Jessica got back from the East Coast Mission Trip Tuesday night! She's been telling us all about it, and it sounds like it was a great experience! Check out her blog for more info! We were concerned that she would be really down when she had to come back to "real life," but she seems to be doing really well. It's great to have a sister again. It helps to counterbalance all this testosterone. :)

Now that she's back, I have to deal with that wonderful question, "Are you glad your sister is home?" I bet I've answered that question at least a dozen times. However, I've come up with a standard reply. Whenever anybody asks me that, I say, "Yes, I'm definitely glad she's home! She does the ironing!" It never fails to produce laughs, and it's not as boring as just saying, yes, of course I'm glad she's home. I mean, really, that is awfully boring! So yeah.

As it happened, Tuesday was Jessica's birthday too! She's going to have a sleepover party with all of her friends... don't know when, though. With Thanksgiving coming up, it could be a while.

Thursday was the all-day AIM Branson Christmas training day. We practiced all day, learning nine new songs. I thought it went really well. The kids worked hard, and were still doing great at the end of the day. I thought people were going to be tired and either sluggish or hyper by then, but they did a great job of staying focused and working hard. Then we had a potluck at the end. We presented three songs for the parents, the ECMT team shared about their trip, and Andrew, Aaron and I shared about the Pennies for Heaven project.

Well, Jessica is on her way up to play a Nancy Drew computer game with me (my birthday present to her). So I guess I'll sign off on this entry.

Until next time...