A Scavenger Hunt!!

This is a fun get to know each other scavenger hunt that Lisa at The Preacher's Wife is sponsoring to help ministry wives get to know each other. I really think she's just trying to get all us preacher's wives in trouble confessin' stuff on the internet. But oh yea, I already do that all the time. :)

The Treasures

1. First Name.

Emily. I also go by MAMA!!!!!!, Em, and Bro. Josh's wife :)

2. State and Country of Residence.

We live in the great Montrose, MS. I can give that info. on the internet b/c you couldn't find it on Google Maps to save your life. :)

3. Husband’s Ministry Title.

My husband is the senior pastor (and actually the only staff member) of our church.

4. Length of time in Current Ministry Location. {IMPORTANT: There are several of you who may not be in a current ‘official’ pastorate/ministry, etc. That makes you no less a minister’s wife! You play along, girlfriends, and let us pray for you!}

We have currently been here 3 years this month. Wow! Where does time go??

5. Children? If yes, give gender and ages.

I have two girls ages 7 and 2 and one boy stuck smack dab in the middle. He is 4.

6. Number of unique homes in which you’ve lived during your marriage.

We have lived in 5 homes during our 8 years of marriage and the sad thing is that 3 of those moves were before we were even in ministry!! Guess God was preparing us. :) Our most interesting house experience happened a few months before we were called to our current church. If you want you can read about that little adventure here.

7. Cook Sunday lunch or eat out?

ONE day I plan to have a feast prepared on Sundays to invite a house full of people over. Right now, if I have my act together I sometimes will have a roast in the crockpot. But most Sundays, we head to Wendy's and pray that at least one child falls asleep on the way home. :)

8. Typically on time for Sunday School or not?

I am usually always on time for Sunday School, but we also have opening assembly and I won't lie, there have been days they have to ring the church bell extra loud for the residents of the parsonage.

9. Favorite TV Show.

We don't have cable and we lost our one channel after the digital conversion thingy. :( But, LOST was my must see. I used to stay so confused watching it, can you imagine how lost I am now??

10. Something you watch/like/do that you would never tell the church people. (Except now you just did…lol)

Well this is a small town and we live in the parking lot of the church so we don't have too many secrets. :) I guess the music I listen to is probably what would surprise most people. My ringtone for Josh is "Can't Get Enough of Your Love". We were in Wal-Mart one night and I ran into our church organist. My phone started ringing and she asked, "Is that Barry White?" :) I also enjoy line dancing while I clean the kitchen. But that is now common knowledge. :)

11. Most annoying church-related pet peeve.

I may get in trouble for this, but my biggest pet peeve is the looks people give. We don't have a nursery and I have my 3 kids and usually a few extras sitting with me. Apparently we attract some attention sometimes. I try to keep the peace, I really do. In fact my 2 year old now shushes me when I threaten to drag my 4 year old to the bathroom. :)

12. One thing you need to throw away but can’t bring yourself to do it.

This purse....

13. The one food you can not live without.

Cheesesticks from Sonic and Diet Coke. I'm such a health nut. And yes, Diet Coke is a food group for me.

14. Parsonage or have your own home?

Parsonage. I just read someone else's answers and they shared that they killed 22 mice in 1 week when they moved into their parsonage. Y'all, I don't know what it is. You always hear about church mice, but never parsonage mice. But they are there. In fact, we've decided to claim our mice as dependents on our tax return. You can check out our mousecapades here, here, and oh dear, here.

15. Freak when the doorbell rings or always ready for a visitor?

I so wish that I greeted people with homemade cookies and lemonade, but honestly it is like the running of the bulls trying to throw toys in the playroom and make a path for people to get in!! You will also usually hear us screaming "Somebody grab Daisy!! (Our dog)"