{"id":1476,"date":"2012-09-13T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2012-09-13T06:00:33","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T11:00:33","slug":"teresas-journey-to-gch-decaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/13\/teresas-journey-to-gch-decaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Teresa’s Journey to GCH: decaf!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introducing……<\/h2>\n

GCH: decaf blogger Teresa Bolme<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Yesterday was\u00a0a big day in our family.\u00a0\u00a0My husband\u00a0David and I \u201cofficially and legally\u201d became parents\u2026again! God has given us three beautiful, biological daughters who are now 22, 18 and 16 years old.\u00a0 Today, the courts gave us three more sisters (18, 16, and 14 years old).\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to be very good at math to add 3 + 3 = 6 daughters in our household\u2026every day<\/em>.\u00a0 The three \u201cnew\u201d daughters have two older sisters who have also lived with us.\u00a0 They are 21 and 20 years old and are working and off at college (but home on breaks).\u00a0 God has chosen to place eight (8) daughters in our home and we couldn\u2019t feel more blessed.<\/p>\n

Most people looking from the outside in cannot understand the work God has done in our family.\u00a0 We definitely stand out in a crowd.\u00a0 This family has been years in the making.\u00a0 Like most stories, the facts don\u2019t add up if you try to make sense of them looking forward.\u00a0 Only when we look back can we see God\u2019s fingerprints all over our lives.<\/em>\u00a0 He placed me on a path at twelve years old that brought me to where He has me today.\u00a0\u00a0 That is why teens and teen ministry is so important to me.\u00a0 God can begin using us as soon as we surrender our hearts and lives to Him.<\/p>\n

1<\/strong> Timothy 4:12\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t let anyone look down on you because you are young,<\/p>\n

but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.<\/p>\n

Deuteronomy 11:19<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teach them (values, scripture, morals)\u00a0 to your children,\u00a0 talking about them when you sit at home<\/p>\n

and when you walk along the road,\u00a0when you lie down and when you get up.<\/p>\n

All of my girls have given their hearts to the Lord and have a heart to serve Him.\u00a0 They have all experienced their own struggles with their worth, body image, social issues, love, finding friends, depression, serving God and learning to live a life of faith.\u00a0 My girls and I welcome you and your girls to come along with us as we study \u201cA Daughter\u2019s Worth\u201d through GCH:decaf.\u00a0 We have committed as a family to learn and grow together.\u00a0 Please come along with us.<\/p>\n

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My name is Teresa Bolme.\u00a0 I am honored to be part of Girlfriend\u2019s Coffee Hour: decaf.\u00a0 I leave you with a quote from Mother Teresa<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Not everyone can be a Mother Teresa, but I can be a Mama T.\u00a0 Come on along as we dive into the Word.\u00a0 Bring your daughters, moms and sisters.\u00a0 There is always room for one more!<\/p>\n

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Please\u00a0“like” our Facebook Community page here to stay up-to-date on all we are doing for teens over here at\u00a0GCH: decaf: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GCHdecaf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Be sure to email our lead barista, Megan, if you would like to join a small group or if you have any questions about the study or this ministry. She would love to hear from you! \u00a0Teens@girlfriendscoffeehour.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Our first study will start October 1st!\u00a0 We will be studying\u00a0A Daughter’s Worth<\/em>\u00a0by Ava Sturgeon.<\/p>\n

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Teresa Bolme<\/strong>\u00a0lives in middle Tennessee with David (her husband of 26 years), eight daughters (22 years \u2013 14 years old) and her Rock Dog, Angus.\u00a0 She has been a not-so-stay-at-home mom for the last 18+ years.\u00a0 She is her family\u2019s biggest cheerleader, devoted counselor and caretaker.<\/p>\n

Teresa is a soccer mom, has been a dance mom, a tutor for all her girls and a volunteer in the school system for the girl\u2019s teachers and administration.\u00a0 She is affectionately called \u201cMama T\u201d by those who know her and have been loved by her.\u00a0 She balances a very diverse household of strong, intelligent, godly young women and supports an awesome husband and father.<\/p>\n

God has chosen to use Teresa to reach broken children, teens and women (most who were broken as children).\u00a0 She has been a ministry planter, a home missionary and a support to ministry families and staff.\u00a0 She is currently completing her degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Christian Counseling with Liberty University Online.<\/p>\n

Teresa has been participating in and leading women in Online Bible Study for about a year now.\u00a0 She has taught children and middle schoolers in Sunday School and AWANA Truth and Training Director for several years.\u00a0 She believes her life mission to be to teach others this fundamental truth that has sustained her throughout her life:<\/p>\n

Proverbs 3:5-6<\/strong><\/p>\n

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart <\/em>and lean not on your own understanding; <\/em>6\u00a0 In all your ways submit to him, <\/em>and he will direct your paths.(make your paths straight)<\/em><\/p>\n

We are THRILLED to have Teresa working with us on our Leadership Team and with your precious daughters.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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