Thursday, October 30th

We had a half-day of classes today, five hours of parent/teacher conferences in the afternoon, and more tomorrow... Tim took advantage of the time off to take his first college campus visit. In a couple of years, I may have to drive 8 hours north to Ohio to see him play on this field at Cedarville University!

Wednesday, October 29th (second entry)

It may be a "small world", but the fact that Guillermo, Mayra and Andrea Aguilar showed up in Asheville this week is proof that we serve a BIG God. I took this picture at the end of the evening service at Trinity Baptist Church. The Aguilars are Costa Rican missionaries serving in Managua; their daughters Andrea and Valeria are students at the Nejapa campus of NCA. Their praise of the ministry of the school was such a blessing to me as one who was privileged to be a part of getting it started my last year in Nicaragua.

Wednesday, October 29th

Heather Day (one of Tim's classmates) gave her testimony in our high school chapel of God's deliverance after years of more suffering than a person should see in a lifetime... The sparkle in her eye now is evidence of her awareness of who she is in Christ... I can only imagine the things He will accomplish through her now that she is so open to whatever He plans for her to do with her life.

Tuesday, October 28th

Snow in October! We got a nice little "dusting" this morning (the picture was taken from my office window at around 9:00); by noon, most of it had melted, but it did add a little excitement to the normal routine...

Monday, October 27th

I couldn't resist posting another picture of the leaves... forgive me, they are just so full of color right now.
This was the first day of the second quarter of classes, and the teachers are still working hard to enter grades and meet our report card deadlines; Tim is taking advantage of the short week (parent/teacher conferences Thursday afternoon and all day Friday) to go for his first college campus visit! He'll be traveling to Ohio with a senior friend to look at Cedarville University.

Sunday, October 26th

At the risk of making a couple of you jealous, this is the view of the sky from our backyard right now... the 20-minute drive to church this morning was absolutely gorgeous, especially the 8-mile stretch on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
We do have a guestroom...

Saturday, October 25th

I couldn't be prouder of the girls if they had managed to upset the #1 team... they always "leave it all on the court"! Here's a shot of the seniors (L2R Sarah Richardson, Rebekah Stinehour, Jamie Martin & Taylor Pierce) with their medals and state runner-up trophy... They still have more NC state championship trophies than any other players from the Class of 2009.