Thanksgiving celebrations

Wednesday night a great number (20-30) of PM students and families are getting together at the Stutzman retreat center for a Thanksgiving meal.  This is a cabin owned by the college.  We are probably going to stay overnight and then hop in the car at 7:30am to come back to Hesston, because...

Thursday morning my parents are arriving on the bus from Kidron, Ohio.  Thanksgiving is a big deal here at Hesston College.  There are lots of perspective students and lots of parents that come out for the long weekend as well.  This place will be jumping.

Suzanne will be working every Supper starting Thursday evening through Monday evening.  She will be thankful for the rest, when Thanksgiving is over.

Trade your weather

For those of you coming on the bus from Ohio, here is your comparison:

Unfortunately, the temperature will drop a little on Friday and it will get windy, and rainy/snowy, possibly.  Looking forward to seeing many of you.

Jeremy Patterson Pastor of Journey @ Yoder

This fine young man was a student at Hesston last year and now he is the Pastor of the second campus of South Hutchinson Mennonite called Journey @ Yoder.  Why am I writing about him?  Well because he and his family are just too cool!  And to make a confession.  Last year about this time, I was giving him a hard time for not keeping up with his blog more than once a week.  I have fallen to the same problem.  I am busy, but that isn't a good excuse.  A lot of stuff is happening on a regular basis, and we are looking forward to a number of things.  As hard as it may be for me to conclude, I think I am getting written out.  I write so much from papers, to emails, to journals, to notes, to reflections, that I just want to read and talk, not write.

So that is where I am at for now, or I could be wrong.

Moving so fast

This semester is moving so fast.  We just finished week 12 out of 16.  In a week and a half, it will be Thanksgiving weekend.  Then 2 and a half weeks later the semester is over and we are headed for Ohio for Christmas break.  We will be in Ohio for 2 weeks, through New Years.

This time has gone fast out here.  We have been in Kansas for 11 months.  We could potentially be out of Kansas again in 6 months.  We are well over half way through our time.  Where are we headed after here?  Very few if any of us know:)  Some of you would have an opinion though, I am sure.

Exciting (busy) weekend

This is going to be a packed weekend, and I am looking forward to it. Our Pastor from Chestnut Ridge Mennonite Church of Orrvile, Ohio, Marvin Zuercher is coming out Thursday evening and staying with us through Sunday. We'll see what kind of fun we can have. There are regular classes, special meals, and of course the AVDS stuff that he is specifically coming for, Hesston College's Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series (AVDS) this weekend. Follow any of these links for a good time. Shane Hipps is a Mennonite pastor the keynote speaker talking about media and ministry. There will be both large group sessions and workshops lead by other local leaders, including some local Beachy Amish church leaders who have cell phones, while I heard rumors that Shane Hipps the media connected pastor of a very large urban church does not have a cell phone. It is one of those great opportunities that only make themselves available once in a long while, and it is right here at the college. Not to be missed.

Here is a post:)

We have been busy, but yet it hasn't seemed real interesting to write about. Maybe more later today.
How are you?