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What a week this has been. October is usually filled with surprises but we never imagined this. Last week was Tirzah's 11th birthday and Talia's first birthday. We were in the middle of the party when there was a knock on the door. SURPRISE!!!!! My son Matty and his wife Syrena were at the door! They were trucking outside of Reno and didn't have a new load for the weekend, so they stopped by. It was so great to see them. They stayed for three days. We talked, cooked all together in the kitchen (something we had never done) shared pictures, took pictures And had such a nice time. Tirzah was beside herself excited. And Bella curled right up between Matt and Syrena once she realized who they were. Talia got a popcorn popper push toy for her birthday and nothing else mattered to her. Kezzi, Chai and Jaden never let Uncle Matty and Aunt Syrena out of their sight.  And they all got to go for a ride in Uncle Matty's big red truck!

There was talk about moving out this way, the I-5 corridor is less driving than cross country. They hadn't been home for five weeks. But that will maybe be a future thought. Hopefully visits will come more frequently (it had been 4 years since we had seen each other) and next time will include Kayla. Her birthday is next week she will be four. Yes, that means the last time we saw her she was three weeks old. One of my highlights of the weekend was talking to Kayla on the phone. She told me stories and sang songs to me. It was awesome. She is such a chatter box. She talked to Tirzah, Kezzi and Bella for over an hour. She would say hi to her mom and dad and than announce she wanted to talk to her girls. Cousins are a fun gift from the Lord.

The new congregation led by Sam is doing well too. They have a permanent place to meet which is such an answer to prayer and they had 40 people last week at service.

We have had such a busy October. One filled with such blessings. I thought I should share it with you. I hope yours is as exciting and filled with color.