Thursday, June 30, 2011

The Challenge

Alright due to some uh, technical difficulties, we are showing you our summer project a few days late, but we still want you to join us! Our summer project is to set goals in five different areas in our lives. They are weekly goals that last for five weeks starting June 20th . We wanted to use our time usefully during our summer months and as four girls fresh out of school, it can be tempting to waste it reading or sleeping. Without some structure the summer and all our big plans slip away before we even know what happened.
The categories
·         Reading
·         Home making
·         Exercise
·         Memorization
·         Health
·         Did we miss anything? (If you think we did please email us J)

Each of these will have different levels. We do not expect ten year olds for instance to do the same as seventeen year olds. Sooo we decided it would be fun to each make separate goals in these categories, but feel free to modify them to fit YOUR goals. I’m now going to give Meg her time to share the quiz she created for you.

Megan here. Welcome to the blog everyone J I’m here to give you the nitty gritty details of our summer challenge, including a fun quiz that you can use to develop your very own custom challenge.

QUIZ
Reading-
Describe your current reading habits:
A: I read 2 or more books a week
Try Melissa and Amy’s Challenge
Read 1 book a week from the following categories: biography, poetry, informational, mystery, fantasy, historical fiction         
B: I read a paragraph of a magazine before falling asleep
Take Megan’s Challenge
    Read 300 pages a week
C: I am somewhere in between the above
Do Molly’s Challenge
    Read 100 pages a week from a variety of categories (see above)

Health-
Pick your age:
A: 13 and younger
 Take Molly’s Challenge
    Drink 6 glasses of water a day                                  
B: 14 and older
Try Melissa, Amy, and Megan’s Challenge
    Drink 7 glasses of water a day

Exercise-
Describe you current exercise habits:
A: I enjoy 30 minutes or more of exercise several times a week
Do Megan and Amy’s  Exercise Challenge
    60 minutes of exercise 4 times a week
B: I take a leisurely walk occasionally
Take Molly’s Exercise Challenge
    30 minutes of exercise 3 times a week or 20 minutes of exercise 4 times a week
C. I  enjoy as much exercise as I can get (often close to an hour a day)
 Try Melissa’s Exercise Challenge
    1-1/2 hours of exercise 4 times a week
Memorization
For this one, pick a biblical passage, poem, or other work that you would like to memorize. Listed below are some suggestions: Colossians 3, Shakespeare, etc…
Homemaking-
For this one, all of us girls are working together to learn 3 meals this summer. We plan to prepare, cook, and clean-up the entire meal. If cooking is something you struggle with please join us. If you are already a master chef, ask your mom for suggestions on a homemaking skill that you should learn.   

I hope you’ll plan to join us this summer. The above challenges are based on 4 girls’ goals, so please feel free to modify the challenges to fit your family’s lifestyle and goals. We’ll be completing 4 weeks of this challenge beginning on June 27. If you have any questions please comment below. Also share your goals and progress, so we can encourage one another on to love and good deeds.(Heb 10:4) 

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Welcome!Welcome!


Welcome to Ladies for the Light! In starting up this blog our purpose is to challenge godly girls in new areas, help others learn useful skills, and keep up with friends far away. It is very important to us that we are careful with our words. With that in mind I would like to introduce Mom (Mrs. Weber) who will be our comment moderator. She will decide what comments are posted and what comments will not, so please when commenting keep it to the point of the article and NOT frivolous. We welcome diverse opinions, but please express these with kindness and respect. 
Eph. 4:29-32
 "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."
Thank you. We hope this place will be thought provoking blog and great outlet for our creative minds here at LFTL. We are working on a summer project that will inspire us to do more. And as they say, ”stay tuned for details.”