BLACK FRIDAY AND WORK

Let me tell you the schedule. I was at my house last night for Thanksgiving; I headed to cbus in the PM. We woke up around 3:30 headed to Wal-Mart, then to Target and Old Navy where we slept in the car for 30 min before they opened. Next was Kohl’s, then Steak and Shake (I skipped the breakfast and napped a little more.) then we returned to Wal-Mart so I could get my car and head to work. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz I am so sleepy. After I left the crew they went to target again and then to Meijer and Michaels. Oh

THANKSGIVING AT OUR PLACE

This year was very different. We had thanksgiving at our place…ok at Granny’s house but we hosted since she was gone…it was fun, minus the 5am wake up so I could turn the turkey on.

NO MORE CHINESE CLASS!

Thank goodness now it is time to head to ASIA!!!

EAST ASIA MEET UP

Today all the Miami and UC student that Are going to East Asia met at Kids night to help out and have a meeting after. My teacher was sick so I was able to go to the meeting. We talked about the trip and got to know each other a little bit.

CLUBHOUSE

It has official started. We (the Bridge) recently took over the afterschool program “Clubhouse” we are starting with 7-9 kids working one on one with homework and phonics. We feed them dinner and then they attend the Clubhouse Worship (formerly known as Kids Night) for bible study and fun.

BRIDGE DINNER AND THE CENTERPIECES

This week was our Bridge Family Thanksgiving dinner. Each of the community groups made desserts, sides and bread items the church provides the meat. And this year I did the decorations. It was fun minus the fact I found out on Friday that there was no decorations or any plans for decorations. So I had to go shopping in the basement for supplies. Found plenty and bought a few bags of rice, bean and corn for vase filler. We ran out of table cloth so we compromised but I think all in all it turned out very nice and we had over 80 people there.

SHORTEST LONG WEEK EVER

So this week is the holiday week and I have class, an East Asia meeting, off on Thursday and half a day on Friday. OH my so I worked over so I could go shopping with my family on Friday and then head into work a little late. Amazing how long a short week can be.

BABY SHOWER THINGS

This weekend we had The King JV “Sprinkle” Tracy is having a Boy so she wanted it to be Junior Varsity Style. So we all wore sports jerseys and had sports themed games and décor.

Hello November

October has been busy, as most months are. We started the month off with our Parents Weekend Dinner. A few of our upperclassmen prepared a wonderful meal, we were able to meet some of the freshmen families, and enjoy the wonderful fall weather. The following weekend was momentum, (Momentum is our fall retreat, a time for us to bond as a church family) we packed up the Miami vans and headed to Camp Swoneky in Oregonia Ohio. We had two cabins, a worship hall and plenty of field space to play ultimate Frisbee and capture the flag. Dr. Ken Dillard led us through a study through Acts. God is so great! After a long but restful weekend everyone headed back to prepare for Midterms.

Tuesday Nights (Children’s/Youth Night) is still going, we have 9 students/adults that have committed to teach or help out on Tuesdays. Please continue to pray for the children as they learn who God is and what it means to have a relationship with Him, Pray for the Students as they teach and interact, that they may reflect God’s Love and message to each child in a way they understand.

With less than 8 weeks until Christmas break please pray that the lives of the students will be radically changed, that they will recognize God and fully commit to follow Him.  Less than 2 months and the East Asia team will be heading out! God has been faithful and we know He will continue to make the funds available for each of the students and staff as they prepare for the trip.

We thank you for your prayers and support; they mean a lot to us all!