Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you and your family had a safe and happy time trick-or-treating last night. We had a lot of fun. The seminary had a Halloween cookout with a large student and family turn out. We had hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill and lots of sides and candy for dessert. Booritas also made their way through the evening. I am guessing there were about 70 or 80 people who turned out, many dressed as nursery rhyme characters like Jack & Jill, the cow, moon, and spoon from Hey Diddle Diddle, and Robin Hood, whom I thought was the Jolly Green Giant! There were also plenty of the usual suspects running around - the zombies, ghouls, and aliens.

After the cookout all the families went out to trick-or-treat the school neighborhood of Winnona Park in Decatur. It was wonderful because it was all in walking distance from our apartments. Most of the neighborhood of Winnona Park goes all out for Halloween. One street we walked along must have had hundreds of parents and children; it was one large block party for Halloween. Devon and Ashley had a lot of fun. They saw many of their classmates as they walked up to the front porches of many houses. Afterwards we went home to have some hot chocolate and count all the loot!

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers the past weeks as I had my midterms the week of October 15. I had one exam and two papers. Although I haven't received my grades from my work, I felt confident in my answers. I hope to find out this week how I fared.

I hope you and your family are doing well. As always, we appreciate your support and prayers. And we would love to know how you are doing and what is going on in your lives. I look forward to hearing from you as you are able.

Can you believe that Thanksgiving is only 26 days away and Christmas is only 50 days away?!?! Holy Moly!!!