A few photos from the weekend.

This Christmas i received a very generous gift from my parents: a digital camera. in the past i always borrowed theirs. ever since then i have been taking pictures every chance i get. So have Brenda and Eternity, both of whom can never seem to take enough pictures of the ceiling, and also of people when when they are not looking.

This weekend was a pretty typical weekend for Katie and myself. Cleaning on Saturday, hanging out with friends and the community from God's resort and Church.

Saturday
Cleaning in the morning.

A pile of extra "stuff" that we dont need or use. We are hoping to have a fun-raiser garage sale to denefit God's Resort. There are many of us out there with too much "stuff" that fills corners of our homes, and some times entire rooms. Im exited because other college students are thinking of donating their "stuff" as well. It amazes me how fast i have acumulated junk. Katie and i just moved to God's Resort in August, and since then we have managed to fill up our extra little room (the office) with extra stuff that we dont use or dont have anyother place to put it.

So we managed to empty the office, in preparation for our new roommate (Abby Lang). She will be joining us sometime in February. With the office empty, Katie helped me move my bed (it only took two tries to get it in the room) and dresser into the office, and Abby will be taking my room. I have slept in my new room two nights and i really like it, its quiet and cozy. I will post pictures of the room with my bed in it some time, i need to clean and make it presentable first.

Katie's big project for the weekend was some much needed maintance. First she put a lock on the basement door. Because there is a whole in the foundation under Abby's rooms (which alley cats like to get into the basement thru) we sometimes get nervouse that a person would manage to get in some day. So now the door is locked.
She also managed to get this fire extinguesher up. A much needed commodity in our home, as both of us tend to do some crazy cooking. I have set of the fire alarm once, because i was frying some ham and my sister Erica called, i lost track of time, and the ham started to burn and smoked up a lot. The great thing is that the whole time Katie had been standing right next to the pan, and i dont know what she was thinking about, but she didnt notice. After that happened, we decided to go to Wendy's for lunch. When we got back home i noticed a smell, i first assumed that it was still the burnt ham, but the stove top felt warm. I opened the over door. And there it was, a very tosted piece of bread that Katie had been warming before we left for Wendy's, and with all the commontion, she forgot about it. opps.

Just as we finished cleaning. Karen, Brenda, Sergio, Ashley and Chase came over for a little bit. Katie pulled out a safari game that Anna gave to us a while back. The kids love it. especially Chase and Brenda.

Sunday

Sunday morning Katie took Karen and Brenda to church. Here they are mooching food from the college age ministry fair. as an added note, they are sitting in front of the new sactuary at College Heights.

At church we ran into Sergio and Antonio. I dont know how they got to church, but they did. They were also mooching food from the college age. Sergio helped me hand out some of the college age updates.

On my way out of the church parking lot i found out how the boys got to church. This family came by God's Resort to pick them up. Brenda and I managed to catch of picture of them as they prepared to go home. I love it when people get involved, when they get to know the people from God's Resort, especially these boys, any investment into their lives is especially vital at this time.

After church katie and i went to lunch. fun times with friends. Jeanine and Katie sometimes get a little silly during dessert

At the home group at God's Resort we celebrated Savannah's birthday. Savannah and her family are some of the newest additions to the God's Resort Community. She turned 5.

She got a crown and staff for her birthday. She really is a little princess

The orange thing she is holding is a crayon holder i made for her. I have tried to "hand make" something for each kid for their birthdays and for Christmas. I think its more special.

Ashley and Dominique eating dinner at the home group. Each week a group of people cook delicious food for everyone that come to the home group.

Even little picky Brenda likes the homemade food the is shared during dinner.

Josh eating at the kids table.

Also Timmy came by and visited for a while. Since monday the guys didnt have school they were allowed to go to Kate and Timmy's to play a game of Settlers of Catan. We played six people: Josh, Timmy, Sergio, Antonio, Jeanine and myself. To our amazement young Sergio won. I must also say that i think hes addicted, but then, we are all kind of addicted to Settlers.