Where did September go?

Wow, it is October! It feels like only yesterday that I wrote the note on a quick "ask for help" moment in August. Well we have officially moved into the new house! It is beautiful, the boys love it, and it has already been broken in by 20+ Middle school and High school students on our bonfire night before school started. In a few weeks when the Vikings prepare for their Monday Night football game, it will be welcomed by the young adult ministry. It has opened a lot of opportunities for us and I'm pretty pumped. We also realized that our backyard neighbor used to work at Menards with Mike! God is so cool to place people in our area that we can hang out with. The boys have really relaxed and seem to love the new house too, and living close to Papa helps :)

Yesterday Nathaniel has managed to climb the stairs for the first time! We have our hands full, he hasn't quite conquered the downstairs concepts. Malachi has started really embracing being a helper too. Yesterday he was finding daddy's cell phone or the remote, or whatever and bringing them to us, "here you go mommy" We have also gotten a chance to use the indoor playground at the rec center. Malachi has loved just running and this week a few of his buddies from church joined us. Eli, Kendra, and Jarret all had a blast and it was nice to chat a little with their moms.

We have a few ministry things on the horizon that I would like extra prayer for. September was a crazy month at church. We had our Sunday kick off, HS kick off, MS kick off, SYATP, Release time kick off, lunches kick off, Harvest America, and National Day back to church. It seemed like every day there was something going on. All while we have been walking beside families struggling with divorce, financial issues, and more. It seems to have drained some of the extra tubs that had been filled this summer. As I look to October we have our normal schedule, but MEA brings activities, Trick or Treat for the food shelf and early November is our annual retreat to Trout Lake Camps. Could you keep the youth program in your prayers? I, Amy, would appreciate it if others were also holding my students up in prayer.

Mike's job is going great. He is back at flooring at the Menards. He has, as I mentioned above, made a few work connections with our neighbors which is really exciting. His biggest concern right now is figuring out what God has in-store for the old house. In a sellers market (at least if you aren't asking for much more than you paid and you bought in the buyers market) our house is still for sale. We know that God had something planned for it, but we are anxious to find out what that is.

Thank you for your prayers.

Love,
The DuFrenes!