Thanksgiving Contest

[Jade]

Here's your opportunity to share your gratitude about someone special to you. Maybe it’s your Aunt Gladys who used to take you to the local ice cream parlor or perhaps it’s your best friend in elementary school; whoever it is, write a meaningful tale of the person and include all the reasons you can think of as to why they are special to you.

Mossrose and I will judge entries according to creativity, sincerity, and overall inspiration. Entries will need to abide by standard length regulations and adhere to TWeb's decorum (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/view.php?pg=decorum) Winner will receive a $20 gift certificate at TWeb’s own store. (http://www.cafeshops.com/theologyweb)

You can submit your entries to this thread. Best wishes to all applicants and happy writing. :smile:

[Esther]

"Standard length regulations"? I'm not familiar with what the standard length would be.

[spl_cadet]

24,000 characters

[Esther]

Thanks!

[dizzle]

Or an average Dee Dee eschatology post.

[Jade]

In otherwords, entries can be no more than 24,000 characters. I'm not putting any other length restrictions on it. I'd prefer the focus be on content. :smile:

[Jade]

Dee Dee Warren:

Or an average Dee Dee eschatology post.

:lmbo: No, it doesn't have to be long, but it can be if you want. :smile:

[luv1another]

well I guess I can say something I am thankful for but It wont be long :shrug: I havn't had many people in my life that were really memorable or that were really special I grew up in a home with mum and dad and two sisters, no extended family, I never knew anything about family really except I had a rich uncle in USA...sigh... we also moved towns quite often so never got a chance to make close friends. I do remember one person in my life that was very nice, I guess I paticularly remember her because she was nice and she didnt call me names. Her name was Kirsten and she was my best friend in grade 2-4. To a kid who had moved heaps like I had lived in about 5 diffrent houses and had 3 diffrent schools before getting to this one she was an oasis. She had black hair and blue eyes and she was very pretty but besides her attractiveness she was also attractive as a person. She came along side of me and was just a friend she told kids not to tease me and one day the teacher had told me off for having a dirty ruler and told me to clean it or get a new one. I didnt know how to clean a ruler and had no idea mum did :lol: so I told her my mum didnt know how to clean rulers. Well she told me to give it to her and she would get her mum to clean it because her mum knew how :smile: she brought it back the next day all clean. She was the first person I remember who had ever done anything nice for me. She made such an impact by that one nice thing that I called my youngest child Kirsten after her even though I never saw her again after grade 4. It's the one thing in my whole life till now that sticks out, not that no one ever did anything nice after that time, there has been few but this one sticks out because I guess it was the thoughtfulness and love behind what she did and to a kid who's mum and dad both worked and who was called names by all the other kids it made a huge diffrence :smile: I worked out later that she was a Christian but its not been till like I was grown up that the cross she wore, the names she gave their pet mice, going to church and other things like that has clicked and I now realise she probably was a Christian.
so that is one person whom I was very thankful for in my life, and who without realising it made a diffrence:smile:

:luv:

[Bill the Cat]

Strangely enough, the person I'd lile to thank is a Mormon now. His name is Eric Bates. He now lives in St. George Utah, but was a good friend for 10 years. We served together in the Va Air National Guard together. Before I came to serve the Lord, we had MANY adventures together. A few years back, he got married to a faithful card-carrying mormon girl. He was a Methodist at the time, but his wife wanted him to convert to Mormonism. He came to me and asked me to research the LDS church. That simple request spurned me into the area of theology.

I went to the usual sites for my research: CRI, MRM, Cult awareness sites, FARMS, etc. I then stumbled across tektonics and emailed JP with a question. He suggested I come here and get involved. Sadly, my friend made the conversion dispite the mountains of evidence I put forth, but my thirst for knowledge was in full force.

TWeb has made such a big difference in my walk with the Lord thanks to a simple question from an old friend. I am sorry I didn't do a better job showing you the error of Mormonism, so please forgive me Eric. And thank you for getting it started.

