Hope Road

…I’ve Got Answers!

Thanks for your questions in response to my last entry. I’m going to answer them now, but feel free to ask some more in response to this post. There were 70 hits on the entry, but only 7 people were brave enough to ask. I enjoyed reading the questions - they were great.

Stephanie asked:
How many brothers/sisters do you have?

I have three younger sisters - ages 20, 18, and 16.

Jacob asked:
Were you to write a non-fiction work, what would it be about?

Hmm… I have definitely thought about this before, but I’m not sure. Maybe someday when I’m older and wiser I would like to write a book for girls who are about my age now, about being a godly woman in today’s world. Also, an unrealistic dream is to publish a book of essays. I’m beginning to explore that form and I really like it. I would like to write essays about many different aspects of life - sacred and secular, or rather, finding the sacred in the secular.

Emily asked 3 questions:
1. What music do you enjoy listening to and what are your favourite movies/TV programmes?

Okay, so that was really two questions in one. I do enjoy listening to a variety of music, although I’m not the most eclectic person ever. The playlist I made on Sunday, for instance, includes Coldplay, Brooke Fraser, Nichole Nordeman, Skillet, Kirk Franklin, Fernando Ortega, and Alicia Keys.

Favorite movies… no surprise here: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Little Women, Pride and Prejudice (both versions). And then some other ones like That Thing You Do!, Hitch, National Treasure, Freedom Writers, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, etc. I like old TV, like I Love Lucy, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and The Cosby Show. I also really like Gilmore Girls.

2. When and how did you become a Christian?

I don’t know that I could pinpoint an exact moment in time, because I grew up in a Christian home and it was kind of a gradual process. I “asked Jesus into my heart” when I was three. When I was fourteen, I came to a much fuller understanding and experience of Jesus’ substitutionary death for me on the cross. Isaiah 53 was very significant for me.

3. What is your life ambition? (Assuming glorifying God is a given!)

Wow, I would love to know what my specific life ambition is. I’m interested in working with inner-city kids, refugees, and overseas with orphans. Also, I love to write and would like to be able to write about the things I’m passionate about. I want to serve in the church. And I want to be a wife and mother.

Courtney asked:
If you could meet one author, famous or not, who would it be?

Ooh, that’s a really tough question! I think, though, I would say Elisabeth Elliot. She has been such a mentor to me through her books, and I would love to be able to meet her and talk with her.

Julie asked:
If you were stuck on a desert island what 5 items would you want to have? Assume we already know you would want your ESV Bible.

Ah, the desert island question. Well, I suppose I would want a boat, but that’s kind of a cop-out. So other than that, I’d take my journal - because then I could publish my memoir after it was over - a pillow, a dog (does that count?), a comb, and a lighter (for fires, of course). Whew, that was difficult!

Kaysie asked 4 questions:
1. What is the favorite part of your day?

I love it when I’m walking to class in the morning and the sun has just come up and everything is quiet and the birds are singing… it’s so beautiful.

2. What is your greatest pet peeve? (you could name a couple)

Oh dear… well, I hate it when you’re in a room and someone is eating and it’s so quiet all you can hear is the sound of them chewing. Eww!!

3. What’s your favorite quote?

One of them is, “There is no pit so deep that He is not deeper still,” from Corrie ten Boom.

4. What is the one thing you want your readers to know about you?

I can’t think of THE one thing, but just one thing is that there is a lot more to me than what you read on this site, and don’t get the idea that I have everything all figured out, because I definitely don’t! I have a lot to learn.

Brooke asked:
You have probably posted this at some point, but what are you going to school for, and why did you choose that?

I am graduating with a double major in Ministry and Bible. When I entered college I wanted to work with orphans overseas. Now that still may be in my future, but my focus has expanded a little, so we’ll see what happens! I have an English minor and I chose it because I love all things English - literature and writing - and now my ambition has grown in that area too.

Thanks for the questions, all! Again, feel free to ask more and I’ll try to follow up in the not-too-distant future.

11 Comments to …I’ve Got Answers!

Kaysie
April 29, 2008

Thanks for these great answers! I really enjoyed reading them.

amanda in taiwan
April 29, 2008

This was fun to read. I might have to try something similar on my blog later.

Only one comment on your answers . . . and it is a silly one (as in insignificant) . . . it’s gonna be pretty hard to write in your journal without a pen. Unless of course there are some berries on the island you are planning to use as ink.

Have a good week, Anna!!

Anna
April 29, 2008

Amanda, you’re right! I thought about adding a pen to the list. And then somehow I thought, maybe it would be included automatically with the journal! Okay, I might have to withdraw the journal and take a Magna Doodle instead.

Susanna Rose
April 29, 2008

Though I couldn’t think of a creative enough question to ask you for your last post;), I have been looking forward to reading your answers from the questions of other readers!

I’d be curious to know more about what it is like to be the oldest of four girls and also, would love to know more about your interest in working with inner-city kids. NYC is rich with opportunities to do such work!:)

P.S. I’m glad to see you like Coldplay as well!

Kayla
April 30, 2008

I’d like to know about your second youngest sister. You know, she sounds pretty great. Somebody who would be a lot of fun to be around. Someone who would be great to have along on that desert island.

actually…maybe not that last thing.

Anna
April 30, 2008

Oh Kayla…

Emily (Unfurling Flower)
April 30, 2008

Thanks for answering all of those, Anna! Very interesting answers. It’s really great getting to know more about you. I might do something similar on my blog soon, too!

Kelsey
April 30, 2008

That was fun, Anna. I enjoyed reading over your answers and getting to know you a little better.

And I thought of a question for a future post: What three books (other than the bible) have been the most influential in your life and why?

~Kelsey

Lindsay
May 1, 2008

OK, here is my question…

Are you sad about graduating from your school?? What are your thoughts as you are preparing for the future?? Have you ever considered vet school??

Lindsay
May 1, 2008

Wait a minute, that’s me!! Haha…made ya laugh…I am feeling random…

Anna
May 6, 2008

Vet school? You know what I think about that.

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