I will be in Spokane this weekend! I will be leaving Friday, and won’t be back until Monday evening. I will be going to Couer De Lane, Idaho, Saturday, and will be gone all day. And then Sunday, I will be visiting my sister Sarah, and baby. I am so excited!

A slight change of plans!

We are going to Spokane on Saturday, and will not be back until Tuesday. A little matter of getting the time off, for my brother in law! Now, we are going to make it. Oh so fun! Couer De Lane is on Monday, instead of Saturday, so it will be different too! I am looking forward to seeing my nephew!

Have a great Labor Day Weekend, and God bless you!

Laura H

Hello lovely ladies! I was recently invited by Laura to come on board at Mayden Fair and am excited to join y’all. )

My name is Amy and I am wife & helpmeet to my wonderful husband, Sean, and new mother to our zany little daughter, Miss Peapod, who is soon to be ten months old. I have had the opportunity to serve my Heavenly Father, husband, and now our daughter, as a “keeper at home” ever since I married. We have just recently returned to our adopted home state of Georgia, after the completion of my husband’s military service this past spring, and are excited to be living “civilian life” once again. My husband and I have called six different addresses home over the past few years and will finally be settling down at one home for at least a year (God willing) in just two short weeks. This blessing from the Lord is something I am most thankful for and I cannot wait to see where He might lead us next!

I blog at Clothesline Alley about a host of Godly womanhood topics, ranging from femininity, modesty, motherhood, homemaking, and everything in between. Having the opportunity “meet” so many precious daughters of the King in the blogging world has been such a joy and hopefully will continue. )

I look forward to the pleasure of getting to know all of you dear sisters in the near future and hope everybody is enjoying their weekend. Many blessings!!

A friend sent me these character lists last year and I thought you might find them helpful. *Note that in some cases it is talking about husbands, these same principles could also be applied to fathers.
Girl’s list:
1. she prays
2. she is trustworthy
3. she loves the Lord
4. She is kind
5. she is wise with money
6. she thinks before she speaks
7. she helps the poor and needy
8. She is not idle
9. She is unselfish
10. she is pure in her thoughts
11. she is tender hearted and compassionate
12. she doesn’t look at what she doesn’t have but at what she does have
13. she trusts in God
14. She has a skill and isn’t afraid of work
15. She is greatful
16. She has strength of character
17. she is forgiving
18. she knows how to cook and bake
19. she looks after her husband
20. she understands his needs and does her best to fulfill them
21. she loves her husband
22. she encourages her husband
23. she does not dwell on or show others his faults
24. she submits to her husband willingly
25. she wants others to know about the Lord/has a burden for souls
26. she is truthful/honest
27. she is willing to improve
28. she is encouraging
29. she raises her children for the Lord
30. Doesn’t dwell on discouragement

Guy’s list:
1. Is he considerate?
2. Does he think of himself, or of others first?
3. Is he kind to animals?
4. Does he say he’s sorry when he’s done something wrong?
5. Is he patient, or does he often interrupt?
6. Is he encouraging?
7. Is he easily influenced by others?
8. Is he forgiving?
9. Does he trust you & you him?
10. Does he guard your heart and his or does he push you past your boundaries?
11. Is he respectful?
12. Can he take advice?
13. Can you talk to him about anything?
14. Does he try to understand your point of view?
15. Is he sensitive to how others are feeling?
16. Does he love the Lord?
17. Is he a leader or does he follow whoever he’s around?
18. Does he take spiritual stands?
19. Is he a protector?
20. Does he shirk duty, or is he helpful?
21. Will he let you take care of him, or is he very independent?
22. Is he appreciative?
23. Does he interact with children, or does he avoid them?
24. Is he willing to try new things?
25. Can he offer advice?
26. Is he unselfish?
27. Is he honest?
28. Can he think seriously?
29. Does he have a sense of humor?
30. Can he take teasing & playfulness?

I expect the other authors to continue on for the Month of September.Even though I am going on a break, doesn’t mean you cannot write! Everyone is in charge of the blog, and will be welcome to post, while I am gone! I would miss you if you didn’t!

Have a great September, and I hope to return by October 1st!

God Bless!

Laura H

Hello dear sisters in Christ!
My name is Laura May Davidson. Most of my friends call me Laura though. I am 21 years old and was home schooled all my life till I graduated May 23, 2005! I was born in Arlington, VA on May 13, 1986 I lived in Virginia the first 5 years of my life and then we moved to La Plata, MD cause of Dad’s job in August 1991
I am the daughter of Brian and Paula Davidson. I was born 5 years after my parents were married.

I have 4 younger siblings: Angela is 18 and just graduated home school in May. She is attending the University of AL in Huntsville for nursing. She is also teaching piano lessons she took over for her teacher while her teacher was on maternity leave Now her teacher is about to come back. She has a boyfriend that is really nice and gets along well with our family. His name is Andrew and he will turn 21 in October. They have been seeing each other since January I think. But they were just friends back then.

Amy is 14 and going into the 9th grade. She and I work in our church nursery most Sundays for the Sunday school hour. She also bakes a lot of Wednesdays for our college group at church. She is good at it I think.

Thomas is 12 and our only brother he is going into 7th grade. He and Dad are pretty much best friends. They do a lot together. Thomas plays baseball in the spring and greatly enjoys that. Thomas has always been what mom calls “all boy”.