[Hope4Cliff]

This Army wife is thankful for an ever evolving husband who has always asked her to do the things that she stubbornly said she would never do. Though the list is lengthy, the one main "Never" I recall uttering was that I would "never marry a full time military man" who would ask me to give up roots for deployments, give up our quality time for war time, give up holding him for holding the hands of wives whose husbands will never come home. Yet this is our missions field - Army USA and now Army Balad, Iraq. As a Chaplain, Cliff had to lay down his weapon, his privacy, his wants in order to take up the call God has placed upon his life. He recently provided crisis counseling to a soldier who was still shaking and spattered with the blood and brain matter of an American civilian he was riding next to when attacked by rockets. How can I then refuse to turn off my favorite television show and call a soldier's wife who I know is hurting? His incredible sacrifice spurns me onward - showing me that "giving up" is the best way to never-live.

Hope Bennett

[Sher]

Today @ 12:18 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=320256#post320256)
Hope4Cliff:

This Army wife is thankful for an ever evolving husband who has always asked her to do the things that she stubbornly said she would never do. Though the list is lengthy, the one main "Never" I recall uttering was that I would "never marry a full time military man" who would ask me to give up roots for deployments, give up our quality time for war time, give up holding him for holding the hands of wives whose husbands will never come home. Yet this is our missions field - Army USA and now Army Balad, Iraq. As a Chaplain, Cliff had to lay down his weapon, his privacy, his wants in order to take up the call God has placed upon his life. He recently provided crisis counseling to a soldier who was still shaking and spattered with the blood and brain matter of an American civilian he was riding next to when attacked by rockets. How can I then refuse to turn off my favorite television show and call a soldier's wife who I know is hurting? His incredible sacrifice spurns me onward - showing me that "giving up" is the best way to never-live.

Hope Bennett

Hope, I am all teared up right now and don't have the proper words, but God bless you and your husband for the wonderful good that you do. I hope other people appreciate what you both have sacrificed in order to serve our soldiers, their families, ... and God.

[Jade]

The contest is now closed. We will be announcing the winner on this thread later this week.

A big thanks to all the participants!

:thanks:

[mossrose]

I just wanted to let you know that Jade and I haven't forgotten about our Thanksgiving contest. Jade has been away for a few days, and we haven't had an opportunity to discuss which of the excellent entries is our winner.

Please be patient, and we will announce the winner as soon as we can!

:smile:

[dizzle]

Thank you mossrose for keeping us informed!

[Jade]

My deepest apologies for the delay in this contest (My illness prevented me from being online).

And now without further ado . . .

Mossrose and I have chosen the winner of the November Contest. All of the entries excellent and it was a very hard decision to make. However a decision was reached and our winner is: *drumroll* hope4cliff

and here is the winning entry:


Tanks


This Army wife is thankful for an ever evolving husband who has always asked her to do the things that she stubbornly said she would never do. Though the list is lengthy, the one main "Never" I recall uttering was that I would "never marry a full time military man" who would ask me to give up roots for deployments, give up our quality time for war time, give up holding him for holding the hands of wives whose husbands will never come home. Yet this is our missions field - Army USA and now Army Balad, Iraq. As a Chaplain, Cliff had to lay down his weapon, his privacy, his wants in order to take up the call God has placed upon his life. He recently provided crisis counseling to a soldier who was still shaking and spattered with the blood and brain matter of an American civilian he was riding next to when attacked by rockets. How can I then refuse to turn off my favorite television show and call a soldier's wife who I know is hurting? His incredible sacrifice spurns me onward - showing me that "giving up" is the best way to never-live.

Hope Bennett



Congratulation Hope! :exlaim: Get with Dee Dee for prize arrangements. You can select any item from TWeb's store up to $20.

[mossrose]

Congratulations hope4cliff! An excellent entry!

It was very difficult to choose between the entries, they were all excellent! Thanks for entering, all!!