It’s SHARE YOUR WORLD TIME AGAIN!

Share Your World is the weekly blog challenge where our hostess Cee asks five questions. IN answering them we, her contributors, share our world.

You can join in the fun by clicking the underlined link above.

Here are her questions and my answers.

Does your first or middle name have any significance (or were you named after another family member)?

My middle name is Elon. It is a family name stretching back to at least the revolution and apparently was a middle name even further back because there are lots of _____________ Elon Lillies throughout the world.

Music or silence while working?

I like to have soft instrumental music playing in the background while I am writing.

Lately Dappytkeys has been my goto.

https://youtu.be/gF36aHYELJ0?t=5

If you had a special place for your three most special possessions (not including photos, electronics, people or animals), what would they be?

my electronic piano (which is currently in my office)

My Great Great Aunt’s tea set (which is also currently at my office)

My llama (which I currently don’t own but who doesn’t want a llama…or a pushmepullyou)

Okay yes these are animals but I couldn’t resist. I suppose if I had to choose an innanimate object that goes along with the llama I would say my spinning wheel which I also don’t own or know how to use, but if I had a llama I might learn.

🙂

The Never List: What are things you know you never will do?

I will never truly die. This body may fade and pass away but I have a new one waiting for me in Heaven.

I will never run out of love for Jesus. He has done so much for me. How can I but praise Him?

Pretty much that is all I can think of. There are a lot of things I would not think of doing but at this point in my life I have learned to never say never because I have gone through a lot of things and done a lot of things I said I would never do.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking

forward to in the week coming up? 

I am grateful that I got to see Beauty and the Beast. What a great movie! And this week I am just having a lot of fun working on the book.

It is time once again to share in one of my favorite challenges on the blogosphere. Every week our hostess at SYW asks us five questions and as we share our answers we also share our worlds.

To see how everyone answered the questions GO HERE.

Here are the questions and my answers:

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? 

I am not sure of an exact age in years but today I would say old enough to know better. Tomorrow I will probably go back to feeling like an old soul but today i just feel dumb and inexperienced.

So, you’re on your way out and it’s raining. Do you know where your umbrella is or do you frantically search for it all over your apartment/house?

Nope. I don’t search for it at all because I know it’s in my car where it is doing me absolutely no good.

Do you recharge your energy by going out with friends for a good time or by spending with quiet time alone?

In order to recharge my batteries I need to stay in my room and either sleep or read a book. I use to think watching TV was reenergizing. I am learning otherwise.

Name three things you and your spouse, partner or best friend  to have in common.

We both like music. We are both worship leaders. We are both going to be 50 this year.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I had a great time at our monthly outreach concerts last week. We brought worship communion and the word to almost seventy people. Praise God. This week I am looking forward to getting new drum heads for our churches Alesis DM10 drum kit.

I can hardly believe that there are only eight weeks left to 2016. Wow! Where did that year go? Well I know where the fall has gone. This fall has been an incredible time of outreach starting back in August with the Special Touch North East Getaway. In September we participated in the Toy Town Fall Festival. October was C.cada’s 6th annual art show. Last weekend was Trunk Or Treat and this weekend we have special guests Charlie Chivers and Frank Cacich coming to host the first North East Special Touch Disability Friendly Church Training Conference and then on Sunday Watoto African Children’s Choir is ministering at our church! We have outreached literally thousands of people with the message of Jesus this Fall!

The work of pastoring has kept me from the work of writing but as always I come back to the writing desk to help me find my center. Answering Cee’s weekly questions at SHARE YOUR WORLD is one way that I do that.

Here are Cee’s questions for this week and my answers.

What was your favorite subject in school?

English. I always dreamed of being a writer.

If you could have a servant come to your house every day for two hours, what would you have them do?

Paint and handyman jobs. I have a ton of those just waiting for me to get some time.

Where did you live when you were in the third grade of school?  Is it the same place or town you live now?

I live in the same house we moved to when I was in third grade. I have moved away and back several times now.

In your opinon, list some places that are great for shopping?

I love Kohl’s, Barnes & Noble, Target and Sears

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am grateful that we had a very successful Trunk or Treat. Nearly 500 people came out to the event at our church and over 300 came to hear the gospel preached that night.

my boss.

Me preaching the pumpkin gospel.

I am excited that this weekend we will have the double blessing of hosting the Disability Friendly Church Training Conference and Watoto Children’s Choir.

Charlie and Debbie Chivers Directors of Special Touch