Welcome back, weekends!

THIS WEEKEND IS GOING TO BE THE BEST.

Nathan and I are taking a "staycation."  We wanted to have a weekend of fun and relaxation, but we didn't want to leave home because, well, we've been doing that a lot lately.  We're not too sure of everything this weekend will hold, but we know a few things for sure:

1. We ARE going to the pumpkin patch and corn maze.

2. Nathan is MCing an event at Corban tomorrow night called "The Lumberjack Games".  Morgann is watching.

3. We are planning to go watch one of our friends play college basketball in Portland.

4. Our Sunday School class for 5-7 graders starts this Sunday!

If this is all we do, then it will be a success.  And if we don't do any of it, it will be a success.  As long as we get to be together.

In other news, we got to go to our first conference together a couple weeks ago and we took a few pictures.

Exhibit A: We had a paper mache donkey in the classroom we were assigned to.  He was the size of a large goat.  We nicknamed him "Burro."

Exhibit B: There was a really adorable baby at the conference.  So naturally, we ended up holding him.  We call this picture, "Startin' them young."

We have also been able to explore Salem a little bit and we found our new favorite "cheep date night" place.   Yummmy $0.99 tacos.  Yes, please!

Praises:

-STAYCATION

-All volunteer slots are filled for the month of November (!!!)

-We are loving our OC Group at church on Thursday nights.  It's become one of our highlights of our week.

Prayers:

-Rest.  We are both having a hard time sleeping and are running on "e".  Last night Morgann went to bed at 8:30 and slept until 7:30.  A blessing, for sure, but we are hoping that we can space that sleep out a little more!

-Participants.  Pray that our YMI Teams fill up soon!  We are looking good, but we would love to send the maximum amount of students this year as they are trained to share their faith.

-Staff.  Pray that YMI's staff is able to stay healthy during this travel/training season.  When one of us gets sick, it really affects everyone.  We have been blessed by a pretty healthy last few months, so praises for that as well!