Fall races to life here at CRC as a team of four MMAP couples are as busy as beavers rebuilding some weak areas in our Heritage deck, and with Tim actively embarking on the renovation of the piles of rich dirt to the right of our banners. If our beautiful weather holds up there will be splashes of yellow mums planted, and fresh blue paint on Heritage's railings. Yes!

In staff news, we have two delightful additions!  Abigail Swayze, who is so full of good humor and fun, has come to join us full time until December, and our own son, Jonny Hansen, has come alongside his big brother Peter as a paid professional staff dishwasher. It is always a joy to expand our CRC staff family.

 With autumn here, Lori Riegelmann is busy homeschooling the articulate Noah and 'eager to learn' Rianna. Like little acorns, they are growing bit by bit into mighty oak trees for God. Professor Peter Hansen and smiling Jonny are being tutored in Classical Conversation in Albany, Oregon once a week, and then, the rest of the week, they work on the assigned corresponding homework. In other staff news, Eunice Hansen took a plane trip to sunny San Diego, California with her daughter, Marilyn Agenbroad, to visit her sister, Olga Christian, who is battling some health issues, so please keep them in prayer. They also visited other family, as well, while there.

Please also pray for Tim and me as we will have a planning retreat scheduled for the first part of October. We will be preparing for the coming year and working on the budget for 2014. It is always a miracle to see how God puts projects on our hearts and then to see how He provides. People, time, and money weave together somehow to accomplish amazing things like our new Lamppost deck that was completed just hours before our Labor Day Weekend Retreat started. In the future, Lord willing, we hope to get a 'Rotunda Bathrooms' project going, but I am getting ahead of myself.

Right now, we are still eager to open up the Main Lodge view through felling some trees. Please pray about this with us, as the men who normally do this for us have been very busy this past year, as well as prices are low right now for buying logs. We may need a new company to possibly go through and we need the right timing. Time-wise, we have the freest moments for such a big job in December and January, but the weather is often rainy and muddy, and even snowy.

In closing, I just want to say what a wonderful season we are living in at CRC. Bringing refreshment and renewal to God's children is such an honor and a joy. We have seen the Lord move in mighty ways as people have grabbed a hold of His love and truth. The Holy Spirit truly is our helper and comforter.

We trust that you are having a fantastic fall!

Much love, Julie