Fun Version :)

Following is an informal way for you to get to know the face behind Women Abiding.

It was fun (but hard work) compiling these 101 random morsels about my life (in no particular order):

  1. I have changed country every 18 years of my life (born in Israel/South Africa/Israel/New Zealand).
  2. I’m crazy about my children (almost as much as I am about my hubby!)
  3. I love chocolate.
  4. I got my driving license at the ripe old age of 31 (when I was 9 months pregnant!).
  5. My desire is to write books.
  6. I work best under pressure.
  7. I try to do the “important” before it becomes “urgent.”
  8. My name means “praise and glory” in Hebrew.
  9. I have two sisters, one in Heaven, and one on Earth.
  10. I have forgotten how to ride a bicycle (so much for the ol’ saying).
  11. I got married at the age of 26.
  12. I went to a Discipleship Training School with Y.W.A.M. in Scotland.
  13. I have lived on four continents.
  14. I am a Messianic Jew (a Jew who believes that Jesus is the Messiah).
  15. I love nature.
  16. My worst colour is purple (Yes, I realize that I am wearing purple in my photo on my About page!)
  17. I have no desire to ever own a pet.
  18. I cry in most movies.
  19. I am known by many to be able to track/find/locate pretty much anything from homes to husbands for people.
  20. Since I was 5, I longed to be a secretary.
  21. I love touch-typing.
  22. I grew up in South Africa between the ages of 2 to 17.
  23. I love going to movies by myself.
  24. I’m a talker (but am slowly but surely mastering the art of listening, too).
  25. I do well with life changes.
  26. I don’t mind washing dishes (by hand).
  27. I truly enjoy hanging laundry, the old fashioned way.
  28. I’m a night owl.
  29. I can’t fall asleep in winter without a hot water bottle at my feet.
  30. I love candles.
  31. If I do buy myself clothes, it’s only from thrift stores.
  32. I *love* going to garage sales (with a passion :-))
  33. My favourite living preachers is Steve Lawson.
  34. I am constantly conscious of my weight.
  35. My husband and I both have brown eyes, but 4 out of 5 of our children have either green or blue eyes!
  36. I don’t have a T.V.
  37. I love doing stuff on the computer.
  38. I really appreciate having friends who are alot older than I am and gleaning from their wisdom.
  39. I am a minimalist.
  40. I have kept a journal, on and off, since I was 10 years old.
  41. I suffer in the heat.
  42. I don’t drink coffee (unless it’s decaf).
  43. My maiden name started with a “Z” and I really didn’t like always being last in line.
  44. I am 5 feet “tall” (Dynamite comes in small packages!).
  45. I can’t swim.
  46. I send my children to swimming lessons, so that in the event that I fall into a deep body of water, they will be able to save me!
  47. I came to know the Lord at the age of 18.
  48. After my first date with my husband, I didn’t talk to him for four years!
  49. I drink raw milk.
  50. I came to faith during the Gulf War, in Israel.
  51. I was engaged to someone else before I met my husband.
  52. I am usually the one behind the camera, so don’t have many photos of myself.
  53. The sermon that has most affected my life in the past years is The Use of Your Time by Steve Lawson.
  54. I love popcorn.
  55. I enjoy being a woman.
  56. One of my favourite activities is to listen to a good sermon on the internet.
  57. I love going on dates with my husband.
  58. My most pointless gifts to receive is flowers.
  59. I was stung by a jellyfish once.
  60. Theology is super important to me.
  61. I’m crazy about the Scottish accent.
  62. I enjoy researching stuff.
  63. I love reading books, but don’t have as much time as I’d like, to do it.
  64. It’s thrilling for me to take my children out on dates, one at a time.
  65. My primary love language is quality time.
  66. My dream is to stop eating sweet things.
  67. I’d rather do almost anything on Earth than exercise.
  68. You’ll pretty much always find me in a modest tunic and tights.
  69. I speak English, Hebrew, and Afrikaans in a Hebrew accent.
  70. I went to Italy for my honeymoon.
  71. I was born in 1973 (O.K. go ahead and work it out….)
  72. Only 30 more to go on this list…yay!!!
  73. I homeschool our sweet children.
  74. I love reading through Study Bibles.
  75. I’m crazy about the song, There is a Day. Seriously, I want it sung at my funeral!
  76. All my children’s names have meanings.
  77. I am Israeli.
  78. I live in New Zealand.
  79. I love asking people questions about themselves.
  80. I have delivered all of our five children by c-sections.
  81. I am a bubbly extrovert.
  82. I have been writing a family newsletter once a month since 2005.
  83. Blue cheese in salad… yummmm.
  84. I am the worst sinner I know.
  85. I studied to be a hairdresser, but never became one.
  86. I became an orphan in July, 2012.
  87. I never tire of watching The Sound of Music.
  88. With every birth, my brain has become more frizzled.
  89. I love laughing.
  90. I love people who laugh.
  91. I actually love people. Period.
  92. My greatest prayer for my children is that they be saved.
  93. I was baptised in the Mediteranean Sea in Israel.
  94. I grew up regularly attending a Reform Synagogue.
  95. I have taught Hebrew to many a humble student.
  96. I did a graphic design course years ago.
  97. The highlight of my week is attending my Tuesday morning ladies Bible Study.
  98. My husband and I both got chickenpox at the same time at the age of 31  (I can think more romantic things to do together :-)).
  99. Almost there….
  100. If God hadn’t saved me, I would have either been a drug addict, a prostitute, or dead!
  101. I want to glorify Him with every iota of my being all the days of my life, and for all eternity!!! He is WORTHY!