Anna is our “baby” of the family. She is 6 years old. She is starting 1st grade she is a pretty social person. Pretty much where ever we go she is always making new friends she and our kitten Jack are best friends. She also loves babies and baby dolls.

I accepted Christ as my savior when I was 6 years old. But since then when I was 16 and even later than that I have recommitted my life to Him. Through all the trials in life He has stood by me….even when I was unfaithful.

My favorite things: completing a project like an afghan that I have knitted long and hard on, reading a well written book (really too many to list, but Beverly Lewis and Wanda Brunstetter are a few favorites), eating good food, spending time with family that I rarely get to see, sleeping late, writing letters and e-mails, and finding lots of letters when you come home from a long vacation, or an inbox full of personal e-mails and there is nothing like holding a newborn baby I am sure that babies bring the most joy in life

I guess I should probably write more about me. Though sometimes I really have no idea what to say. I just recently started a new job as a home attendant I work in elderly people’s homes caring for the people and their houses I enjoy it pretty well so far. But I still like babies better. But it is interesting to hear the old people talk about their life and all. My one great desire in life is to marry the wonderful man that God has for me and raise a big family I will look forward to getting to know you all better!
Your sister in Christ,

Laura May Davidson

For the month of September, I am taking a blogging break. I need to prepare for school, and such. So I will not be writing for September, but I will look in on you all, and see what you have been writing! I hope to start up again, in October. I will be accessable through my email, but I need the break, from all of my blogs!

Elisabeth Elliot is a missionary who spent some years among the Huaorani people in Ecuador and is a well-known Christian author and speaker. Her first husband, Jim Elliot, was one of five men who made initial contact with the Huaorani on January 6, 1956. Two days later Huaorani returned and killed the five men. Several years later, Elliot went to the Huaorani with Rachel Saint, sister of Nate Saint, another of the five, and learned the language with the help of Dayuma, a Huaorani woman who had spent some time among the Quechuas. The Waoranis called her Gikari (Woodpecker).

Elisabeth Elliot is my favorite author and she may be yours too.I love the way she writes, she doesn’t sugar coat anything but tells the truth. She offers wisdom gained from her own experiences and life along with important spiritual truths.If you haven’t read any of her books, here are a couple I recommend.

Let Me Be A Woman
Elisabeth really puts into perspective what being a woman means according to God’s plan for us and also a refreshing view on what it means to be a married woman and our respective place. I loved this book! It is the antidote to the feminist way of thinking.

Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ’s Control
Can love be both passionate and pure? Elisabeth and Jim Elliot’s relationship shows it can! A passionate love story with great insights. Especially encouraging for those who know who they want to marry but have a long wait until they get there!
Quest For Love: True Stories of Passion and Purity
An “afterward” of sorts to Passion and Purity… Filled with lots of insight, and story after story of passion and purity! One of the best books I’ve ever read on the subject of love between a man and a woman and how to let God be in control of our “love life”. It doesn’t offer pat solutions but causes one to really think and approach relationships God’s way.

Other great books by Elisabeth Elliot:
* Taking Flight: Wisdom for Your Journey
* Through Gates of Splendor
* Keep a Quiet Heart* Discipline: The Glad Surrender
* A Lamp For My Feet
* No Graven Image
* The Mark of a Man
* The Journals of Jim Elliot* Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot

Our subject for the month of September is a little out of order, but I felt was appropriate! A Mayden is….. Wise!

Please write about this, and share with others!

Laura H

Hey, I know this will sound totally different and about face from what I have been writing, but my Parents are encouraging me to go to a Community College this Fall. Don’t be mad a me, please! I am still working at home, I am just expanding my education, a little more. I need to finish Math, and such, and am taking a Photography course this Winter! I will still write for Mayden Fair, and I still believe in staying at home, and being a wife and mother. It is just, that there is not much for me to do at home. My little siblings do most of the work. Our home is simple to manage! I hope to improve my skills in home care, and such, to help with my duties as a housewife!

I hope you will not shun me, after this. I am wanting to be honest and above board with you all. I am not perfect, and never hope to be. My convictions of purity, and courtship are strong, and my views of being a stay at home daughter are too. I am just following the wishes of my parents!

So, please do not judge me for doing this thing. I need the education, and it will build up my self confidence, that I am seriously lacking!

I am asking for your prayers, as I approach this time of nervousness, and unsureness! Keep me in your prayers!

In Christ Alone!

Laura H

What to look for in a husband? The options can seem endless, the list long. But what is truly important?

The Scriptures are the first place to look. They provide a guide and a judge of the stuff that matters. Does he really have to have blue eyes, or is it more important that those eyes–whatever colour–fix on things that are pure and right?

God delights in giving us the desires of our heart and may just be waiting to surprise us by granting even our teeniest dreams (as He did so awesomely in Jennie Chancey’s courtship story). God may well have picked out a man whose eyes sparkle like the sky on a summer day. But let’s not pin our hopes and wishes on these outward things. Let’s pray for men who:

-seek to worship God in life, not just in song or on Sunday
-stand up for the outcasts and the forlorn
-defend innocence
-love to offer hospitality
-believe that God is still as powerful as He always has been
-are keen to spread the good news
-are hard workers
-are firm in the convictions of their hearts yet…
-possess a humble, teachable spirit and seek direction from godly men
-don’t ever want to stop learning
-will seek to love all and not simply impress the girls they like

These men won’t be perfect, just as we won’t. But their hearts will be fixed on God. And that’s what really matters.