This site has been active since June 2008, and we are pleased to continue on with the work YHWH has set before us. Miss Jocelyn Tzahala created this website to simply archive the different ways the Challenge was making a difference in others’ lives, but YHWH had a different plan and has allowed many different ladies to come and go, helping us in this ministry!

Miss Jocelyn Tzahala is a 19yo young woman, living in Latin America, seeking to be ‘set apart as YHVH is set-apart”. She wants her faith to resemble that Avraham because in him YHVH found a man who would trust in him with everything and act upon his Word. Her hope is that her life may be a sweet fragrance unto YHVH the MOST HIGH! She keeps and follows Torah as she walks in the steps of Yeshua the Messiah. She is the Founder and Publisher of Feelin’ Feminine, and can be found at any of the following websites: A Pondering Heart, Gleaning the Harvest, Training Daughters Teaching Wives, Studying the Scriptures.

Miss Rachel is a 16yo homeschool student, who enjoys being home, in the barn, blogging and being with family. She is happy to be learning knitting, crocheting and sewing, and has always been a wiz at creating things in the kitchen. She is a baker, helps watch her younger siblings, and loves being an older sister as well as a younger sister, a homemaker-in-training, a homesteader and gardener, and creative photographer. She loves writing fiction and fact, and also happens to be the little seester of Miss Jocelyn Tzahala. You can visit her at A City on A Hill, which she hopes to be a light shining forth before all men that they may see the Father in Heaven. She is head-interviewer for the Challenging Femininity Issues.

Miss Kate is an 18-year-old homeschool graduate, Lyme Disease sufferer, and seeker of truth. She lives at home with her parents and persnickety black lab while pursuing an ever-deepening relationship with my Savior and trying to kick the Lyme. She’s a northern mountain girl living out of her element in the southern suburbs. At her blog, A Tent for the Sun, you can find her writing about life with Lyme, scripture,  beliefs, Scriptural worldview, love of books, and much more. Her goal is to challenge conventional mediocrity in Faith-Based thinking and promote the sufficiency of Scripture in all her writing. You find her writing a more natural way of living on the Beautiful You column.

Miss Lina is an 18yo part time college student, in respect of her parents, whose heart is at home. She lives with her parents and siblings in the great state of Texas, but most importantly, she is a young woman in love with her Creator, Yah, and dedicated to living according to His Torah. She enjoys reading, writing, cooking, and crocheting. She also teaching piano to her younger sister, and is currently studying herbalism and musica and is very keen on raw and vegan foods. You can learn more about her by visiting her blog at A Set Apart Life. She write for the Shabbat Shalom Praise meme column each week.

Miss Emily is 16 year old homeschool student living in North Carolina with her family. She has two fantastic parents, a 19 year old sister, and a 11 year old brother. Her mom taught me a long time ago that God comes first, others second, and then herself. She has been a Believer for some time and is striving to serve the Father in everything that she does. One of her hearts desires is to serve her family and encourage others in a way that is pleasing to the Father.  She likes spending time with her family, photography, baking, scrapbooking, reading, reading, arts and crafts, making jewelry, and blogging. You visit her at her blog at Practically Pink. You can join Emily here for the Beautiful You column for tips on health and care.

Miss Jessica, Leah, Susannah, and Cassia are the eldest of the farmgirls, also known as the Seven Sisters. The Sisters loves farmhouses, old barns, goats (on most days), gardening, cooking, sewing, needle crafts, tea parties, antique shopping and collecting, playing music and chocolate! They are always looking for new ways to improve the simple life and enjoy every minute of it. Visit all of them at Seven Sisters where they blog their every day adventures! They write inspirational articles weekly for the A Chest of Hopes.

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Miss Salomé is a 24 year old woman living in South Africa. She has an incredible passion for purity and proclaims the message through music, writing and ministry at Unlimited Infinity. You can read more about her at her blog Salomé du Toit

Miss Leah Kathryn is a 14-year-old country girl from the South, who loves playing and writing music for the piano. She is being trained in classical and ragtime music, and loves teaching piano lessons as well as performing at local events with her younger brothers. She loves orchestras and most every song by Scott Joplin, Tchaikovsky or Bach. She is constantly striving to make the Messiah her True Love, and to give Him the firstfruits of all that she is and has! Her life’s mission and passion is to spread the Truth to as many people, which she does through handing out tracts with her family. She enjoys gardening, making (and eating) zucchini bread, creating things with her hands, the arts of photography, drinking spiced Chai tea, and writing Historical fiction, poetry, stories and articles. She loves sharing her experiences concerning emotional purity, and especially interested in comparing Scriptures versions. And she loves playing basketball, baseball, kickball and football with her four younger brothers! Life in the country is GREAT! You are welcome to visit Leah at her websites In the Presence of the Enemy or at Commissioned to Compassion and also at Spiderwort Photography

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