I had a great weekend! Most weekends are really enjoyable but this was extra special. On Friday morning I arrived from NY after seeing the Yanks beat the Phills in game two of the W.S. That was outstanding. But it also meant I had to get cracking on my message - seeing I missed most of my study day. But all in all that went great - finished by 3PM - off for a workout at the gym (discovered I lost another 7 lbs - down 88 lbs total). Friday night was our church's FALL FEST. We set the church up like a carnival and 700 kids show up. We had 100 people volunteer and it was a beautiful night!!! Clean-up went great and the church was back in shape by the next morning. I taught my Acts class on Saturday and that was a wonderful experience. The class is really engaged. Then Saturday night it was game three of the series - rain delay chewed up any extra sleep I would have gotten from daylight saving time, but the Yankees won - all is good! Sunday was a wonderful morning - we declared it "Show Your True Colors" Sunday and encouraged everyone to wear their favorite sports team shirt - what a blast!! People got into it and had a lot of fun! We also highlighted the fact that it was reformation Sunday - a celebration of the great reformers "protesting' the Catholic church. I was even pretty encouraged by the response I got from my message! Then in the evening Jerry and Melynda Hasselbach "knocked it out of the park' throwing the church staff an appreciation party. Pasta bar, antipasta salad, tiramasu and flan! And we watched the fourth game of the Yankees!!! And they won - leading the series 3-1 -- what a weekend!