(Note from Carrie's Mom:  I am posting this for Carrie and didn't realize that I had left off the ending, so this is a continuation of "The Week of Oct. 29".  Sorry!  There are 2 more postings from Carrie after this one.)

A few side notes!

On Oct. 31st we all came together and celebrated Jesus. This party was amazing! We all dressed up as different Biblical things (from Lot's wife, to plagues, the armor of God, the garden... you name it... it was there), and then had amazing food, games, and fun down at the barn. At the end we even had fireworks. It was a wonderful night... and I have a few pictures posted from it.

Today our teams were finalized. I am now officially going to Kenya in the spring. I am very excited, and can't wait to start bonding as a new type of team. Tonight is the last night when all of the Africa team will be together, and then "community living maxed out" starts sometime soon. None of us know what that means but the girls are starting to figure out how much they can fit in their purses. We are also sad as we have to say goodbye to half of our family, and so please keep us all in your prayers! Kenya team is as follows: me, Michelle J., Amber, Nicole, Teresa, J.B., Michael, Luke, Allison, Joie, Abby, Melissa, Denise, Tessa, and Chelsea G. That means that everyone else is on the Swazi team or will be doing ministry at home in the spring. I am very excited but also will miss many of my close friends... especially Elisa! She is laughing as I write this! So this is the news from Africa.