doing? :)

It is doing really well! PTL! Everything is growing like it should, there were just a ton of little weeds to pull. I also had to spray the plants to protect them from insects, and shoo away a chipmunk that found its way into the garden – we'll have to cover the hole that it went in. But otherwise, it is going wonderfully :) How about yours?

Going well! My mom planted some sunflowers, in an empty spot and one of them is starting to come up! The tomatoes are SO tall, and we have several little tomatoes now! My mom is going to prune the plants, that way we get more. And the onions are sprouting like weeds, as is the rhubarb!

EDIT – I'm going now. Bye! Hope you have a good day! Love you!

That's wonderful! I hope that your garden continues to do well.

All right, bye, Bethany! Love you, and already miss you! :)

@Rosie – http://rejoicing-evermore.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-time-with-friends.html

Miss you tons!

Oh, Bethany, that was so sweet! I just commented on it :) I enjoyed our time SO much, and have missed you since the day of our visit (I know, it's a bit odd :). I'm already counting down the months till Nationals (and probably the days in a few months!) – miss you!

And of course, you can count on girls to be mushy!

glares Excuse me? What's wrong with missing my sister in Christ (who, I only get to see once, maybe twice a year)?

steps up next to Rosie Yes! I take her side!

whispers to Rachel Thanks :)

squeezes your hand, and whispering back "Yup" :)

Hey, I'm not sayin' I haven't had my own mushy moments! Just sayin'!

shakes head My point is that what I said was not "mushy".

Yeah, you keep on thinking that Rosie!

Facepalm And u can always count on Sam to be getting in some sort of trouble :P

Sigh I know. :-l

Wait r u really upset? : /

She says, "Not necessarily." Um… whatever that's supposed to mean. ;P JK, Rosie, JK! :P

Lol :)

We seem to be getting slightly off-topic… sorry, Bethany! :}

I don't care if y'all talk on here, Nicolas :) Just, don't give Rosie a hard time! She didn't say anything "mushy" at all, Sam.

I miss you too, Rosie! Oh, and I got your letter today – it totally made my day :)

Oh, I'm so glad you got the letter! I forgot that it would get there today. :)

Will Saturday work to call? (I don't know if you saw my comment in response to yours, on my blog). I'm trying to plan when to write my next long letter to you. Definitely, not right before we call, or then you'll have heard everything I'm learning (not that it's bad to talk about it twice, if you know what I mean :D)