Halloween Success

What a fantastic Halloween Party we had!

We started the week out with no money to do this party. By Friday, Chi Alpha Alumni had given $400 towards our Halloween party and other events for the semester. Wow! We have terrific alumni.

We stared our party at 7:00 and it looked like it would be just our students. Then in walked about 6 guys from the dorm we were holding the party in and they stayed with us all evening. They carved pumpkins, played games and ate our food. : )  They even helped clean up! We made some good contacts with these guys and we will see them again on campus for other events. 

Gene made his famous Haunted Chocolate Cupcake Mansion and we had a local garden center give us our carving pumpkins for a discount. Patrick (my son) and I cleaned out 20 pumpkins Saturday morning before the party. My hands are still hurting from digging out all the insides. But it was worth it. Thank you for praying for us.

Our next event is Thanksgiving at our house. We open our home to students who can't go home over the weekend. It is always a relaxing time with lots of food, a walk around Horn Pond and games.

Fall retreat and a Corn Maze

Our Fall Retreat was great! We had 14 students attend which is the most we have had in a number of years to our fall retreat. Rob Malcolm was our speaker for the day. He and his wife Sarah are starting a campus ministry at Yale. He is from Scotland and his accent sold the retreat for the students. He was also a wonderful speaker. We ended the day with a campfire and s'mores.

We also took our students out to Conners Farm in Danvers for a day of fun and a seven acre corn maze. If you heard the story on national news about the family that got lost in a corn maze and called 911 and the K-9 units - this is the maze we were in last Saturday. (I don't know how they got lost. There were signs all the way through it.) We had a couple of preChristians with us and a new student who came to our Tuesday night meeting because she was with us on Saturday.

Gene and I continue our efforts to update our pledges, and we are so encouraged with the response so far. Thanks for your prayers!

We have a Halloween Party coming up on October 29th. The students have planned games, pumpkin carving and lots of food!  We hope to have a number of the preChristians we have been in contact with this fall attend.

Then Gene and I will be hosting Thanksgiving at our home for students who can't get home for the holiday, and our Christmas Party will be on December 9th.

This semester feels like it is flying by. Thanks for your prayers!