Snow Day

This morning we were enjoying the sound of rain and then it stopped, Tom called me telling me it was snowing but I didn't believe it. It was crazy to watch it coming down and in Atascadero! Unfortunately for us we had to go to MB and couldn't spend the morning watching but we did get higher up and everything was white and we saw two snow plows heading towards Atascadero. The snow was beautiful!



The view from our living room


Driving over 41



Tom got out to take some pictures, so fun!

I realized that I haven't updated since our second trip to Colorado Springs. The training was intense but since we had Mark telling us a lot about what to expect I feel like we were well prepared and I know we were more prepared than anyone in our group. One day was spent discussing our insurance and retirement funds and for me and Tom we had been through it with our old jobs so it wasn't an issue but for the rest of the people in our group they were still in college and so it was all very new to them.

The two most important days of training I got sick with either the flu or a food related illness, one of the leaders did as well. It was horrible, especially since there was no TV and when I was finally wanting to eat my options were only what the lodge was having. I really wanted Jello and watermelon for some reason. And we didn't have a car so we couldn't go to a store. But the training was great and thankfully Tom was able to attend those days.

Since coming home we have been meeting with people like crazy. I generally just am doing the dinners since I am working but Tom in addition to dinners generally is doing coffee and lunch and sometimes another coffee trip. Its been fun to entertain people and try out some new recipes but even more fun to get to tell them about what we are going to be doing with the Navigators. Everyone has been so supportive and excited for us which and been so nice.

Prayer requests are just for our meetings, that we can share what we are doing with excitement (telling they same stories and info over and over gets a little dull sometimes) and that it all stays fresh for us. And for the people we are meeting with its been great to actually hear how they are doing and getting their prayer requests that we never would have heard otherwise. And of course prayers for us and we work on fundraising. We don't get a paycheck until we have 75% of our funds raised and that's also when benefits and such start so we are hoping sooner so we can get down to SLO and actually start meeting with the students.