{Rebecca Butler}

1. What is your favorite childhood memory of your dad?

There are so many, it's hard to choose! I just love my Dad. My Mom often had church meetings in the evenings so we were left to ourselves, and often planned something fun to do together.  I have to say the memory that evokes the most smiles was around Halloween. You know those really freaky rubber mask faces you can buy? We were always going around the house trying to "out-scare" each other wearing those. One night we decided to put them on "fake people" who were sitting on our front porch to decorate for Halloween (which is funny because we lived out in the country and NEVER had any trick or treaters). We stuffed old jeans and flannel shirts and added pumpkins and cornstalks. It looked awesome! But my favorite part of the night was after we finished the front porch decorations, we made a Halloween tape to play for ALL (none!) the trick or treaters to listen to as they approached our front porch. We made up names for each other (Chris and Ann) and acted like someone was breaking in our house to do something scary to us. We screamed as loud as we could, sharpened knives and turned on the garbage disposal to make "scary" sounds into the tape recorder....that's right, I said tape recorder. Remember those? We still call each other "Chris" and "Ann" to this day around Halloween!


2. What are some of your goals for the next five years?
Organize our family photos and put them into albums. 

Take a road trip to Yellowstone, Yosemite and Zion national parks. 

Become a good aunt. 

Find a house for our family that will hopefully be our forever home. 

Go on more walks. 

Trust God MORE!


3. What is your favorite item of clothing?
My GoLite down jacket 


4. If you could stop only one injustice what would it be?

Abuse and trafficking of any kind, but especially involving children.



5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
The South of France.  


6. What is your favorite thing to chew?
Creamy Peanut butter, it's pretty chewy, right?!

7. If you could only do one thing every day for the rest of your life what would it be?
This is such a hard question! This sounds really Christian-y, but I think it would be to spend time with Jesus. After this week's lesson on surrender, I just realize how much the things and people of this life disappoint, but Jesus never does.

8. When you think of adventure what comes to mind?
Moving to France and opening a bed and breakfast with my husband and two kids. 

 

 
9. What is the most listened-to song on your iPod (or other music listening device)? Oceans by Hillsong 

 

 

10. What do you wish you were better at?
Praying and memorizing scripture.

 

 

11. How has God blessed you this week? Sitting outside on our quiet back porch, feeling the sunshine on my face, seeing the trees and daffodils in bloom, and the peony shoots coming up!

 

 

12. What event changed your life? Having my first child. I never realized how hard it is to be a Mom, and how selfish I am! It takes so much dying to self. What a lesson though, in how much God must love us and how much MORE I need to depend on Him.

{Amy Billera}

1. What is your favorite childhood memory of your dad?

I don't really have any big ones. I guess I just remember how patient and flexible he was with me. Like when he would take me to five places to look for new shoes cause I wasn't quite sold on any of them, just to end up back at the first place. or when I was soooo scared to ride in the car with the big extension ladder on the top, so he and I walked home and carried the ladder. or when he would stay up late to help me finish my homework when I just couldn't get it.


2. What are some of your goals for the next five years?
Become proficient in Sign Language, Be Debt Free, Become  a Licensed Labor Doula,  Not let the stress of life take the fun out of being a mom.  Spend more time in the country.

3. What is your favorite item of clothing?

My Jeans. Wish I had more of them. But I live in my jeans. They are comfy, and when I get kid stuff on them it doesn't show as much.

4. If you could stop only one injustice what would it be?

Child abuse.

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?

I Don't know about location, but where ever it was, there would be 10 acres, a nice country house with a wood burning fireplace right in the middle, it would be near some mountain range,
with blue skies, and lots of things to do outside with the kids.

6. What is your favorite thing to chew?

It would be a tie between those chewy gobstopers, and a really good tiramisu cake. the gobstopers are addictive and I have trouble not finishing a whole thing of them. But Tiramisu is like chocolate coffee heaven.

7. If you could only do one thing every day for the rest of your life what would it be?

I think I would Pick cuddling with my family. kids, hubby, both are good. That or drinking Coffee and eating chocolate ;)

8. When you think of adventure what comes to mind?

motherhood ;) also doing just about anything new and fun or exciting. I like to take road trips, go new places, meet people,

eat at new places. do new activities. I think its kinda unpredictable too.

9. What is the most listened-to song on your iPod (or other music listening device)?

Good Morning, by Mandisa. I like just about anything by her really. and Ive been listening to a lot of worship music.

10. What do you wish you were better at?

 uh what don't I wish I were better at :) Being patient with my kids. Being more organized and less forgetful, Making Friends, ASL, Playing Piano, teaching my kids,  being more decisive.


11. How has God blessed you this week?
Its been the little things really. like weather that we can go play in, good behavior from my kids during my first solo trip with all four of them, "the joy of the lord is my strength" popping into my head in the middle of "one of THOSE days", and sweet moments with my little monkeys.

12. What event changed your life?

I think it was finding out I was pregnant with my third little one 3 months after I had my second baby. My Mom was having life and death health issues, my aunt died, we had moved to a place where we knew barely anyone, and we just found out our baby had a hearing loss, but I think I was handling it ok ya know. God really shook my world and has used it to bring me where he wanted my by giving me my third baby so soon. I realized I couldn't do it alone, moved back to Oregon, had my son in the place that inspired me to want to help other mamas in labor, and want to have a fourth baby, and lots of other stuff. I went from tryingto be super mom, and do it myself to really wanting to love God more and be where he wants me to be.

{Sarah Clews}

1. What is your favorite childhood memory of your dad?

When I was 7 or 8, he took me to see Star Wars in the theater. It was my first movie in the theater and I felt like such a big girl.

2. What are some of your goals for the next five years?

Produce some more children, pay off debt so we can be debt free, and go through a car wash (I've never been).

3. What is your favorite item of clothing?

Do boots count? I got my first pair for Christmas and I love them.

4. If you could stop only one injustice what would it be?

Hungry children. No one should be hungry.

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?

I actually would still live right here in Salem, Oregon. It's just the right amount of everything for me and I live 5 minutes from Nordstrom. Also, there tend to not be any large bugs. My fear of insects and spiders would pretty much prevent me from living anywhere else.

6. What is your favorite thing to chew?

Donuts. I love them. I wish I could pay to have them delivered on days when I have a sick kid and can't go out to buy one.

7. If you could only do one thing every day for the rest of your life what would it be?

I guess I would read because then I'm not really just doing one thing...I could read about all kinds of adventures.

8. When you think of adventure what comes to mind?

Skydiving. I almost went when my husband and I first got married, but I've chickened out since then.

9. What is the most listened-to song on your iPod (or other music listening device)?

It's hard to choose, because I tend to listen to a very wide variety of music and mostly the radio. However, I would say the song "Happy" by Pharrell Williams (from the movie Despicable Me 2).

10. What do you wish you were better at?

I wish I had better directional skills; I tell people I am "directionally impaired." I use the gps on my phone constantly.

11. How has God blessed you this week?

My husband and I were very blessed to pay off his student loan this week. Thank you God for the money and for leading us to Dave Ramsey!

12. What event changed your life?

The time I attended a Generation Unleashed conference (as a leader). I was going through one of the hardest times in my life and had  really pulled away from God. I felt like He was my enemy. The worship music was incredible and they played a song "Standard." "When the enemy comes like a flood, You'll raise the standard, no weapons formed against me will stand." It was a reminder that God was not my enemy, and so this event was a huge turning point for me.