Sunday, October 18, 2009

Fall Festivities

School is in full swing. Carolyn is enjoying 1st grade, as much as she hoped. School also means Friday night football and Saturday activities -- in addition to grading papers.


My club called T.H.E. C.L.U.B. had a float in the Hesperia Days Parade. The kids built a little Ronald McDonald House, and we advertised that charity. We often cook meals there on Saturday nights.


We went to the Saturday NASCAR race on Oct. 10. One of my students gave us pit passes, so we were down there during practice. We got to see our favorite car up close. I also went down on Friday for qualifying, and got to see some of the drivers up close. I even shook hands with Jeff Gordon.

This weekend was our annual Missions Fest. We had several ministry partners with displays at church, and I preached a missions message titled, "Turning the World Upside Down" based on Acts 17.1-15. (I was assigned the passage based on our preaching rotation, so I turned it into a missions message.)

We were sitting on the patio at night listening to Harry Potter books, but now with school work and cooler weather, we are getting behind. Of course, I think the NFL on TV has a little bit to do with that, too.