Things I Like About Fall

What do you like about Fall?

Leaves

How silently they tumble down

And come to rest upon the ground

To lay a carpet, rich and rare,

Beneath the trees without a care,
content to sleep, their work well done,

Colors gleaming in the sun.

At other times, they wildly fly

Until they nearly reach the sky

Twisting, turning through the air

Till all the trees stand stark and bare.

Exhausted, drop to earth below

To wait, like children, for the snow.

-By Elsie N. Brady

Nature XXVII, Autumn

The morns are meeker than they were,

The nuts are getting brown;

The berry´s cheek is plumper,

The rose is out of town.

The maple wears a gayer scarf,

The field a scarlet gown.

Lest I should be old-fashioned,

I´ll put a trinket on.

- By Emily Dickinson

A FULL WEEKEND OF FUN

This last month I went along with the church to a little colonial town in the Andes Mountains. We had a baptisim! Five people got baptized, they are all my friends and among them, there I was! I am so thankful to God for this blessing, I have made a commitment to God, the Creator of this world, the One who made me and You!

On the first day it rained alot and it was very cold :) I went with my family a day ahead of the others. We got there around 2-3 pm and got into our hotel, rested a bit then we went out to eat, it was a very relaxing place, nice and cold. The town is small and there is a plaza in the center of the town, the locals are very nice! Later, we all went to sleep and waited for the other group, which arrived very early the next morning. I had a good night sleep :)

The other group had a good time on the bus that brought them, but everyone was tired and very hungry :), they had been on a bus all night. We had breakfast and then went hiking up the mountain through a beautiful forest (to me it seemed like a jungle), it was great fun, but there was mud everywhere because of the rain the day before. We had a bunch of fun though, and when we got to our destination, soooo beautiful. It was nice and peaceful up at the top of the mountain. There was a big hill where we rolled down (I was pretty dizzy after), which was lots of fun. We took crazy pictures and really had a good time, though we were so very tired from the climb. Later, we went to river for the baptisim, we sang songs and then gave our testimonies, each one of us, then we were baptized, in the river! It was sooo wonderful! It's an experience that you must have, you will never forget it!

Then we all hurried to back to the hotel cuz it was getting very cold and the mosquitos were having a feast on us :O Later we had dinner and hung out in the plaza for a while. One of the girls hurt her foot, in the river, on a rock and was in alot of pain, she went to a little hospital there in the town, so we went to see how she was doing. She was just coming out from the clinic as we arrived, feeling a bit better after recieving a shot, but still limping, she had a small fracture. We all walked back to the hotel for a good nite sleep.

In the morning we enjoyed breakfast, before heading out to do some horseback riding up the mountain a ways. It is sooo beautiful up there, and lot's of horses, a big park and little artisian booths for some shopping. We had a great morning. All-to-soon, it was time to gather together for the bus ride back down the mountain, to different city, about an hour away, where we were to catch another bus for the 6 hour ride back to the city where we live. It was a full and overflowing week-end, and we had the very best time.

October

October

October gave a party;

The leaves by hundreds came

The chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,

and leaves of every name.

The sunshine spread a carpet,

and everything was grand,

Miss weather led the dancing,

Professor Wind the band.

-Robert Frost