* We could use some prayers for health if you're so inclined! The Princess has been battling a barking cough which may be turning into an ear infection. Melissa's taking tomorrow off from school to take her to the doctor. Melissa and I are both dealing with head colds, too.
* Melissa turned 40 about a week ago. I feel guilty that I didn't have the time or funds to make her day more special. She planned a big surprise party when I turned 40 a few years ago - and actually surprised me. I am promising to take her to Indy soon for a getaway, though.
* At school, I am directing the fall play - a Woody Allen comedy called "Don't Drink the Water". It's been a fun cast to work with, but we are in the final three weeks before production, so things are bound to get more stressful from here on out. Come and see the performance if you get the chance - November 19 and 20.
* Finished our funding training with OMS yesterday, so we are now ready to officially begin sharing our call to ministry in Haiti with folks and inviting them to partner with us both financially and in prayer. We are still hoping to get our family to Haiti in August of next year. We're also looking for some dedicated pray-ers who will commit to lift us up in prayer on a regular basis. If that is something you would be interested in, please email me at steve_gross@juno.com!
* Speaking of prayer, over Fall Break, we slipped up to Greenwood to get our pictures taken for our prayer card. The ladies in the communication department at OMS were super helpful and patient and went out of their way to help us get our picture and information formatted in time for a deadline - even though we were still in the office after 5:00 on a Friday afternoon!
* Afterwards, we stopped by the portrait place in the Greenwood Mall since we were all dressed up to see if we could get a good family shot and some individuals of the kids. Melissa was excited because we left with 100 Christmas cards all ready to go. Now I'll really be in trouble this year if I'm late in writing our Christmas letter.
Here are a couple of the shots:
* Yesterday evening our small group hosted a fall carnival at the church for the bus ministry kids. These are kids who ride the bus to church every Sunday - mostly without their parents. They had a great time and it was more fun than I anticipated. My brother donated the use of his jump castle, so I spent part of the evening supervising the kids inside it - until I was about deaf. At one point, one little guy - about 7 years old - poked his head out of the castle and yelled, "This is the BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!" They all went home with tummy aches and little plastic toys...
Some pics:
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| Getting some hotdogs ready. |
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| The kids line up to eat. |
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| Melissa manned the cotton candy machine. |
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| Grandma Trudy even came along to help out. |
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| The jump castle was busy the entire time. |
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| Dats used the leafblower for the first time. |
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| Grandma buried Ida. |
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| The Princess buried herself. |
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| And, of course, a leaf fight eventually broke out. Miraculously, nobody ended up crying! |
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| The Princess |
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| The whole gang. |
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| Trunk or Treat |
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| Carving the pumpkins. Since Dats is now 10 years old, I am trying to allow him to do more on his own. So I stood back and let him carve his own pumpkin while I prayed that we would not be making a trip to the emergency room tonight. |
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| The most disturbing Halloween costume I've seen in a long while. |
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