is it really fall?

after hearing from my mom today that the temperature in nc sank as low as 35 last night/this morning, i'm am reminded that in other parts of the country fall really has set in. sometimes it's hard to tell the changing of seasons (which, to me, says that the days are passing) when it's steadily been in the upper-80s here in bryan/college station. but yesterday was october 1 and that means fall--not the changing of leaves and the smell of smoke from fires burning, but fall nonetheless...and that also means fall conference with ruf.

this year, we are actually doing a fall missions weekend to downtown houston. our focus has veered slightly since hurricane ike hit, so we will be doing some disaster-relief work and volunteering. i look forward to telling you more about it once we return (as i will then know more of the details). some exciting things about it, though, is WHO is going. we've got a great group of students who are going down with us. both ben and i are really excited. one thing that fall conferences can do is really plug the freshman into the group--and we have six who are coming with us, which is awesome!

please be praying for this weekend:
- we have a group leaving early to help set up (i'll be taking six students down with me around 2pm on friday) and then the later group will meet up with us (ben will be taking these students around 4pm on friday). please pray for safety as we travel.
- please pray for community both within our a&m group as well as with the other ruf's we are meeting up with (rice, smu, trinity, ut).
- please pray as we work on saturday in whatever we are doing--whether repairing buildings affected by ike or talking with people affected by ike.
- pray that these students, interns, and campus ministers will see how to better love these souls, for the sake of Jesus' name and His glory.

thank you in advance for your prayers. we do appreciate them.