Woo hoo! C'mon people! Let's at least make it to a thousand!

We're almost halfway there.

Yup!

492) I've made some great, encouraging, Godly friends

493) God is working in a community of people from all over the world

494) I've been motivated to think through more fully what I believe and why

495) There is an awesome chat room

496) I'm learning about 'weeping with those who weep' and 'rejoicing with those who rejoice' as various members face good & bad times

497) The Bible accountability thread on HWHF is a very encouraging place

498) Members kindly critique your writing

499) People listen when you're feeling down

500) Y'all welcomed me so eagerly when I joined

Awesome to hear that Nicole!

We're now halfway to one thousand.

I am so glad to hear that, Nicy!

501. New members are warmly welcomed here!

502) Late night chat conversations.

503) Caring friends.

Well, HWers? Are you going to let this die out halfway to the goal?

504. New friends are always joining.

505. New discussions are always starting.

506. I can always come to ya'll when I have a problem.

What Milly said

And, to add to that:

508. Y'all listen when I have something heavy on my mind.

509. Y'all give godly and helpful advice when I talk to you.

510. People get excited about my book.

511. People get excited about my blog.

512. I've gotten to meet a number of wonderful people in real life, and look forward to meeting many more!

513:We go back to scripture for everything, in any thread.
514:Everyone here is excited about God all the time.
515:Sometimes, I miss people I've never met, which is cool.
516:I just don't feel judged, which is awesome. (Have I mentioned that already?)

517) New siblings

518. You make me feel loved and wanted.
519. When I'm struggling, you don't judge me, but rather listen quietly, and love me, and offer godly advice.

520. Our imaginations can roam freely here!

521. You can glomp people as much as you want without having to worry about possibly breaking their backs.

Or one's own collarbone.

Yes, that too.

522. Warriors of the Worlds Prayer Warriors

Amen.

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this one yet:

523. HW chat (even if I haven't been able to use it much lately )

524) Encouraging PMs
525) New members joining in and becoming a part of the community

526) The amazing people who know how to help encourage and heal someone who's feeling more like jumping in a hole.

527. Encouragement and suggestions in the area of writing decisions.
528. Adopted siblings.
529. Thoughtful posts that make me think about things I might not otherwise.
530. Feeling as if I know so many people, even if I've never met them.

531) The "I'd Like to Encourage" thread
532) Heartfelt posts unknowingly bring great encouragement

533) The Random Facts Thread
534) The Amazing people
535) The cliff-hanging stories *cough* Liz *cough*
536) The ability to dive into discussions I find thought provoking and to come up with my own
537) The ability to talk with people about certain topics and get worthwhile feedback
538) The ability to become more open
539) The ability to become closer with people
540) The wonderful threads
550) Conversing with people that live in other countries
551) Talking to Liz
552) Talking to Jag
553) Talking to Free
554) Talking to El
555) Talking to Ly
556) Talking to Sam
557) Talking to Dusty
558) TALKING TO ALL YOU AMAZING PERSONS
559) Participating in the sometimes confusing yet encouraging chats
560) Explaining the love chocolate brings
561) Answering forum posts with all sorts of responses
562) Thinking up new worlds to place my characters in
563) The ability to work on world building, which I had never heard of before.
564) Finding out more about the people here.
565) Coming up with my own thought provoking forum posts.
566) Finding so much in common about people I have not seen
567) Becoming adopted by the aforementioned amazing people of HW
568) Echoing Rin, feeling like I've known all you people my whole life when I've never met you except for a few of you in real life.
569) The ability to stay in touch with Nemo
570) Finding out that I LOVE giving the wonderful people of chat nicknames

I didn't read through them all so I apologize if any of these are duplicates.

571. Adopted siblings
572. Comradeship
573. Caring and praying people willing to help at a moment's notice

574. Being able to ask for prayer when needed

575. Encouragement for tough decisions

576. Adopted siblings who really and truly care about you :')

577. That feeling you get when you post on a thread

578. That feeling you get when you enter a chat

579. That feeling you get when you receive a PM

580. That feeling you get when you have a new post on your thread

581. The way you feel after you are able to make someone feel better
582. The way you feel after someone makes you feel better
583. The way people get excited over the things you get excited over
584. Finding a great PM after the end of a hard day
585. Finding just who you're looking for in the chat room