James and I have been very busy this Semester! I'm a Nanny and I work for two families. It has kept me really busy but, i love the families. James is going to school Full time and working as a tutor. Were involved with Merge which is a College ministry that has turned into a Sunday night service. We lead a 242 group which is a home group that we live life with.

In October we went to Fall Retreat at Pine Cove. We worshiped together, had some time with God, played ultimate frizbee, and did the zip line. The main thing that we took from that weekend was that usually when you go to retreats it's about being refreshed and it's all about your time with God. This time we were told that it's good to be refreshed but when you go back to your daily schedules pour into the people that you see daily or people that you radomly meet. Build community and live life with them.

This weekend 7 of us went to Houston to watch a movie called "Call and Response"callandresponse.com It's about Human Trafficking and slave Labor. Our 242 group is working towards serving in different ways to stop Human Trafficing. We learned about Fair Trade and that we are benefiting from others by buying products such as coffee, chocolate, cotton, ect.. that is not fair trade products.This will not stop untill consumers like me start buying fair Trade products chainstorereaction.com.

James will be done with Seminary in about 6 months and time is flying by for us. We'll move back to Cali and i'll go back to school for Interior Design. We'll get involved somewhere with an anti trafficking organization. Were not sure where James will work right away but we know that it will all work out. It's weird to know that one chapter of your life is closing and your about to start a new one. I'm so excited and nervous at the same time. Life is Good!

Many Blessings to you all and much love love,

Ileana D. Linton