Countdowns

They were SO helpful! Once I was in the kitchen, and I realized I was singing Colossians 3:22-24 word perfect! I hadn't even tried to memorize it, I had just heard it so often! :D

Yeah :) are you an auditory learner? I think I'm more of a visual learner, but auditory resources definitely help too :)

I think I'm both :)

We got our host box!!!!

Cool! What do you get when you sign up to be a host?

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D wild happy dance :D

2013 BIBLE BEE….HERE WE COME!!!!!!! :D

Just an hour and 45 minutes!!! Can't wait!!

Less than an hour left!!! :)

35 minutes left!!!! :D

Who was the first family to sign up?

My siblings and I are numbers 6, 9, and 12.

It's only been a half hour since registration opened, and there are already 26 families and 85 contestants signed up!

We were the tenth family to sign up!! :D

We just signed up! :D We were family 26, I believe, to register, and I was #83, my brothers were #84 and #85 :D

Now…..to wait for June 1st…..

EDIT: Wow! Almost 100 contestants have signed up already! :)

You looked right after we registered :D

It's really fun! We have one contestant in each division :D

104 contestants!

That's what our family had last year :)

Did anyone see the Sword Study for little people? :) So sweet!

122 contestants enrolled!

We have two Seniors, two Juniors, a Primary, and a Primary "Young Explorer." :)

Are you a Senior now?

Yep! Meaning I have to study a lot harder… :D

Well, you made it to Semis last year so you probably should give ME some tips :D

EDIT: What version are you using this year? I know that you've used NIV the past years, but since they don't have that version anymore….

I am using ESV this year. It'll be a pretty big change, since I've used NIV all my life, but I'll work with it. :)
As for tips… I'm not very good at giving those… :P I honestly don't know how I made it to the Semifinals, except, of course, by the grace of God. :) I'd just advise you to review constantly and study as thoroughly as possible. :)

Thanks for the tip! :)

It's like the advice I give anyone for CLEP exams: STUDY LIKE A MANIAC!

Ummm…..A couple notebooks, some Bible Bee posters, a rule book…lots of those white packing things. Basically a lot of un-interesting things, but hey, WE GOT OUR HOST BOX!!!!! =D =D

Families Enrolled: 82
Contestants Enrolled: 267

at 3:16 EST

:D

haha sounds awesome :)

Yeah…. =D We're always just excited to be getting a Bible Bee box! :) :)

I know the feeling ;)

lol. :D

Okay, are we going to start counting down to June 1st now??? :D JK

Of course. This IS the countdown thread!

I'm excited about registering too, although our family hasn't yet. (Our host is still in the process of registering.)

61 days till the materials are released!

59 days,
22 hours,
48 minutes,
and 40 seconds!

Whoopie!!! :D

EDIT: I made a countdown - here it is! :)

http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/party?iso=20130601T09&p0=412&msg=Bible+Bee+2013+study+materials+released%21

59 days

16 hours

26 minutes

45 seconds

Families Enrolled: 193
Contestants Enrolled: 521

as of April 3rd, 2013, 10:41 EST

and 58 days,
22 hours,
18 minutes,
and 0 seconds! :D

57 days!!!!!!!!!! :D

CAN'T WAIT!! :D

How excited can we get?! :D until we burst? V

Hey, people! Stop wishing it get it faster…I have school to finish, and a surgery to recover from :D (though, I'm awfully excited about BB as well!)

Oh yes! I've been meaning to ask you! When do you have it?

May 6…lots of school cramming to do before then! And then, I'll have a whole month of doing nothing! So fun :D

Will you be able to talk after you surgery? You could call me! :)

Well, I'll only be able to open my mouth about 5 millimeters for the first 2 weeks (that's what my doctor says)….so I'll probably be able to talk enough to tell my family if I need something, but not to talk on the phone :( Though, it sounds fun to talk to people when I'll be laying in bed 24/7……

That's why we young people have this cool feature on our phones that we use, it's called "texting"!

• Groans* not this again!!!!!!
  Lol u could email each other???

@Sam – But when you don't have a phone….

Maybe we could Skype chat. Okay, Rachel? :)

Ah good call!! :) lol

That sounds wonderful! :D At least you can still 'talk" that way! : )
Wish you were online now….. ;-)