With all of the green and gold around here these days, you'd think I was Packer-land!  Either that or that it was a fall day (wait, it is!) The trees I've seen lately are more beautiful than the one before, even when I can't imagine that being possible! (but it's true!!) Everything seems a little bit more clear lately.  At first, I was hoping I'd seemore color on the trees (since there are many yellow leaves on the ground) but it is a beautiful stage to be at and I'm choosing to enjoy it while it's here.  I think the leaves fell so early this year because it was a pretty dry summer (or so I heard.)  There are still plenty on the trees, and there's time for them to turn a number of colors!!  It's time for me to bring my camera w/ me.
Holy Convocation Day was great- Hundreds of people from my school got together and worshipped God and prayed, and expressed, and relaxed- muy bien!  There's just something about coming together as a group of individuals to form something bigger for a bigger purpose.  We walked all over campus and prayed for things like our friends/neighbors who come to the park,

and the average 14 women a day who get abortions at the clinical across the street from our school- - and issues specific to our school- and at other times, we focused on praising God for what he's done and how good he is- how faithful- never leaving us- and there was a cool atmosphere in the gym where some musicians played, people relaxed, read/prayed, wrote (concerns/anything), drew, painted . . . We closed it all off with communion.
That pic is of Elliot Park, which now has some yellow- it's so great to have growing life in the midst of all the concrete and metal of downtown.