School of Ministry

I am determined to post a blog on here that is not simply pictures. Here I go.

School has started. Woot! It's been great so far. A bit overwhelming at first. We were given homework in every class the first day of class. That's probably normal, but I wouldn't know.
My favorite class of course is the one taught by my bro-in-law Kourtney. ;-)

The week before last, we went on a retreat at Lone Tree Ranch (and boy was it that!). It was totally out in the middle of nowhere. But it was beautiful! Basically it was a time for all of us to get to know each other. Everyone in our class is great. There is only one other married couple, we expected more. They're actually younger than us too! Which of course, seems to never be the case.

I'm really looking forward to this year. I know it's a great opportunity and I hope I take advantage of it! It will be a challenge to not let it all just become "schoolwork." I want to see God work through it and grow and go deeper! I'm praying that will be the case, for Matt and I.

The whole gang.

p.s. I did end up having an interview at the church's bookstore last week. I haven't heard anything yet, so pray!!

Skate

Today at the skate park we had some pro skaters come out and the band Oh Sleeper. First there was a skate competition. There are quite a few lil' skaters that are pretty good, and some older ones too I guess. But to spare you having to look at them all one by one, here's a collage.


One of the kids that is pretty young, and obviously fairly good!
This is Josh Harmoney, the pro skater.Josh gave a message. Let me tell you, this guy is on fire for the Lord. We got to have dinner with him the night before and he was like, so fired up. It was really encouraging and convicting at the same time.
Oh Sleeper...not sleeping.
Kourtney got really into the band. See his shoe?
Matt hard at "work" at the skate park.
Matt skatin while the band played.


Matt and Josh.
Dude, that's gotta be heavy! (and I don't mean the baby!)

Colorado

This past thursday was Matt's birthday and Faith had some time off. So we went to Colorado. Matt has family in Denver that I had never met, including his Grandpa.



This is on the way up, still in NM. Yeah, hot.
Matt's Grandpa took us into the mountains where he lived for a time. This is the view from his cabin, until it burned down.A storm was a brewin.The men. Grandpa Rossi, Kourtney and Matt.Then the guys decided to climb up the hill. Including Matt's Grandpa! And it was no easy climb. Faith and I then decided to join.Well worth the climb!It was raining the whole time...in case you can't tell.Very large rock, and me.

Red Rocks. We couldn't go into the ampitheatre, there was a wedding or something going on.This is Frisco, CO. 9 miles from Breckenridge. Matt and I spent the next day in the mountains. It was amazing. The town is the the right. A lot of these pictures are similar, but it's so hard to choose! It was a really neat little town. It even had a disc golf course! So we had to play.And what better place to play than here? Wow!
Breckenridge, CO
Uhhh....not sure about him. Very strange. He was like, hopping along the street.

Casa Bonita restaurant in Denver. It is a very crazy restaurant.
Sunday we all went on a bike ride from the Sanderlin's (that's Matt's fam) home to downtown Denver. Like 20 miles!
For the heck of it, from L to R: Conner, Kourtney, Matt, Bethany, Faith, Grandpa Rossi, Terri, Bruce, Kara, Colleen.