What is your personal testimony? How did you come to Christ?
The Lord blessed me with a Christian mother. When I was little, my Mom began "trying to find herself" religious-wise. We tried out churches of nearly every stripe: Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Christian, Church of Christ, Church of God, Lutheran, Episcopal, Pentecostal, Non-Denominational, etc. I value the rich diversity of worship styles and sermon topics those years. The one constant among all these churches was a deep respect for the Word of God. Even now, I do not strongly affiliate with any particular denomination -- I judge a church by the scriptural references in the sermons and the warmth of godly fellowship (see next question).

Describe your Christian walk today? How do you keep close to God? What are your church or ministry responsibilities?
Well ... Last Sunday I had a marathon churching day. It started out with a visit to my Mom's singles class. After the Baptist sermon, all the singles went out together for a long lunch. Then I headed over to my new church for the membership class before the evening service (Presbyterian seed church). After the service, a bunch of us went out to dinner together. It was a terribly long but wonderful day. I don't know if I am going to keep double-churching, but it is fun for now.

Do you have favorite verses, Bible passages or biblical characters? What impact have they made on you?
Some of my favorite verses are quoted in my answer to the next question. I have a special fondness for the verse "He restoreth my soul" in the 23rd Psalm -- No matter how broken we are, we can stand on the promise that God will restore us, even if the break is all the way down to the heart and soul.

What kind of personal & spiritual goals do you have? Where do you see yourself in the next year? In 5 years?
**** "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody." (1 Thess 4:11-12 NIV) **** ................................................. I don't know what God has planned for me: Physics grad school? a computer training career? a husband and family? or, maybe something I've never even dreamt of. I am trying to look at this uncertainty of direction as the wonderful anticipation you feel as you begin to open a gift -- because that's what the Christian life really is: God giving us blessings and trials to grow us into the perfect children we were meant to be. ................................................. **** "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'" (Jer 29:11 NIV)

How would you describe your appearance? (ie physique, distinguishing features, fashion, etc.)
Curly red-ish brown hair, chocolate brown eyes, soft body for nice hugs (see photos). I smile a lot and joke that my 'default' is a grin. If there are kids around, you'll probably find me down on the ground with them. My clothes aren't high-fashion, mostly a top with a long skirt. If you had told me I'd be wearing skirts like this back when I was in high school, I probably would have laughed at you. But the modesty is actually more liberating than I ever imagined.

What is your personality like? What are your character traits? (ie funny, serious, laid back, orderly, etc.)
I'm generally upbeat and live up to the name my mother gave me: Sunny. However, I do have a serious, contemplative side. During my moody teenage years my father called me Party-Cloudy (I was a bit on the 'punk' side at the time).

What forms of entertainment do you enjoy? What are your favorite movies, actors, music, T.V. shows, etc.
I go to the movies every week with a bunch of my friends (and sometimes my mom -- she's cool that way). We have a lot of fun discussing the movies afterwards. We'd love to have more folks in the Atlanta area join us (FYI: We do see rated R movies sometimes -- so, I'm a good person to ask about the nudity / language / violence content of recent films). If you're interested in joining us, contact me and I'll let you know what movie we're seeing this week and all the details. ................................................. I love lots of kid-oriented stuff (maybe because I want to have kids or maybe because I never stopped being one!). I've gotten my mom and my roommate totally addicted to the VeggieTales (don't tell anyone, but I have a crush on Larry the Cucumber). *grin*

What are your interests, hobbies & activities? Are you involved in any clubs or organizations?
I love road trips and have traveled all around the South, some in New England, and a 15-day huge circle out West (5,000 miles on the rental car -- they're going to think twice before they offer me "unlimited mileage" again!).

How do you spend your day? What is your job? What are your family responsibilities?
My friend 'Anonymous B' just bought a townhouse and I rent half of it from her. We have a lot of fun reading books while the other one cooks or cleans up. I've read her "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom and the entire "Chronicles of Narnia" series by C.S. Lewis. We find that it isn't too hard to get motivated to cook/clean when it is an enteraining team effort.

Describe how life was growing up. Where did you live? How was your family life? What schools/colleges did you attend?
My parents got divorced when I was two years old. I'd see my father on holidays, mostly. Just before I turned eleven, they both got remarried to other people. I had gotten very used to it just being Mom and me, so there was a fair amount of rebelliousness in that household. I didn't hear from my father or his parents for several years. (I'm skipping a whole lot of plot here -- travel, death, failed semester in college, five years working, sucessful college, etc.) My parents (Mom and Step-Dad) and I finally started to get along after we no longer lived in the same house. In the last year, both of my fathers have died and my mom has become just about my best friend in the world (Hard times do draw folks together.).

What kind of relationship are you looking for? What character traits are you looking for? What would be your ideal place to meet?
You know ... there was once a time when I was kinda picky about guys. Now, I'm not so picky as rather looking for the one that God has picked for me. Someone once said that statements that begin with "I WILL NEVER ..." are just invitations for God to test your will versus His. So, all things said, I'm pretty agreeable to hanging out with anyone who is a serious Christian.

Anything else you would like to add? Any last words?
I have a website that is sadly neglected. I have written up a statement of what I believe and a modern-day parable that you can find there. I posted a page called "Questions About God" that would allow anyone with a question to anonymously submit a question for me to research and post the answer on the page. Sadly, noone has ever taken me up on the offer. I think there is a lot of room on the Internet for showing people that you can be a hip, intelligent person and still be a Christian. I guess that's what I try to project, anyway.