Autumn Love.

Last night, spontaneously I had two of my girls over for dinner! One, it was fun to cook for them (chicken, sweet potatoes and salad...mmmm...) and two, it was fun to have them in an informal setting. Not at Bible study, not at Starbucks for a meeting or not at some Nav event...just sitting around my dining room table with candles lit and talking about all sorts of things. It was so fun! They stayed for almost 3 hours which was totally unexpected. I just love how this year it didn't feel like "work" to have these girls over. Not that it felt like work last year, but because the relationships were so new it would have felt harder to have them over for a long dinner...now it felt like having my friends over and just talking and enjoying each other's company. That was so nice!

Last friday we had our first Nav night - here is a photo - there were about 200 students there!



We have another Nav night tonight. One of my girls wanted to host a "sophomore girl hangout" tonight. So 20 or so sophomore girls are going over to one of the girl's houses and we're having pizza and then walking to Nav night together. I'm so thankful God has provided a large sophomore class for our ministry. It gives a lot of energy when there are so many girls (and guys) who are enthusiastic about getting to know each other and learning to pursue God together.

Tomorrow night we have the Barn Dance...I'm excited for that and am in charge of a "Ring Toss" booth. We will begin setup at 1pm and the event won't be over till after cleanup, probably 11pm...it'll be a long long long day!

A couple weekends ago I went with my roommate Lauren (on the left) and one of our students, Lauren (the girl who was in Colorado this summer that I hung out with a lot) to an Augustana concert FOR FREE at Penn State's Spike's stadium. It was so much fun, they're one of my favvvvorite bands so it was quite a treat for me...I just love that I know some of these girls now and this year feels sooooo much more emotionally easier for me because I already have established relationships. Praise God for this....Our fingers our in the "one" postition because we basically were in the first row for the concert!



And here is a special tribute to my dear boyfriend Nathan. I saw him two weekends ago (we went to a wedding together and hung out...see photos...) and now he is coming tonight for the weekend again! He'll go to the Barn Dance also. I'm so excited to see him again.









Well that's about all...