People That Girl Would Like to Meet

There are certain people with whom I would love to sit down and chat. For a real long time. Let's be honest. I would call them my BFFs after one cup of coffee, too.




All joking aside, I believe in mentorship and learning from others who have been successful in living an abundant life and having a powerful ministry because of their faithfulness and character.


In no particular order.


HELLO! BETH MOORE! Not only do I want to meet her, I want to join Beth, Melissa, and Amanda for Moorder. If you are a siesta, you know what I'm talking about :D And I want to know the secret of her hair volume too.

Gary Haugen.

Francine Rivers. I sat behind her on a bus once but I had not yet read Redeeming Love. WHAT A SHAME. A CRYING SHAME.

Sara Groves. Her work with IJM is so inspiring.

Nancy Alcorn, founder of Mercy Ministries. WOW, people. WOW.

Bethany Dillon. Met her once, but I done tole ya I want to be BFF, dang it.

Angie Smith.

BooMama. Her love for Dave Barnes is so completely respectable. Let's hang out and put "All That Noise" on repeat and air jam the tuba part, shall we?

Karen Kingsbury.

Perry Noble, pastor at Newspring Church, where my friend Clayton is on staff as a teaching pastor.

Elisabeth Elliot.

Brandon Heath.

these people are doing stuff for the Kingdom that BLOWS MY MIND. I would love to learn from them.



and, while we're at it, just because:

Jasmine Star...wow. I can tell from her photos that her ministry is capturing precious moments for people and helping them feel positive about themselves. Some of her photos would make Annie Leibowitz say, dang girl. that was a good shot..


Wendy of Wendy's fame. Like the daughter of Dave Thomas. Wendy, if you are reading this, I want to be friends! Any friend of The Frosty is a friend of mine. Let's get together, yeah yeah yeah.

which leads me to

Hayley Mills. Who does not love the accent, The Parent Trap, and do not forget her classic run on Saved By the Bell as Miss Bliss?

J Lo. Mostly because I feel that she would call me Mamacita. That would be the best if Jennifer Lopez called me a nickname and everyone else I know started calling me that, too. But then the name of this blog might have to change to That Mamacita and we'd have to buy a new domain name. (The new one is www.thatgirllauren.com, by the way--thank you Sethy.)

Condoleezza Rice.

Andy Griffith.

Clinton and Stacy. Lord knows I need to be on What Not to Wear. My whole closet is themed in black, not because I am a goth, but because someone told me one time if I wore black it would make me look skinnier. So I figured, more is less and all so I bought up a whole bunch of black clothes and honestly I forgot that other colors existed for a while. Plus, it's very hard to be a 23-year-old in the plus-sized section and simultaneously avoid wearing a muumuu or something Toots, my eighty-something Grandma, would enjoy more than me.


There's just a few for you.



Bloggerotsky, it's your turn. Who do you want to meet? I know you probably want to meet Jesus and the cast of characters in the Bible, but other than that, with whom would you like to spend a day?